1. who is the voice that tells the story? 2. what can you infer about the speaker based on references to the text?
3. what is the time, place, current situation, context in which the author is writing?
4. who is the audience- the group of readers to whom the piece is directed?
5. what does the speaker want the audience to think or do as a result of reading this text?
6. how does the speaker try to spark a reaction in the audience?
7. what techniques are used to achieve a purpose:
Text Feature: (Diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures &captions, polls, videos)
Text Structure: (cause/effect, sequence, flashback, describe/attribute, compare/contrast)
8. what is the main idea of the text?
9. how does the author present the subject?
10. what is the attitude of the author?