Essay Strategy #2 (paint by numbers...write by letter): S.T.A.A.RS.



S.T.A.A.RS.

S    Subject (one word – literal subject)
T    Thematic Statement (what the writer says about the subject up to this point – one complete sentence)
A    Attitude (tone; what the writer feels about the subject – 3 tone words)
A    Audience (To whom is the passage addressed?)
RS    Rhetorical Strategies (Choose one and cite it from the text)