1. A New Way to Think About Writing
SOAPS
A New Way to Think About Writing

2. How do you know if a piece of writing is “good”?

3. Using SOAPS to Analyze/Evaluate a Text
Subject: What is the text ABOUT?
Occasion: Out of what exigency did the text grow?
Audience: For whom is the text intended?
Purpose: What does the writer hope to accomplish?
Speaker: What authority/credibility does the writer have?

4. A Group Task for You
Work in groups of four to answer the questions on your group task sheet.

5. Using SOAPS to Write Choose one SOAPS element from the Lottery Box
Starting with your SOAPS element, design a rhetorical situation for a written text

6. Two Rhetorical Situations

7. HOMEWORK
Create 2-3 possible rhetorical situations you might enjoy addressing for your next writing assignment in this class.