Rhetoric Rhetoric: Close Reading: Rhetorical Analysis: The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, and embellished over the centuries by scholars and teachers, is that rhetoric is the art of observing in any given case the “available means of persuasion.” Close Reading: Reading to “develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves and then on the larger ideas those words suggest.” Rhetorical Analysis: Defining an author’s purpose, then identifying and analyzing the techniques and strategies employed to achieve that purpose.

Why Goals and Objectives? Course Goal—broad, long-term To understand the elements of argument and other genres or writing, and apply them in both writing, and analysis. Daily Objective—accomplishing “pieces” of the “goal,” one step at a time To understand and evaluate the finer elements argument

Eco Fact of the Week

Whose idea was this rhetoric thing? Socrates: 469-399 B.C.E. Father of Western philosophy and Mentor to Plato. Epistemology and logic. Plato: 424-348 B.C.E. Student of Socrates and founder of “The Academy” Philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric and mathematics. Aristotle: 384-322 B.C.E. Student of Plato, and teacher to Alexander the Great.

Recognition and Congratulations!

Facts do matter—understand the point of credibility

AP Language and Composition Monday, 5 December 2016 Time will pass; will you? 13 school days remain in the fall semester. Today’s Objective: Wrapping up work at semester’s end: Satire Project presentations Completion of Thank You For Arguing reviews SSR: Huck Finn or Lionel Trilling

51 of the most beautiful sentences in literature @buzzfeed.com 13. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” --Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

Housekeeping Paz de Christo this Friday—thanks to the 3rd Hour Crew: Maddy, Kaitlyn and Alaria. Did you not turn in your ECAP assignment? Now, counseling will be hunting you down, and, you’ve lost the points Have you registered for your AP exams? The Daily Course Calendar was last updated Nov. 29. Writing Contests are now posted on the class website—you can earn optional credit for these. Bringing your book to class—it’s on the assignment calendar, and you are responsible for bringing it!

Coming Due—do not squander time—that’s the stuff life’s made of! Collect Today: Vocab log #6 (I have suspended the sentence writing to allow you to focus on Huck Finn) Thursday: Bring your Huck Finn book to class every day Chapters 19-30, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn— tii upload required for the written work Group 2: inner circle/Socratic Discussion Groups 1 and 3: writing questions/even or odd chapters—you are also in the discussion 6 questions from the text—3 focused on satire (and labeled as such) 3 questions from the ancillary reading by Lionel Trilling

Today’s Class— please have your vocabulary logs on your desks Return and Review: Questions for Huck Finn—the assessments get tougher Focus your questions Provide examples/text references Satire? Strategy, analysis, and purpose Content? Purpose—historical or contemporary?

The Satire Project Presenters will be called randomly, according to their “project” focus Do you have your evaluation rubrics? Please hand it to me before you present. Volunteers first… Audience/Students Distribute critique forms Please use the provided forms to record and critique each presentation—I will ask for questions at the end of the presentation—I may have some, as well. SSR: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Evaluation The 9-point rubric 9-point descriptors The Anchor Papers—these are “samples”— responses vary Camera Shots (these are worth 50 points) Scoring…

AP one-word scoring descriptors for timed writing essays: Effective and Adequate Essays Ineffective Essays A 9 is “unique” An 8 is “sophisticated” A 7 is “effective” A 6 is “adequate” A 5 is “uneven” A 4 is “inadequate” A 3 is “unsuccessful” A 2 is “confusing” A 1 is “ugh?”