S.O.A.P.S
The constructed voice or persona behind the text, whose identity, background, and potential biases shape the message's credibility and rhetorical choices.
What is Speaker?
Read all the materials.
What is Hunt?
This enigmatic millionaire throws lavish parties in West Egg while secretly longing to reunite with his "true love."
Who is Jay Gatsby?
This character's cancer cells were taken without her knowledge and became the first immortal human cell line used in scientific research.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
The central topic, issue, or idea being addressed, which serves as the foundation for the speaker's argument or message.
What is Subject?
Write a persuasive essay and use every idea to defend your thesis.
What is Aim and Keep Focused?
This character rents a modest house next door to Gatsby and provides a reflective, often judgmental perspective on the events of the novel.
Who is Nick Carraway?
These cells revolutionized modern medicine and research.
What are HeLa cells?
The intended or implied group of recipients whose values, beliefs, and expectations the speaker anticipates and strategically addresses through rhetorical choices.
What is Audience?
Don't shoot yourself by distracting the reader with errors in sentence structure, usage, and mechanics. Proofread!
What is Remember, Safety First?
This woman, trapped in a loveless marriage, seeks escape through an affair; ultimately leading to her demise.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
This scientific breakthrough involving HeLa cells contributed significantly to the development of what vaccine.
What is the Polio Vaccine?
The speaker's underlying objective or rhetorical intention, often extending beyond a surface-level goal to influence the audience's beliefs, attitudes, or actions.
What is Purpose?
Take a side and write the thesis.
What is Choose Your Target?
This professional golfer's reputation is shadowed by rumors of dishonesty, reflecting themes of moral ambiguity.
Who is Jordan Baker?
This ethical principle requires patients to be fully aware of and agree to medical procedures or research participation.
What is Informed Consent?
The specific set of circumstances-historical, cultural, and situational-that prompted the creation of the text and influence its urgency, tone, and purpose.
What is Occasion?
What is Keep an Eye Out for Camouflage?
The reclusive business associate of Gatsby is rumored to have fixed the 1919 World Series, adding to the novel's atmosphere of corruption.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
This broader issues highlighted in the book examines how race, class, and power influenced medical treatment and research practices.
What is Medical Exploitation (Or Racial Inequality in Medicine)?