SOAPS and Introduction for Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetoric is defined as...

• The art of storytelling

• The art of persuasion

• The persona taken on to make a persuasive point

• A way to analyze a persuasive situation

SOAPS is used to...

• Break down the context for a piece of rhetoric

• Do a deep dive into rhetorical devices used in a speech

• Help identify evidence for a central idea

• Analyze the setting for a piece of literature

The speaker’s reason for creating the text; what they want the audience to think or do as a result of reading/viewing the text.

• Subject

• Rhetorical Situation

• Occasion

• Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The “mask” that a speaker projects and the audience interprets.

• Constraints

• Subject

• Persona

• Exigence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

You must analyze both the persona and the personal history to arrive at a complete understanding of the ____________.

• Occasion

• Rhetoric

• Purpose

• Speaker

Another word for the context of a text; includes the time, place, and impetus for the text being written

• Purpose

• Rhetoric

• Occasion

• Persona

What is the definition of subject in SOAPS?

• The setting of the text

• The time and place of the text

• The main idea or argument of the text

• The group of people toward whom the argument is geared

What is the definition of Audience in SOAPS?

• The purpose of the text

• The time and place of the text

• Why the text was written

• Who the text was written for

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which of the following is NOT an example of rhetoric:

• A commercial

• A politician's speech before an election

• The "happy birthday song"

• An argument essay

The primary purpose of rhetoric is to..

• Express

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain