GrahamWAS3

 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 //___________________________________________// Examples**  **//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. x □
 * Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece**

2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance authenticity and mood? Appearance  Font x □  Arrangement on page x □ Graphics x □ Other □

3. What point of view did the writer select?  The subject’s x □ An inanimate object’s □ Other □  **Organization**  **//How did the writer choose to organize the piece to//**  **//accomplish the purpose?//**  1. Organizational pattern  Chronological □ Order of importance □ Categorical □ Inverted pyramid □ Problem solution □ Spatial □ Other x □ ©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. **HANDOUT 2F**

2. Lead  Makes reader want to read on □  Introduces subject x □

3. Transitions  Uses words or phrases to link ideas x □  Ideas lead naturally one to the next □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece □

4. Ending <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> Smooth and natural □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> Piece feels like a unified whole x □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.2px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> suspense or wonder □

<span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> **Language and Style** <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.2px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> **//Which word choices are particularly effective?//** <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Specific action verbs □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Specific nouns x □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Unique language use □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.2px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> Sentence variety □

<span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> **//What language techniques did the writer use to//** <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 12.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.2px 13.5px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5px;"> **//enhance authenticity and mood?//** <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Spelling □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Sentence style x □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Dialect x □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Register □ <span style="font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 13.7px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7px;"> Other □