1. Treatment How the topic is presented (or treated)
Serious or light-hearted and fun
Favorably or unfavorably
Objectively (without bias) or subjectively (with opinions)
One piece of writing may approach a topic with humor whereas another text may present the same topic quite seriously.

2. Treatment
Example:
A student may write an editorial to his school newspaper suggesting changes to the lunch menu. He may compare the beef to an old shoe and the baked potato to a cold baseball.
Treatment
Unfavorable
Lighthearted
Subjective

3. Treatment
A parent who is a nutritionist may write to the local newspaper with a completely different treatment. She believes that the food served at school is high in trans-fats, sodium, and preservatives that are harming the kids and should be replaced with healthier options.
Treatment
Unfavorable
Serious
Subjective

4. Scope The information the writing covers Two kinds
Broad: when the topic covers a wide range of information or a long period of time.
Example: your Social Studies textbook
Covers wide range of topics over many years
Limited: when the topic talks about just a few ideas or a short period of time.
Example: the Eleanor Roosevelt biography
Covers only the years she worked with the United Nations

5. Scope
A man writes a letter to his local newspaper stating that video games cause kids to be lazy because he has observed his son refuse to go outside to play because he is playing a video game.
Another man writes to the newspaper stating that video games can be helpful to children because it helps their hand-eye coordination. He cites several recent studies done by researchers at universities around the country.
Which has a broad scope? Why?

6. Organization How the content is put together in a text
Helps reader make sense of what they read
Some of the different kinds
Chronological order (time)
Sequential order (point by point)
Order of importance