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

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

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

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

• immediate

• ultimate

• larger

• possible

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

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

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

What are the three main purposes?

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• predict

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.