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**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: //Letter From the President//** **//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 Yes  Arrangement on page Yes  Graphics Yes  Other No 3. What point of view did the writer select?  The subject’s No An inanimate object’s no Other President of the College **Organization** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//How did the writer choose to organize the piece to//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//accomplish the purpose?//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Organizational pattern <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Spacial

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">** HANDOUT 2F ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Lead <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Makes reader want to read on yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Introduces subject no <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Transitions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece yes <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Ending <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Smooth and natural yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Piece feels like a unified whole yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> suspense or wonder no   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Language and Style** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//Which word choices are particularly effective?//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Specific action verbs no  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Specific nouns yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Unique language use no  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Sentence variety yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//What language techniques did the writer use to//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//enhance authenticity and mood?//** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Spelling no  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Sentence style no   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Dialect yes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Register no  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Other no  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">** HANDOUT 2F **// (continued) //