ENGLISH 102 PAPER - SYNTHESIS COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY
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P.L.A.C.E.
P.L.A.C.E.
- To write effectively, writers ,must know their PLACE.
- To read thoughtfully, readers must be able to analyze the writer’s PLACE.
The Writer’s PLACE
- To write effectively, the writer must analyze the writing situation. This is also called the rhetorical situation. These are the five elements to consider:
- 1- Purpose
- 2-Language
- 3-Audience
- 4-Context
- 5-Evidence
1- Purpose
- What is your topic?
- Why do you want to write about this topic?
- How do you want to affect your readers’ attitude or behavior?
2- Language
- How can you use language to accomplish your purpose with you target audience?
- What style writing should you use?
- Should your style be formal, professional, academic, conversational, friendly, casual?
- How close are you to your reader?
- What is the tone of your voice? Ae you serious, funny, pleading, angry, thoughtful, amusing?
- How do your word choices and statements convey your tone?
- Should your diction (word choices) be learned, standard,, popular, colloquial, catchy?
- Will your reader be distracted by grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors?
3-Audience
- Who are your readers?
- Why should they care about your topic?
- How is it relevant to them?
- What do they already know about it ?
- What do they need to know?
4- Context
- There are three context to consider:
- 1- the context of the writer
- 2-the context of the reader
- 3-the context of the subject
A-Context of the Writer
- The context of the writer includes:
- Genre
- Length (depth)
- Deadline
- Other consideration that affect the writer’s
situation ( fund available for research, computer technology available, photography, media support, other sources.
B-Context for the reader
- Context for the reader includes:
- Readers’ purpose
- Readers’ expectations of the genre and the presentation
- the physical situation of the reader encountering this writing.
C- Context of the Subject
- Context of the subject includes:
- What have other’s been saying about this topic?
- How are you entering into and adding to the “conversation” about this topic that is already in progress?
5-Evidence
- What do you think the way you do about this topic?
- What knowledge and experience do you have with this topic that has led to write?
- What support do you have for your thesis?
- Facts and statistics?
- Expert’s testimony? (personal experience and research)
- Values and beliefs (both yours and your readers)
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