SOAPSTone Graphic Organizer Title of the text: Should batman kill the Joker?
Directions: Complete the SOAPSTone organizer below by identifying each of the components in the text and
incorporating key details in a well crafted composition using the APES strategy. The boxes in the graphic organizer will
expand as you type. You may answer the boxes in any order you choose.
The voice that tells the story. Author and speaker are NOT always the same. An author may tell the
Speaker
story from a different point(s) of view(s). What do you know about the speaker's identity? (age group,
occupation/profession, gender, marital status, nationality, ethnicity, location, parental status, language(s),
sexual orientation, etc.) Facts about the speaker will help assess his/her point of view / position.
A - The speaker(s) of the text is/are
P.
Analysis:
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Occasion
The time and place of the piece; the context that encouraged the writing to happen. What is the larger
occasion or environment of ideas and emotions occurring? Is there an immediate occasion or event that
is triggering the author's response?
A - The occasion that this was written for was/is

What is the claim in an argumentative text? the facts and data that support a statement of opinion in the text the statement that takes a position on an issue or controversy the explanation of how the evidence in the text supports a reason the quotations from primary sources that are used to validate a fact

Which is the best paraphrase of the text? the capability of a bicycle makes some people want to go very fast and others to go very slow. as long as you are careful, feel free to ride like the wind. when feeling brave on a bicycle you should ride fast, but when feeling afraid riding slow is wise. if you are unable to coast, it is pointless to even ride. if you’re going to ride a bicycle, you should throw caution to the wind and take over the road, swerving where you like and taking full advantage of your ride. it’s a real joy to be able to ride a bicycle, where you have the choice of going as fast or as slow as you like, using as much courage as you feel like using.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.