A wonderful introduction to SOAPSTone followed by practice. SOAPSTone is an acronym for Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, and Tone. SOAPSTone Goal-The goal is to gain a better understanding of who read an article, why it was written, and the purpose for writing. This makes the article easier to comprehend.-You are to identify the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone of each passage.-Using SOAPSTone you will be able to help students realize how the individual compo