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PAPEL Analysis Worksheet
Use this worksheet to help you analyze the texts you are reading. Remember to push your descriptions beyond mere one-word responses and to consider how-and what--the author's awareness of audience and choice of presentation, evidence, etc. contributes to the essay itself.
Purpose: (What's the author claiming, and why? What is he/she trying to accomplish?)
Audience: (Who was the author's target audience? Who was the author trying to reach, and why?)
Presentation: (In what genre or mode of writing was the text presented?)
Evidence: (What types of support does the author use to back up his/her claims?)
Language: (How would you describe the author's tone? Vocabulary? General use of imagery and language?)
Overall Analysis (Whether the source was effective or not, interesting or not, etc., and why: