Page 253 - SpringBoard_ELA_Grade8_Flipbook

aCTIvITy 3.15
continued
Never Forget, Never again
7. Use your annotations of the speech and take notes on analyzing the argument in a SOAPSTone graphic organizer like the one below. Refer to the Resources section of your book for a SOAPSTone graphic organizer that you can copy and use for your analysis. The questions in the Analysis column below should help guide your analysis of the speech.
Element
Analysis
Textual Evidence
Speaker
Who is the speaker?
Occasion
What event(s) or situation(s) prompted the creation of this text?
Audience
Who is the intended audience?
Purpose
What is the speaker’s claim?
What is the speaker’s reason for creating this text? What is the speaker’s call to action?
Subject
How does the speaker appeal to logos (i.e., how does the speaker use facts, examples, statistics, research, and logical reasoning for effect)?
How does the speaker use counterclaims or concession and rebuttal?
How does the speaker appeal to pathos (emotion)?
Tone
What is the speaker’s attitude toward the subject?
How does the speaker use connotative diction and/ or imagery to create tone?
226 SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 8
© 2017 College Board. All rights reserved.