Type Definitions
Short work presenting a main idea, or thesis, about a specific topic
Essay
First S in SOAPSTone stands for
Speaker
Speaker of the text
Coretta Scott King
Author's argument or statement of belief
Author's viewpoint
The writer’s argument and 3 main points or reasons that will be addressed within the paper
Thesis Statement
Story of someone’s life written by someone else
Biography
O in SOAPSTone stands for
Occasion
Type of nonfiction text this is
Memoir
The amount of time people spend watching television by the time they turn 20
What is 20,000
Where the thesis statement goes in the Introduction paragraph
Last sentence
Story of someone’s life written by that person
Autobiography
A in SOAPSTone stands for
Audience
Rosa Park's not giving up her seat and being arrested
Main Idea of The Trouble with Television
What is Television discourages concentration
What is (Burke 29) called?
In text citation
Type of autobiography that focuses on one incident
Memoir
P in SOAPSTone stands for
How news about the boycott spread
A white woman found the leaflet and called the news and newspapers
Tone of the Trouble with Television
What is Skeptical
document at the end of the research paper in which you formally cite all of your sources
Bibliography
Text that aims to convey information
Informational
Second S in SOAPSTone stands for
Subject
Purpose of the text
To inform
Purpose of the Trouble with Television
What is to inform and persuade
Order of Research Paper materials
Title page, outline, paper, bibliography