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 **Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece**  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.  **Genre //___// Examples**  **//What effective choices did the writer make regarding use//**  **//of information, appearance, and point of view?//** 1. The reader learns about the topic from the piece. □

2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance  authenticity and mood?  Appearance  Font x  Arrangement on page x    Graphics x    Other □

3. What point of view did the writer select?  The subject’s □ An inanimate object’s □ Other x  **Organization**  **//How did the writer choose to organize the piece to//**  **//accomplish the purpose?//**  1. Organizational pattern <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.2px 18.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0px;"> Chronological x Order of importance □ Categorical □ Inverted pyramid □ Problem solution □ Spatial □ Other <span style="font: normal normal normal 8px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 5.1px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 265.5px; text-align: justify;"> **HANDOUT 2F**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 13.5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -13.5px;">2. Lead <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Makes reader want to read on x <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Introduces subject x

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 13.5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -13.5px;">3. Transitions <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece x

<span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 13.5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -13.5px;">4. Ending <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> Smooth and natural □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> Piece feels like a unified whole x <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in  <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.2px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> suspense or wonder □

<span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> **Language and Style** <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.2px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> **//Which word choices are particularly effective?//** <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Specific action verbs □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Specific nouns □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Unique language use x <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.2px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> Sentence variety x

<span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> **//What language techniques did the writer use to//** <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.2px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> **//enhance authenticity and mood?//** <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Spelling x <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Sentence style x  <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Dialect □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Register □ <span style="display: block; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Other □

<span style="font: normal normal normal 8px/normal 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="display: block; font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 234.0px; text-align: justify;"> **HANDOUT 2F** //(continued)//