SPACECAT basics

Little ways that authors try to spice up their writing like organization, figurative language, and diction (word choice) and syntax (arrangement of words).

• Choices

• Context

• Tone

• Appeals

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Readers of a newspaper or a crowd gathered at a rally.

• Audience

• Speaker

• Tone

• Exigence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

To persuade or to inform

• Tone

• Speaker

• Context

• Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A president giving a speech or a person sending a tweet.

• Audience

• Speaker

• Exigence

• Appeals

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

• Exigence

• Choices

• Appeals

• Context

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The speaker's attitude

• Appeals

• Context

• Choices

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What was the spark or catalyst that moved the speaker to act?

• Appeals

• Exigence

• Purpose

• Context

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

What was going on in the world when this was produced?

• Purpose

• Exigence

• Choices

• Context

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