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S.O.A.P.S.tone. Document Analysis. Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's Code. I will analyze the Mesopotamian Culture and Tradition through the Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's Code. Speaker: Is there someone identified as the speaker? Can you make some assumptions about this person?
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S.O.A.P.S.tone Document Analysis
Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's Code I will analyze the Mesopotamian Culture and Tradition through the Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi's Code.
Speaker: • Is there someone identified as the speaker? • Can you make some assumptions about this person? • What class do they come from? What political party? A gender? S.O.A.P.S.-tone
Occasion: • What prompted the author to write this piece? • What event led to its publication or development? S.O.A.P.S.tone
Audience: • Does the speaker identify an audience? • What assumptions can you make about the audience? • Is it a mixed racial/gender group? • What social class? Political party? • Who was the document created for? S.O.A.P.S.tone
Audience: • Are there any words or phrases that are unusual or different? • Does the speaker use language that is specific for a unique audience? • Does the speaker evoke God? Nation? Liberty? History? Hell? • Does the speaker allude to classical themes: the Fates, the Classics, Pericles, Caesar? • Why is the speaker using this type of language? What is the mode of delivery? S.O.A.P.S.tone
Purpose • What is the speaker’s purpose? • In what ways does he convey this message? • How would you perceive the speaker giving this speech? S.O.A.P.S.tone
Purpose • What is the document saying? What is the emotional state of the speaker? • How is the speaker trying to spark a reaction in the audience? • What words or phrases show the speaker’s tone? • How is the document supposed to make you feel? S.O.A.P.S.tone
Subject: • What is the subject of the piece? How do you know this? • How has the subject been selected and presented by the author? S.O.A.P.S.tone
-tone: • What is the author’s tone? • How is the author perceived by the audience? • What is the author’s mood? What is the author’s point-of-view? S.O.A.P.S.-tone
How would you define Mesopotamian ideal of kingship? What is the basis of the monarch's legitimacy? • What understanding of the afterlife does the epic suggest? • What philosophy of life comes across in the Gilgamesh story? • How does the Epic of Gilgamesh portray the gods and their relationship with humans? Gilgamesh Questions
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