AP Language: SOAPSTONE Flashcards

5841371000	Subject	general topic, ideas, & content in the text	0
5841373969	Occasion	Where & when does/did the story take place? In what context? What is the rhetorical occasion (memory, description, observation, elegy, argument, critique etc.)? Larger occasion: broad issue that is the center of ideas and emotions Immediate occasion: the issue that catches the writer's attention and triggers a response	1
5841398564	Audience	To whom is the text directed? Does the author identify an audience? What assumptions can you make about the intended audience? Individual or group?	2
5841409265	Purpose	What is the speaker's reason for writing the text? Intended effect? In what ways does the speaker convey the message/purpose? What is the message/ how does the speaker want the audience to feel?	3
5841423581	Speaker	Voice telling the story * Author and speaker not always the same thing- the speaker is the pov from which the story is told what assumptions can you make about the speaker (age, class, gender, emotional state, beliefs)?	4
5841441747	Tone	What is the author's attitude towards the subject? How does the diction (choice of words) and syntax (sentence construction) point to the tone?	5
5841456067	Organization	How is the text organized? How does the writer arrange the content?	6
5841464477	Narrative Style	How does the writer tell the story? What does he/she conceal or reveal? Is the writing dramatic, like a play? Lots of dialogue or interior monologues? How does the writer treat time (chronological, lots of time jumps etc.)?	7
5841509653	Evidence	What kind of diction dominates the text? What is the source of the images (nature, war, love etc.)? What do sound devices contribute to the work?	8