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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. yes   2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance  authenticity and mood?  Appearance  Font yes  Arrangement on page □  Graphics □  Other □   3. What point of view did the writer select?  The subject’s □ An inanimate object’s □ Other Other
 * 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 this Order of importance □ Categorical □ Inverted pyramid □ Problem solution □ Spatial □ Other □

©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 265.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;">** HANDOUT 2F ** <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 265.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> 2. Lead <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Makes reader want to read on yes <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Introduces subject □

<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> 3. Transitions <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next check <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece □ <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> 4. Ending <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 237.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> Smooth and natural □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> Piece feels like a unified whole □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in  <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> suspense or wonder check

<span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;">** Language and Style ** <span style="margin-bottom: 6.15pt; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;">**// Which word choices are particularly effective? //** <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Specific action verbs □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Specific nouns □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Unique language use □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.25pt; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;"> Sentence variety □

<span style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;">**// What language techniques did the writer use to //** <span style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.15pt; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;">**// enhance authenticity and mood? //** <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Spelling □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Sentence style □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Dialect □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"> Register □ <span style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 1.0pt; margin-left: 13.7pt; margin-right: 135.35pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 31.5pt 45.0pt 238.5pt; 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. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 3.25in; margin-right: 135.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;">** HANDOUT 2F **// (continued) //