Soapstone Chart For Department Of Social Sciences

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SOAPSTonE Chart
For (title) _______________________________________________ Author ____________________
Identify the voice (narrator)
Speaker
and the point of view from
which he or she is speaking.
Identify the speaker’s values,
biases, and beliefs (if you are
able). Determine if the speaker
can be trusted.
What is the time and place? Is
Occasion
there a particular historical
context that influences the
message or the speaker? What
specific set of circumstances
prompted the writer to write?
Who will hear or read this
Audience
message? What are this
audience’s biases or values? Is
this audience open to the
message?
What does this speaker hope to
Purpose
achieve? What is the main
purpose (argument)?
What is this work about?
Subject
What is the dominant tone and
Tone
what is its effect? Look
primarily at the speaker’s
attitude. What words, images,
or figures of speech reveal the
speaker’s attitude? Are there
any shifts in tone within this
document, and if so, what is
the result/effect?
What evidence does the
Evidence
speaker give to prove his/her
argument? Give at least three
examples.
Use this stem sentence: “To
prove the idea that _____, the
speaker (says, points out,
shows, etc.) _____.”

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