CatherinekIngWritinganalysisstratIII

**Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece ** Read //each piece of the project// carefully and check all that apply. Write specific examples in the space below for //each of the genres// in the project. **Genre: Brochure/Letters ** **//What effective choices did the writer make regarding use //** **//of information, appearance, and point of view? //** 1. The reader learns about the topic from the piece. yes 2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance  authenticity and mood?  Appearance  Font □  A little  Arrangement on page □ Yes  Graphics <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□a little <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Other <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">3. What point of view did the writer select? <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> The subject’s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> An inanimate object’s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Organization ** **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">How did the writer choose to organize the piece to //** **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">accomplish the purpose? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">1. Organizational pattern <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Chronological <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Order of importance <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Categorical <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;"> Yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Inverted pyramid <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Problem solution <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Spatial <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ Yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11px;">©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Catherine King **

**<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">HANDOUT 2F ** <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">2. Lead <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Makes reader want to read on <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Introduces subject <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> yes <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">3. Transitions <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;">4. Ending <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Smooth and natural <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Piece feels like a unified whole <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ yes <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in  <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> suspense or wonder <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21px;">□ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> yes