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Activity: Opening Paragraph Practice

Directions: Read the selection "A Few Words for Motherhood" by author Wendell Berry. Pretend that you are given this selection and asked to write an essay in response to the following prompt:

"In a well-developed essay, analyze the rhetorical strategies Berry uses to describe the event of the calf's birthing and the nature of motherhood. Support your analysis with specific references to the text."

Then, using the SOAPSTone template given in Section 4 to create a potential opening paragraph for this essay. This is just to practice using the template- there may be a number of possible answers!

Template from the lesson (using the Lincoln "Gettysburg Address" example):

Speaker, Occasion, and Subject
(Writer’s credentials), (writer’s first and last name), in his/her (type of text), (title of text), (verb- subject).

Example: President Abraham Lincoln, in his famous speech now known as The Gettysburg Address, illuminates the sacrifices made by soldiers during the battle at Gettysburg.
Purpose
(Writer’s last name)’s purpose is to (what the writer does in the text).

Example: Lincoln’s purpose is to acknowledge the price paid by the fallen soldiers and inspire the audience by recalling the greater purpose of reuniting the North and South.
Audience
He/she adopts a[n] (adjective describing the attitude/feeling conveyed by the writer) tone in order to (verb phrase describing what the writer wants readers to do/think) in his/her (audience).
Example: He utilizes a humble and reverential tone in order to stir feelings of patriotism and determination in his audience.

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