Copy Of Author S Purpose Associative Analytical Chart The Onion Satire 
A dapted from the following source:
Degen, Michael. "Close Reading Strategies That Develop an Analytical Voice." Crafting Expository Argument. 5 ed. Dallas: Telemachos Publishing, 2012. 1736.
The Onion Example - Author’s Purpose -Associative Analytical Chart
Evidence
(MLA or line number citation)
How?
Look for
Strategies such as::
Diction / Imagery /
Detail / Rhetorical
Modes/
Appeals
“In what she described as ‘the most emotional moment of her academic life,’ University of Virginia sophomore communications major Grace
Weaver sobbed openly…”
(1-2).
“This book has changed me in a way that only great literature summaries can…” (4-5).
hyperbole
Realistic Details - U of VA, sophomore, communications major, Grace
Weaver, interview stereotype Interview
Satirical
ridiculous sentiment humorous appeal
Why?
Words
Associated with the author’s purpose.
How?
Describe the relationship between the examples you chose
: (e.g. do they repeat, contrast, define, show a similarity, etc). So What?
Create a statement that explains the effect of the patterns on the author’s intended purpose.
Mocking, superficial, shallow, unscholarly, exaggerated, absurd Lampooning, satirical, ironic, mocking Repetition/similarity
Grace Weaver, a realistic but fictional college student, is stereotypically and absurdly represented in what
The
Onion ironically claims is
“the most emotional moment of her academic life.”
This sentiment is further emphasized through the exaggerated claim that the
“book changed [Weaver] in a way only great literature summaries can,” mocking the superficial shallowness of students who rely on Cliffs Notes instead of reading actual novels.
A dapted from the following source:
Degen, Michael. "Close Reading Strategies That Develop an Analytical Voice." Crafting Expository Argument. 5 ed. Dallas: Telemachos Publishing, 2012. 1736.
Evidence
(MLA Citation)
Diction / Imagery /
Detail / Rhetorical
Modes/ Appeals
Association-
See
Association
Degen, Michael. "Close Reading Strategies That Develop an Analytical Voice." Crafting Expository Argument. 5 ed. Dallas: Telemachos Publishing, 2012. 1736.
The Onion Example - Author’s Purpose -Associative Analytical Chart
Evidence
(MLA or line number citation)
How?
Look for
Strategies such as::
Diction / Imagery /
Detail / Rhetorical
Modes/
Appeals
“In what she described as ‘the most emotional moment of her academic life,’ University of Virginia sophomore communications major Grace
Weaver sobbed openly…”
(1-2).
“This book has changed me in a way that only great literature summaries can…” (4-5).
hyperbole
Realistic Details - U of VA, sophomore, communications major, Grace
Weaver, interview stereotype Interview
Satirical
ridiculous sentiment humorous appeal
Why?
Words
Associated with the author’s purpose.
How?
Describe the relationship between the examples you chose
: (e.g. do they repeat, contrast, define, show a similarity, etc). So What?
Create a statement that explains the effect of the patterns on the author’s intended purpose.
Mocking, superficial, shallow, unscholarly, exaggerated, absurd Lampooning, satirical, ironic, mocking Repetition/similarity
Grace Weaver, a realistic but fictional college student, is stereotypically and absurdly represented in what
The
Onion ironically claims is
“the most emotional moment of her academic life.”
This sentiment is further emphasized through the exaggerated claim that the
“book changed [Weaver] in a way only great literature summaries can,” mocking the superficial shallowness of students who rely on Cliffs Notes instead of reading actual novels.
A dapted from the following source:
Degen, Michael. "Close Reading Strategies That Develop an Analytical Voice." Crafting Expository Argument. 5 ed. Dallas: Telemachos Publishing, 2012. 1736.
Evidence
(MLA Citation)
Diction / Imagery /
Detail / Rhetorical
Modes/ Appeals
Association-
See
Association