Maria+Writing+Analysis+Strategy+3

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 //Invitation___// 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 2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance authenticity and mood? Appearance  Font □ X  Arrangement on page □ X Graphics □X Other □X 3. What point of view did the writer select?  The subject’s □  An inanimate object’s □  Other □X
 * Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece**

**Organization** **//How did the writer choose to organize the piece to//** **//accomplish the purpose?//** 1. Organizational pattern  Chronological □  Order of importance □  Categorical □X  Inverted pyramid □  Problem solution □  Spatial □  Other □

©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 □ X  Introduces subject □ X 3. Transitions  Uses words or phrases to link ideas □ <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next □ <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece □ X 4. Ending Smooth and natural □ Piece feels like a unified whole □ <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 12.25pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> suspense or wonder □ X **Language and Style** **//Which word choices are particularly effective?//** <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Specific action verbs □X <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Specific nouns □X <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Unique language use □ <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135pt 12.25pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> Sentence variety □X <span style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;">**//What language techniques did the writer use to//** <span style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 135pt 6.15pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;">**//enhance authenticity and mood?//** <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Spelling □ X <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Sentence style □ X <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Dialect □ <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Register □ <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Other □ ©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. ** HANDOUT 2F **// (continued) //