Homework: Possible Observations
A. General to Specific and Specific to General - Find the general statements that are followed by specific examples or applications of the general. Also find specific statements that are summarized by a general one.
B. Questions & Answers - Note if the text is built on question-and-answer format
C. Dialogue - Note if the text includes dialogue. Identify who is speaking and to whom.
D. Purpose/Result Statements - these are more specific type of "means," often telling why. Purpose and result are similar and sometimes indistinguishable. In a purpose statement, you usually can insert the phrase "in order that." In a result clause, you usually can insert the phrase "so that."
E. Means (By Which Something Is Accomplished) - Note if a sentence indicates that something was done by means of someone/something (answers "how?"). Usually you can insert the phrase "by means of" into the sentence.
F. Conditional Clauses - A clause can present the condition by which some action or consequence will result. Often such statements use an "if...then" framework (although in English the "then" is often left out).
G. The Actions/Roles of People - Identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to people or encourages people to do/be
H. the Actions/Roles of God - Identify the actions or roles that the text ascribes to God
I. Emotional Terms - Does the passage use terms that have emotional energy, like kinship words ("father", "son") or words like "pleading"?
J. Tone - What is the overall tone of the passage: happy, sad, encouraging, and so on?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.