writinganalysis3long.witchtrials

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: all of the genres used in Salem Witch Trials. ** **//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 yes  Graphics yes  Other <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">3. What point of view did the writer select? <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> The subject’s <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> An inanimate object’s <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Other <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece **

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Organization ** **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">How did the writer choose to organize the piece to //** **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">accomplish the purpose? //** <span style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.1pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">1. Organizational pattern <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 12.25pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Chronological <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Order of importance <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Categorical <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Inverted pyramid <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Problem solution <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Spatial <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Other <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt;">©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">HANDOUT 2F ** <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">2. Lead <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Makes reader want to read on <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Introduces subject <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">3. Transitions <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">4. Ending <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Smooth and natural <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Piece feels like a unified whole <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> 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;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> suspense or wonder <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Language and Style ** **//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">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;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Specific action verbs <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Specific nouns <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Unique language use <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135pt 12.25pt 13.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Sentence variety <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 0.0001pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;">**//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">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;">**//<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">enhance authenticity and mood? //** <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Spelling <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Sentence style <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">yes <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Dialect <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Register <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 135.35pt 1pt 13.7pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -13.7pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> Other <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">no <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt;">©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">HANDOUT 2F **//<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 8pt;"> (continued) //