SOAPS
Style
POV
Rhetorical Strategies
Current Events
100
Do they have any reason to have a bias?
Does the speaker have any expertise?
Is the person describing something relatively current, or something that happened in the past?
What is the point of view?
Speaker
100
Writing begins broad and becomes more refined
General to specific
100
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore."
First Person
100
A rhetorical style that discusses the similarities and differences of two or more things: ideas, concepts, items, places, etc.
Compare and Contrast
100
She's nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court as early as the end of the month.
Amy Coney Barrett
200
What is the basic topic of the work?
This works more as the main idea.
Subject
200
"It was A LOW, DULL, QUICK SOUND -- MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON. I gasped for breath, and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. "
Nervous
Anxious
Paranoid
200
“A fountain of books sprang down upon Montag as he climbed shuddering up the sheer stairwell. How inconvenient! Always before it had been like snuffing a candle...You weren’t hurting anyone, you were hurting only things!... But now, tonight, someone had slipped. This woman was spoiling the ritual.”
Third Person Limited
200
The thing that makes other things happen and the result of the incident
Cause and effect
200
This state's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, was the target of a kidnapping plot by members of a militia.
Michigan
300
What is the time and place of the work?
What is the overall context for the piece?
How might the larger context have influenced the writerʼs ideas?
Occasion
300
Writing about events in the order they happen
Chronological
300
“But in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.”
Third Person Omniscient
300
Separating something according to shared qualities or characteristics.
Classification
300
Name the two main Vice-Presidental candidates.
Kamala Harris
Mike Pence
400
What is the overall reason the text was written?
What does the author want the audience to think about or do as a result of reading the text?
Remember that nonfiction, fiction, and poetry pieces will all have themes.
Purpose
400
Writing refers to the layout of an area.
Spatial
400
Jerry talked to Matt, but Matt didn't say anything back. Matt just stared at the table and looked confused. "What are you thinking about," Jerry asked? But Matt said nothing.
Third Person Objective
400
Careful examination and evaluation of details in text
Analysis
400
Disney announced that this Pixar movie was going to skip theaters and instead be released on Christmas on Disney+
Soul
500
What group is the author or speaker trying to reach?
Audience
500
"Life's too short to even care at all."
Depressed
Carefree
500
"Just Do It"
Second Person
500
A written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
Description
500
This Eastern Michigan alum and Las Vegas Raiders defensive end is tied for third in the NFL with 4 sacks. His name also happens to be the combination of my two children's names together.