Whose idea was it? Socrates: 469-399 B.C.E. Plato: 424-348 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! Happy Birthday! Nathaniel Rolfes

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AP Language and Composition Thursday, 15 September 2016 Time will pass; will you? 55 school days remain in the fall semester. Today’s Objectives: To review and revise annotated bibliographies To preview Monday’s grammar lesson To discuss and argue, as a class, the philosophy of fear

Housekeeping You will need your textbook on Monday. The Daily Course Calendar was last updated September 13 Writing Contests are now posted on the class website—you can earn optional credit for these. Are you monitoring your grade? Alert me immediately to any discrepancies. Bringing your book to class—it’s on the assignment calendar, and you are responsible for bringing it! Are you reading?

Coming Due—do not squander time—that’s the stuff life’s made of! Monday, 9/19 Grammar Lesson #3 Due Monday, 9/26 Annotated Bibliographies #3 and #4 Vocab Log #4; Sentence Set #2 Due Wednesday, 10/19 Philosophy essay drafts

Today’s Class— please have your vocabulary logs on your desks Return/discuss annotated bibliographies Preview: Grammar Lesson #3, page 999, subordination and coordination in the compound sentence. Exercises 1 and 2: 1-5 Exercise 3: 1-2

FEAR How do we define it? Reading Chapter 17 from Machiavelli’s The Prince Identify one word/phrase/sentence What did you research/read about? (vocab logs?) What do we want to talk about? Free Write: what is your greatest fear? Do you control it, or does it control you? Assign philosophy essay Must be related to a topic we’ve discussed—the cave, free will, fear, transcendentalism. 500-700 words. Free form. Drafts due 10/19.

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.