Analyzing Your Model Text:
For each of your model texts, answer the following questions. The questions whose headings are bolded and underlined should apply to everyone’s texts and everyone should answer. The questions with italicized headings will only apply to certain kinds of texts, and thus you should address only the questions that apply to your genre.
What modes does your text make use of?
Color, illustration, design, text, transitions, acetate
Audience
Who, very specifically, is the audience for your text?
Young Adult dog fanatics
How does the author use pronouns like “you,” “we,” and “us?” When the author uses these pronouns who is he/she specifically referring to? How do these pronouns affect the way the author is constructing an audience?
the use of pronouns is minimal in her illustrated model, because the model text is generally just a description of one specific animal.
How does the author construct a relationship between themselves and their audience?
The relationship is established with the use of the acetate looking glasses. This creates a tangible connection.
What words or phrases stand out and let you know how the author is imagining their audience?
Like I mentioned earlier, the audience is pretty general, however on multiple occasions, the use of inappropriate words targets a young adult or adult audience.
Authorial Identity:
How does the author construct his/her own identity in relationship to the reader?
The author constructs her identity by placing herself in the story. She shows her perspective on the dog by giving her glasses. She also constructs her identity by her artistic style.
Does the author use “I” or “me”? Why? And how does this affect their relationship with their audience?
Yes, she uses “I” when speaking about her own relationship with Jazzie, this shows how personal the subject is.
Purpose:
What is the author’s purpose in writing? What is the author hoping to accomplish in the world with their text? How do they want people to feel, think, or act differently as a result of their text?
The purpose of Steph’s writing is to make a comical point, every story has many sides to it. She accomplishes showing the different perspectives that come with Jazzie. The reader is given the option to pick which side they want to believe, its one way the reader connects to the author.
Find the sentence or two where the author first gives the indication of their argument and highlight it. Where does this fall in the text
Each page has a reflection from either perspective. So, each page shows the opposing arguments.
Find the sentence where the author most clearly states their purpose or argument? Where, within the text is this?
Organization:
How does the author organize the text? How does he transition from idea to idea?
The author organizes the text by first introducing JAzzie the dog, and then following up with descriptions of Jazzie, ending with her species. The transition from idea to idea happens as the page turns.
What kinds of words or language does the author use to connect his or her ideas together?
the author uses simple sentences to get the point across quickly and witty.
Genre:
How would you define or name the genre of your text. Remember, a genre is a type of thing that reoccurs, has conventions, and uses those conventsions to convey meaning.
I would say this genre is a picture book.
What are the conventions of this genre?
conventions of this genre would be that it uses funny punch lines, the pictures of Jazzie the dog, and the color separating the perspectives.
Images
How did the author use still images (photos or drawings) in the text?
Stephanie drew each image to make the biggest impression on the reader. This is used to describe Jazzie
What work are these images doing to help the author accomplish his purpose?
This part of the book is the most important. The images are engaging and entertaining for the reader, wanting to pick which side to choose.
Are they photos, drawings, charts, graphs, etc.?
drrawings
Why might the author do this?
to make the book fun, and give a visual to help show what Jazzie may or may not be.
How do these images work with the text or spoken speech around them?
The images are the most prominent part of the book, however the text does accompany it in a very subdued and poetic way.
Document Design and Layout:
What font did they choose to use and why?
The font is hand-written, in a very whimsical way. This gives the book an immediate cartoon feeling to it.
How did they make use of headings, titles, bold font, or italics? Why do you think they did this?
In her perspective of Jazzie, she uses a coarse and rough font to show how disgusting she thinks Jazzie is, and the font she uses to describe my mom’s perspective is froo-froo and pretty, to give the impression that Jazzie is like a princess.
How is the text laid out on the page? In columns? Large blocks of text? Short paragraphs? Long paragraphs? Is it wrapped around images?
The text is wrapped around the images, filling empty spaces.
How does the text make use of color? What colors does the text use and why?
the text cooresponds to the color of each perspective.
Making A Recipe for your Model Text
Now, using the information you have gained from the above analysis, imagine you are writing a recipe for creating this kind of text or genre.
Title your recipe with “Instructions for Making ____ for __(particular audience)____.
Make a list of the ingredients that need to be included in a similar text.
Create a list of steps for making this recipe which explain what order things should be included in and why.
Instructions for Making an historical book for the Dean of the Arts and Sciences college at UNL and the president of Love Library.
Ingredients:
Intriguing and prominent images
Very minimal text
Bursts of color
Clever text
Dynamic layout
Steps to making the recipe:
1.) First make a sketch page of all the different slides, or pages you are going to do
2.)Organize this in whichever way it seems fit. Because the book is historical in this case, I will do it in moderately historical chronological order, or by significance.
3.) Start sketching individual drawings for each page.
4.)place small text on french to introduce the section
5.) chunks of historical and factual context within the mix of images for support.
6.) Bind the book
7.) In the forward, write to the Dean and President of Love, as to why I am writing and illustrating the book.
The conventions I am going to use are historical references, the Korean language, and my own artistic interpretations of the history.
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