G10: Textual Analysis [review]

What is textual analysis?

• Summarizing the main ideas to save time

• Examining the different parts to understand the whole

• Defining new words to build one's vocab

• Making connections to understand the world better

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Why do we analyze a text?

[select all that apply]

• To better understand the speaker's message

• To decide if the speaker is biased

• To improve our own arguments

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

We use the SOAPS method to analyze a text. What does the first "S" stand for?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In SOAPS, the occasion has two parts. They are:

• immediate

• ultimate

• larger

• possible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What's the difference between the immediate and larger occasions?

• Immediate = the speaker's personal history

  Larger = who is listening to the speaker now

• Immediate = who is listening to the speaker now

  Larger = the speaker's personal history

• Immediate = the historical context of the subject

  Larger = why the speaker is speaking now

• Immediate = why the speaker is speaking now

  Larger = the historical context of the subject

David Mitchell writes a novel called "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet". The POV is first person, and the protagonist is Aiba-Gawa. Who is the speaker?

• David Mitchell

• Jacob de Zoet

• Aiba-Gawa

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In your analysis, every time you write a detail about down the speaker, occasion, or audience, what must you always include?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The New York Times publishes an article by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in which she quotes the Roman philosopher Horace. Who is the speaker?

• New York Times

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Rome

• Horace

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are the three main purposes?

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• predict

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following are subjects? (Hint: wrong answers will be themes)

• The ongoing bombing of Palenstine by Israel

• Lee Hsien Loong should wear pink more often

• South Koreans no longer need masks outdoors if vaccinated

• I'm tired.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2