What goal did the author have in mind? What is the Subject? What is the general topic, content, or idea contained in the text?
Provide a SOAPStone of analysis for “The Road Not Taken”
What is the Geographic and Historic intersection at which this source was produced?
Who is the Audience?
The readers to whom this document is directed.
The audience may be one person, a small group, or a large group; it may be a certain person or a certain
people.
What is the Purpose?
What is the reason behind the text
Why was it written?
What goal did the author have in mind?
What is the Subject?
What is the general topic, content, or idea contained in the text?
Summarize in a few words or phrase.
What is the Tone?
What is the attitude expressed by the speaker?
Examine the choice of words, emotions expressed, imagery used to determine the speaker’s attit