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THE BIG Five. Audience/Purpose Content (Subject) and Theme Tone/Mood Stylistic Devices and Techniques S tructure. Audience and Purpose. Who is the target for the particular piece? age, gender, cultural background What is the purpose/intent of the piece?
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THE BIG Five Audience/Purpose Content (Subject) and Theme Tone/Mood Stylistic Devices and Techniques Structure
Audience and Purpose • Who is the target for the particular piece? age, gender, cultural background • What is the purpose/intent of the piece? inform, entertain, persuade, reveal
Content and Theme • What is the content of the text? • What is the background of the content/particular area of the text? • What is the message or point which is being conveyed?
Tone and Mood • What is the attitude of the speaker? sympathetic, compassionate, frustrated, confident, angered, cautious, biased… • How does the content make the audience or reader feel? guilty, angered, sympathetic, elated
Stylistic Devices or Techniques • What type of diction does the speaker use and how does that impact the tone, mood and message? • What literary devices are employed to create meaning, mood, message? figurative language, imagery, irony, allusion? • How might the conventions assist in creating meaning, tone, purpose, etc.?
Structure/format • How has the text been arranged and what effect does it have on the purpose, audience, message? • What type of sentences have been used to convey ethos, logos or pathos? parallelism, rhetorical questions, short vs. long sentences, simple sentences, complex sentences? • Use of transitions? • Any images added to the text? Color? Other visual features?