SOAPSTone Poetry Terms ENG 2 D Wilson SOAPSTone

SOAPSTone & Poetry Terms ENG 2 D - Wilson

SOAPSTone • • • Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject Tone

Speaker • Who is speaking in the piece? • What do you know about the speaker? o How do you know this about the speaker? o How would you characterize the speaker? • From what point-of-view is this story told? • The speaker is NOT the author!

Occasion • What prompted the piece? • What is the setting? o Time period & location • What is the context? o Is this piece in response to something? o What has inspired the piece?

Audience • Who is the piece intended for? o Example: selling Gatorade to teenage girls – how would we do this? o Example: convincing your parents to send you to France for spring break

Purpose • What is this piece trying to achieve? o To entertain? Educate? Persuade? • What is this piece trying to make the reader feel?

Subject • How can this piece be summed up in 1 -2 sentences? • What is the topic of this piece?

Tone • What is the mood of the piece? • How would you characterize the tone of the speaker? The piece?

Diction • Word choice • What words are used to help create the tone? • Specific words and vocabulary tell us a lot about: o o Time period The speaker’s background The intended audience Formality of the piece

Line He, who navigated with success the dangerous river of his own birth once more set forth on a voyage of discovery into the land I floated on but could not touch to claim. His feet slid on the bank, the currents took him; he swirled with ice and trees in the swollen water

Stanza He, who navigated with success the dangerous river of his own birth once more set forth on a voyage of discovery into the land I floated on but could not touch to claim. His feet slid on the bank, the currents took him; he swirled with ice and trees in the swollen water