OPTIC & SOAPSTONE - AP Seminar

OPTIC and SOAPSTONE meanings for AP Seminar

O (OPTIC)

Overview:

Explain the visual in just enough detail to provide the overall gist of the image; imagine describing the image to someone who cannot see it.

P (OPTIC)

Parts:

Identify the visual elements that make up the entire composition. Consider the identifiable objects in the piece as well as more abstract visual elements.

T (OPTIC)

Title:

Use the name of the piece and describe the creator/artist to analyze the message the artist may have been trying to convey.

I (OPTIC)

Interrelationships:

Look at the items in the visual holistically; that is to say, see how all of the combined elements together make for interesting meanings.

C (OPTIC)

Conclusion:

Make interesting clams about the visual as an entire composition. Provide an analysis that gives insight into what the painting may be trying to portray.

S (SOAPSTONE)

Speaker:

Identify who is telling the story or giving the information.

O (SOAPSTONE)

Occasion:

The occasion refers to the time and place of the story or written document.

A (SOAPSTONE)

Audience:

Consider the primary, secondary, and even tertiary audiences of this text.

P (SOAPSTONE)

Purpose:

Why would the author write this particular text for the audience you noted above. Determine the meaning and message underlying the prose and ask yourself: What value does this give to my audience.

TONE (SOAPSTONE)

Tone:

Evaluate the word choice organization and rhetorical patterns in the prose. How do the textual elements make the audience feel.