Name ________________________________

Text ________________________________________ Author ________________________________

SOAPSTone

Answer Textual Support (obvious/implicit)

Subject:
What is the subject being
discussed (general topic, ideas
in text)
What is the author saying
ABOUT the subject?
May be people, places, events,
universal experiences, or social
issues
Check the Title for Clues.

Occasion:
What prompted the author to
write this text?
Must be an event that
prompted composition.
May be personal or social.

Audience:
Who is the intended audience?
What assumptions exist about
the intended audience?
Is the audience implied or
directly referenced?

Purpose:
What is the authors purpose
(the reason behind the text)?
What is the message?
To inform (reveal, describe,
explain, relate, present, clarify),
persuade (prove, suggest,
convince, encourage, urge)
Speaker:
The voice of a text
Who is the speaker in this text?
What assumptions can be
made about the speaker (age,
gender, class, emotions,
education)?

Tone:
Describe the authors opinion
or attitude on the subject.
How do the authors tone,
details, images, language, and
sentence structure convey
his/her feelings?