Writing

**Project; Cocaine Addict ﻿ ** 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; authentic because it is handwritten  Font: personal because it looks like it was written by the patient himself  Arrangement on page: messy, but effective  Graphics: make an impact, raw 3. What point of view did the writer select?  The subject’s: First Person An inanimate object’s: **Organization ** **//How did the writer choose to organize the piece to //** **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">accomplish the purpose? //** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">1. Organizational pattern <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Chronological: Yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.67px;">©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";">Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece **

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">HANDOUT 2F ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">2. Lead <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Makes reader want to read on <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Introduces subject <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">+ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">3. Transitions <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas <span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> + + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> + + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">4. Ending <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Smooth and natural <span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Piece feels like a unified whole <span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;"> + + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> suspense or wonder <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">Language and Style ** **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">Which word choices are particularly effective? //** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Specific action verbs <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Specific nouns <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">+ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Unique language use <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Sentence variety <span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">What language techniques did the writer use to //** **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;">enhance authenticity and mood? //** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Spelling <span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Sentence style <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Dialect <span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> + <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Register <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.66px;"> Other <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 21.33px;">□