Elements of an Argument
- Hook: Grab the reader's attention
- Claim: Argument, Thesis, Statement
- Concession: Recognize the opposing views
- Refute: Argue against the opposing view citing your idea as the best one (prove with evidence)
- Summary/Call to Action: Closing statement and final pleaa for the audience to take your side "restate the claim"
- Support: Use evidence from respected sources to justify your points and argument
SOAPSTone
- Speaker (the character telling their/the story)
- Occasion (What is the motivation for telling this story? (social, cultural, historical or geographical contexts)
- Audience (Who will be interested in reading this text?)
- Purpose (How does the author intend the audience to respond? What does he/she want the audience to do?)
- Subject (What is the main idea or theme?)
- Tone (What is the author's attitude to the subject?)
TP-CASTT
- Title (actual title and author of the poem
- Paraphrase (Rewrite what the author is saying in your own words)
- Connotation (What do YOU think the author is trying to communicate?)
- Attitude (What is the Speaker's Attitude?)
- Shift (Is there a shift in tone (a change) in this poem? If so, where does it occur?)
- Theme (What is the main idea or message in this story?)
- Title (Explain now, what the title means or why the author chose this title)