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A Method for Analyzing Text

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Speaker: the individual or collective

voice of the text

Occasion: the time and place setting;

arger occasion: an environment of

ideas, attitudes, and emotions that swirl

around a broad issue.

Immediate occasion: an event or situation

that catches the writer's attention and

triggers a response.

Audience: the group of readers to

whom the piece is directed

Purpose: the reason behind the text;

its claim or what the author wants his

or her audience to think/do as a result

of reading the text

Subject: the general topic and/or main

idea (this should be very broad—just

a couple of words)

Tone: the attitude of the author

(affected by diction, syntax, and

Figurative language)

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