SPACE CAT (AP Lang Quiz)

S stands for

Speaker

P stands for

purpose

A stands for

Audience

C stands for

Context

E stands for

Exigence

C in CAT stands for

Choices

A in CAT stands for

Appeals

T stands for

Tones

2 questions for speaker

• Who wrote this?

• What do we know about the speaker? (beliefs/values)

2 questions for purpose

• What is the speaker hoping to accomplish putting this out of the world?

• What reaction are they trying to elicit from the audience?

2 questios for audience

• Who is the intended audience of this text?

• How does the audience impact what they say and how they say it?

2 questions for context

• What was going on in the world when this text was made?

• How would this text be received in a different time?

2 questions for exigence

• Why now?

• What was the spark/catalyst that moved the speaker to act?

2 questions for choices

• Why does the author choose the specific word choice and punctuation?

• Why does the author choose the specific sentence structure and figurative language?

2 questions for appeals

• What appeals does the author make to ethics/credibility (ethos)?

• What appeals does the author make to emotions (pathos)?

2 questions for tone

• What is the speaker’s attitude towards the subject?

• Where does the tone shift?