Use these Questions to write your Mentor Text Analysis. You are doing an analysis of its structure (NOT CONTENT). Write ONE paragraph.
- How does the text HOOK the audience? INTRO.
- Where does the text incorporate research? How does it use research? Does it quote outside sources, use statistics, use experts, refer to history?
- How does the text incorporate storytelling (or narrative)?
- What do you notice about the text visually (imagery, color, layout)?
- If the text has audio, what do you notice about the text auditorily (music, background sounds, voice-over)?
- Length: How long is the text – words, pages, minutes?
- Who is the audience? What makes you think this? (Consider language, music, visuals, content.)
- How does the text come to an end? CLOSURE.
- What do you think the message is?
- What aspects will you emulate (look up the word) in your project? How will you do this?
- What aspects will you avoid in your project? How will you do this?
