WritingAnalysisStrat5Treadway

Read //each piece of the project// carefully and check all that apply. Write specific examples in the space below for //each of the genres// in the project.
 * Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece **

**Genre: Letter ** **1. The reader learns about the topic from the piece. **□ // Ex: Basic information about cocaine from newspaper, plus what it's like to be an addict from the journals and personal statement //
 * //What effective choices did the writer make regarding use //**
 * //of information, appearance, and point of view? //**

Appearance Font □ //Ex: letter is written in a professional font// Arrangement on page □ //Ex: letter is presented in a professional manner// Graphics □ <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Other <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 238.5pt; tabstops: 238.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance **
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 238.5pt; tabstops: 238.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">authenticity and mood? **

<span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">The subject’s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">An inanimate object’s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□  <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Other: the addict’s best friend <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□  <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Organization ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">1. Organizational pattern <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Chronological <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Order of importance <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Categorical <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Inverted pyramid <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Problem solution <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Spatial <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 238.5pt; tabstops: 238.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">3. What point of view did the writer select? **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">How did the writer choose to organize the piece to //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">accomplish the purpose? //**

<span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Makes reader want to read on <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Introduces subject <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0pt 13.7pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Uses words or phrases to link ideas <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Ideas lead naturally one to the next <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt; tabstops: 31.5pt 45.0pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">2. Lead **
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt; tabstops: 31.5pt 45.0pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">3. Transitions **

<span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135pt 1pt 13.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 237.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Smooth and natural <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Piece feels like a unified whole <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Writer effectively leaves the reader in <span style="display: block; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">suspense or wonder <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; tabstops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">4. Ending **

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 135pt 0pt 13.5pt; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Language and Style ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Specific action verbs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Specific nouns <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Unique language use <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Sentence variety <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Which word choices are particularly effective? //**

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">What language techniques did the writer use to **// //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">enhance authenticity and mood? **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Spelling <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Sentence style <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialect <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Register <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Other: spoke professionally, yet displayed their close relationship <span style="background: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">□