Soapstone and Rhetorical Situation Review

As we discussed in class, the "S" in the acronym SOAPSTone could stand for all of these EXCEPT which one?

• Sources

• Situation

• Subject

• Speaker

Answer explanation

The "S" can stand for Subject, Speaker, and Sources.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Define "Subject" as it relates to SOAPSTone.

• The audience

• The mood

• The purpose of the text

• What the text is about

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the "O" in SOAPSTone stand for?

• Occasion

• Operation

• Opinion

• Open-Ended

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

If someone was using SOAPSTone and he wanted to know the reason that something was written he would be looking for which of these?

• Occasion

• Purpose

• Subject

• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What does the "S" in SOAPSTONE stand for?

• simile

• study of

• start

• speaker

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the term for the context in which communication takes place, including the speaker, audience, and purpose?

• Ethos

• Rhetorical Situation

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What do both S 's in SOAPSTone represent

• Subject and Speaker

• Sentence and Syntax

• Speaker and Structure

• Subject and Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The ability to discover all of the available means of persuasion in any situation.

• Subject

• Rhetoric

• Tone

• Occasion

What does the O in SOAPSTone represent?

• Oppression

• Occasion

• Object

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Rhetorical Situation

• The circumstances that bring a text into existence

• Ideas that people accept without any proof

• The people, location, and time that influence a text

• A statement upon which an argument is based