The Rules of 10

1. Topic
2. Content
3. Source
4. Audience
5. Rhetorical Function
6. Purpose
7. Perspective
8. Positioning
9. Impact
10. Visual

This is my own mnemonic to remember The Rules of 10:

1. Tok (Topic)
2. Chot (Content)
3. Suke (Source)
4. Anak (Audience)
5. Rambut (Rhetorical Fuction)
6. Pusing (Purpose)
7. Pusing (Perspective)
8. Pastu (Positioning)
9. Itam (Impact)
10. Version (Visual)

A piece of writing example by using Rules of 10:

1. Topic:

~Superstition is the best way to teach young generation to be well behave.

2. Content:

~It is believe that a maiden who sings at the kitchen while cooking will soon get married with an

old man.

3. Source:

~A consensus accepted by all mothers everywhere

~The elders from Peninsular Malaysia

~Legend story

4. Audience:

~Society at large

~Parents

~Mother

~Maiden

5. Rhetorical Function:

~Warning

6. Purpose:

~The purpose of this belief is to warn society at large, parents, mother, and maiden from

behaving badly.

7. Perspective:

~Superstition can make the individual in a society afraid in embracing change.

8. Positioning:

~Nevertheless, superstition helps the individual in a society to focus more in their work in the

name of progress.

9. Impact:

~ Society at large will concentrate more on their work progress.

~ Helps parents to control their children behavior.

~ Helps the mother to teach young children to well behave and create a good attitude in their

self.

~ Maiden will not harm themselves during cooking at the kitchen.