SR+Obituary+Genre

**Writing Analysis Strategy: Part III: Analysis of a Multigenre Piece**  Read  //each piece of the project//   carefully and check all that apply. Write specific examples in the space below for  //each of the genres//   in the project.  **Genre**  //**_____________Obituaries_______________**//   **Examples**  //**What effective choices did the writer make regarding use**//  //**of information, appearance, and point of view?**//   1. The reader learns about the topic from the piece. x

 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> 2. What visual techniques did the writer use to enhance <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> authenticity and mood? <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Appearance <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Font x     <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Arrangement on page x      <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Graphics   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □ <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Other  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □ <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> 3. What point of view did the writer select? <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> The subject’s x

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> An inanimate object’s <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Other x

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> **Organization** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> //**How did the writer choose to organize the piece to**// <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> //**accomplish the purpose?**// <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> 1. Organizational pattern <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Chronological <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Order of importance <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Categorical <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Inverted pyramid <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Problem solution <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Spatial <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Other x

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> ©2006 by Melinda Putz from <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.//  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> **HANDOUT 2F**

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> 2. Lead <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Makes reader want to read on x      <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Introduces subject x

<span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> 3. Transitions <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Uses words or phrases to link ideas <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □ <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Ideas lead naturally one to the next <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □ <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Lack of transitions is appropriate for piece <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> 4. Ending <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Smooth and natural x      <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Piece feels like a unified whole x       <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Writer effectively leaves the reader in       <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> suspense or wonder x

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> **Language and Style** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> //**Which word choices are particularly effective?**// <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Specific action verbs x      <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Specific nouns x       <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Unique language use x       <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Sentence variety  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> //**What language techniques did the writer use to**// <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> //**enhance authenticity and mood?**// <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Spelling x      <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Sentence style  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □ <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Dialect x      <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Register  <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □ <span style="font-family: Optima,Optima,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> Other <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman,serif;"> □