Essay Deconstruction Types: ?????? Persuasive ?????? Descriptive ?????? Comparative Need to do more then state similarities and differences ? stating an observation vs. making a conclusion (ask: so here is a difference/similarity, but why does it matter?) ? Parts: ?????? Intro/Thesis ?????? Support ?????? Conclusion Soapstone S: Subject/thesis (loos at the title of the essay as well) O: Occasion ? what triggered the writer to write this piece? (use inference)? if there is no occasion we can find say: there are no clues in this essay that serve as a trigger for writing this essay A: Audience ? who is the piece written for? (Specify about: age, location, gender, education level, and familiarity about subject) Handout Point 2
Soapstone analysis + what we look at in a novel
Essay Deconstruction Types: ?????? Persuasive ?????? Descriptive ?????? Comparative Need to do more then state similarities and differences ? stating an observation vs. making a conclusion (ask: so here is a difference/similarity, but why does it matter?) ? Parts: ?????? Intro/Thesis ?????? Support ?????? Conclusion Soapstone S: Subject/thesis (loos at the title of the essay as well) O: Occasion ? what triggered the writer to write this piece? (use inference)? if there is no occasion we can find say: there are no clues in this essay that serve as a trigger for writing this essay A: Audience ? who is the piece written for? (Specify about: age, location, gender, education level, and familiarity about subject) Handout Point 2
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