SOAPSTone Review Game

Why the text was written; what the speaker wants the audience to think or do as a result.

”Did all those Americans signing petitions understand that lions actually kill people?

“GOODWELL NZOU” “When I was 9 years old, a solitary lion prowled villages near my home.”

“In my village in Zimbabwe, ... , no lion has ever been beloved... They are objects of terror.”

The attitude or feeling of the speaker.

"When I turned on news and discovered messages were about a lion killed by an American dentist"

The time and place of the piece. The situation or event that encouraged the writing to happen.

The voice that tells the story and his or her background information.

The general topic, content, or main idea contained in the text.

My excitement was doused when I realized that the lion killer was being painted as the villain.

The specific group of readers to whom the text is directed

-Zendaya Coleman -actor, singer, 18 year old African American woman, wear hair in locs