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SOAPStone Activity

Directions: Read the selection you have been assigned. Refer to your SOAPStone handout to
fill in the chart below.

TITLE: Salvation AUTHOR: Langston Hughes


SUBJECT
A young boy in church waiting to be see Jesus to be saved and never
seeing him.

OCCASION
In a church full of people the children were brought together to come to
the alter and be saved.

AUDIENCE
He is writing this to share his story and his experience for anyone to
read. More specifically the audience may be anyone in the same
religion.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this is to share his story and his experience as a kid
growing up in this religion. It is not to convince or persuade anyone of
anything.
SPEAKER
The speaker is Langston Hughes talking in first person about when he
was a kid.

TONE
The tone in this paper is clear and organized. Using specific words and
phrases to have different impacts on the reader.

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