A New Way to Think About Writing SOAPS A New Way to Think About Writing
How do you know if a piece of writing is “good”?
Using SOAPS to Analyze/Evaluate a Text Subject: What is the text ABOUT? Occasion: Out of what exigency did the text grow? Audience: For whom is the text intended? Purpose: What does the writer hope to accomplish? Speaker: What authority/credibility does the writer have?
A Group Task for You Work in groups of four to answer the questions on your group task sheet.
Using SOAPS to Write Choose one SOAPS element from the Lottery Box Starting with your SOAPS element, design a rhetorical situation for a written text
Two Rhetorical Situations
HOMEWORK Create 2-3 possible rhetorical situations you might enjoy addressing for your next writing assignment in this class.