AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION OVERVIEW MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE COURSE

The art of persuasion through the use of words. RHETORIC The art of persuasion through the use of words.

VOCABULARY – 500 WORDS TOTAL LEARNED IN FIVE BATCHES OF 100 WORDS 25 PER WEEK CUMULATIVE

LITERARY TERMS ALSO CALLED RHETORICAL OR STYLE TERMS

TECHNIQUE FOR LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPERS AND TIMED WRITE ESSAYS STYLE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE FOR LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPERS AND TIMED WRITE ESSAYS

LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPERS ONE FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR WORKS OF LITERATURE STUDIED – ABOUT EIGHT TOTAL

ARTHUR MILLER NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE EDITH WHARTON MARK TWAIN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS JOHN STEINBECK F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AUTHORS IN DEPTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP RESEARCH FOR EACH MAJOR WORK STUDIED GROUP PRESENTATIONS

TIMED WRITE ESSAYS - THREE TYPES: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS (ALSO CALLED STYLE ANALYSIS) PERSUASIVE (ALSO CALLED ARGUMENT) SYNTHESIS (SIMILAR TO DBQ)

MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMINATION PRACTICE ONE HOUR ALLOTTED – 55-60 QUESTIONS USUALLY 4 PASSAGES WITH 12-15 QUESTIONS PER PASSAGE

DISCUSSIONS CLASS DISCOURSE GROUP PRESENTATIONS STRUCTURED RECITATIONS FORMAL DEBATE

*RESEARCH PAPER *11TH GRADE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CURRICULUM AFTER THE EXAM!!! *RESEARCH PAPER *11TH GRADE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CURRICULUM

THE THREE ESSAYS ON THE AP EXAM – 45 MINUTES EACH RHETORICAL PERSUASIVE SYNTHESIS

RHETORICAL/STYLE ANALYSIS ESSAYS…

…ANALYZE “HOW” AUTHORS MAKE MEANING HOW DO THEY ACHIEVE THEIR “STYLE”? INCLUDES: DICTION, SYNTAX, TONE, DETAIL, POINT OF VIEW, ORGANIZATION, RHETORICAL STRATEGIES, AND DEVICES

  PERSUASIVE/ARGUMENT ANALYSIS ESSAYS - TAKE A POSITION EITHER WITH OR AGAINST THE WRITER

*STATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU AGREE/DISAGREE WITH THE AUTHOR’S ASSERTION. THIS STRONG POSITION BECOMES YOUR ASSERTION (THESIS). * USE OUTSIDE SOURCES TO PROVE YOUR ASSERTION (LITERATURE, POPCULTURE, TV, MOVIES, HISTORY, SCIENCE, ETC.). NOTE: NO PERSONAL EXAMPLES – EVER-EVER-EVER-EVER-EVER!

SYNTHESIS ESSAYS - SIMILAR TO A MINI RESEARCH PAPER AND/OR DBQ * PERSUASIVE/ARGUMENT ESSAY BASED ON ONE AUTHOR’S ASSERTION ABOUT A CONTROVERSIAL SOCIETAL ISSUE.

* APPROXIMATELY SIX SOURCES ARE PROVIDED, AND STUDENTS ANNOTATE THE SOURCES.

STATE THE AUTHOR’S POSITION AND STATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU AGREE/DISAGREE WITH THE AUTHOR’S POSITION.

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