Use the article to fill out questions about the Rhetorical Situation (SOAPSTone). For each, include direct evidence from the text.
Speaker: Who is making the argument?
How do you know? Provide direct evidence from text.
Occasion: When was it produced? What major events were happening then that made the speaker write it?
How do you know? Provide direct evidence from text.
Audience: Who was the intended audience? (Place, age, socio-economic, etc)
How do you know? Provide direct evidence from text.
Purpose: What does the speaker want the audience to think/do?
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Subject: What is the text mainly about?
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Tone: How does the speaker feel about the subject?
How do you know? Provide direct evidence from text.