Analyzing Speeches Using SOAPSTone

The TONE of a piece of writing refers to the writer's:

• Emotions

• Reasons

• Audience

• Theme

What do both S 's in SOAPSTone represent

• Subject and Speaker

• Sentence and Syntax

• Speaker and Structure

• Subject and Sentence

What does the O in SOAPSTone represent?

• Oppression

• Occasion

• Object

• Onomatopoeia

What does the A in SOAPSTone represent?

• Adjective

• Answer

• Audience

• Allusion

What does the P in SOAPSTone represent?

• Paradox

• Paraphrase

• Presenter

• Purpose

What is Tone?

• The author's style

• The author's attitude toward the subject

• The way a story sounds

• The author's voice

What is the occasion in a speaker's situation?

• A fancy affair

• The time, place and context

• A special event

• A large party

Under which letter would you discuss the theme?

• Occasion

• Purpose

• Subjects

• Tone

What word best describes, what prompted the writing in the first place? What is happening in the world during the time of the writing?

• Occasion

• Subject

• Tone

• Level of Language

What word best describes who the writer is creating the speech for?

• Subject

• Audience

• Speaker

• Details