55 Going Fishing With My Dad--Understanding Persuasion
Going Fishing With My Dad
by Jan Weeks
You might have already read the following story, in which you practiced using context clues. Now let's read "Going Fishing with My Dad" to try understanding persuasion. This is not a factual
passage, but it illustrates how the narrator tries to persuade his father to take him fishing. As you read the passage, think of the strategies the narrator uses. Remember, the person who tells the story or poem is often called the narrator if we don't know his or her name.
"Fishing is the greatest fun," said my father. Mom had asked him to mow the back lawn, but the mower wouldn't start, so he was leaning over the hack fence, talking to our neighbors instead. They'd spent the weekend fishing and had come back with stacks of fish. We even had some in our refrigerator.
I thought fishing would be the greatest fun as well, so I jumped up and down and begged Dad to take me. Asking for something in front of neighbors was always a good idea. No father wanted to look mean in front of his neighbors.
"Sure, son," he answered, patting my head.
"When?" I asked, trying to pin him to a definite date. All he said was "One of these days," which probably meant never.
During the next week I weeded the garden and pestered Dad to take me fishing. I washed the car and pestered Dad to take me fishing. I cleaned up the garage and pestered Dad to take me fishing.
"All right," he said at last, worn down by my persistence.
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