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The Argumentative Essay AP Language & Composition Exam

What does the argumentative essay require of you? Basically, you must do three things: Basically, you must do three things: –understand the nature of the position taken in the prompt; –take a specific stand—argue, qualify, or disagree—with the assertion in the prompt; and –clearly and logically support your claim.

Agree, Disagree, Qualify Do I think about this subject in the same way as the writer/speaker? (Agree) Do I think about this subject in the same way as the writer/speaker? (Agree)  Do I think the writer/speaker is totally wrong? (Disagree)  Do I think some of what is said is correct and some incorrect and do I feel lucky? (Qualify)

Plan before you write! Brainstorm a list of ideas, construct a chart, or create an outline…whatever it is, give yourself time to THINK about your position! Brainstorm a list of ideas, construct a chart, or create an outline…whatever it is, give yourself time to THINK about your position! The kinds of support you need: The kinds of support you need: –Facts/statistics- Details - Dialogue –Quotations- Definitions- Anecdotes –Contrast and comparison- Cause and Effect –Appeal to authority- Examples

Does it matter what tone is taken in your argumentative essay? You can choose to be informal and personal, formal and objective, or even humorous and irreverent—just be certain your choice is appropriate for your purpose. You can choose to be informal and personal, formal and objective, or even humorous and irreverent—just be certain your choice is appropriate for your purpose.

Will I be penalized for taking an unpopular, unexpected, irreverent, or bizarre position on the given issue? As long as you are addressing the PROMPT and appropriately supporting your position, there is no danger of losing points on your essay. As long as you are addressing the PROMPT and appropriately supporting your position, there is no danger of losing points on your essay. Your essay is graded for process and mastery and manipulation of language, not for how close you come to the viewpoint of your reader. Your essay is graded for process and mastery and manipulation of language, not for how close you come to the viewpoint of your reader.

Suggested time distribution for the argumentative essay: 1-3 minutes reading and working the PROMPT 1-3 minutes reading and working the PROMPT 3 minutes deciding on a position 3 minutes deciding on a position minutes planning the support of your position minutes planning the support of your position 20 minutes writing the essay 20 minutes writing the essay 3 minutes proofreading! 3 minutes proofreading!

The argumentative essay prompt In his famous “Vast Wasteland” address to the National Association of Broadcaster in May of 1961, Newton Minow, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, spoke about the power of television to influence the taste, knowledge, and opinions of its viewers around the world. Carefully read the following, paying close attention to how timely it is today, especially in light of the worldwide Internet. Minow ended his speech warning that “The power of instantaneous sight and sound is without precedent in mankind’s history. This is an awesome power. It has limitless capabilities for good—and for evil. And it carries with it awesome responsibilities—responsibilities which you and [the government] cannot escape…” Using your own knowledge and your own experiences or reading, write a carefully constructed essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Minow’s ideas.

The argumentative essay prompt In his famous “Vast Wasteland” address to the National Association of Broadcaster in May of 1961, Newton Minow, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, spoke about the power of television to influence the taste, knowledge, and opinions of its viewers around the world. Carefully read the following, paying close attention to how timely it is today, especially in light of the worldwide Internet. Minow ended his speech warning that “The power of instantaneous sight and sound is without precedent in mankind’s history. This is an awesome power. It has limitless capabilities for good—and for evil. And it carries with it awesome responsibilities—responsibilities which you and [the government] cannot escape…” Using your own knowledge and your own experiences or reading, write a carefully constructed essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Minow’s ideas. Mark your copy of the prompt…take about 3 minutes.

The argumentative essay prompt In his famous “Vast Wasteland” address to the National Association of Broadcasters in May of 1961, Newton Minow, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, spoke about the power of television to influence the taste, knowledge, and opinions of its viewers around the world. Carefully read the following, paying close attention to how timely it is today, especially in light of the worldwide Internet. Minow ended his speech warning that “The power of instantaneous sight and sound is without precedent in mankind’s history. This is an awesome power. It has limitless capabilities for good—and for evil. And it carries with it awesome responsibilities—responsibilities which you and [the government] cannot escape…” Using your own knowledge and your own experiences or reading, write a carefully constructed essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Minow’s ideas.

Developing the opening paragraph Refer specifically to the prompt Refer specifically to the prompt Clearly state your position on the given issue Clearly state your position on the given issue Newton Minow’s assertion to the national Association of Broadcasters that “The power of instantaneous sight and sound is... An awesome power... With capabilities for good—and for evil” is valid and true. However, placing the responsibility for this power squarely in the hands of the broadcasters and the government is in error. Qualifies the assertion The writer agrees with the potential of the power, but disagrees about who should take responsibility.

Developing the opening paragraph Refer specifically to the prompt Refer specifically to the prompt Clearly state your position on the given issue Clearly state your position on the given issue Imagine being gifted the limitless capability for good and evil—the ability to control the world with one’s super powers. And, what are these powers? X-ray vision? Morphability? Immortality? NO, it is the most awesome power ever devised—the instantaneous influence over the taste, knowledge and opinions of mankind around the world. Even Superman would get a headache from this kind of power! This is not a great gift, it is an “awesome responsibility” according to the Newton Minow’s 1961 warning to the National Association of Broadcasters. Agrees with the assertion The writer agrees with Minow’s position but treats the assertion in a lighthearted fashion. The reader can expect a humorous and possibly irreverent tone in the essay.

Developing the opening paragraph Refer specifically to the prompt Refer specifically to the prompt Clearly state your position on the given issue Clearly state your position on the given issue Nowhere is the awesome power for good and evil of modern technology more clearly seen than in the Internet’s pervasiveness and influence. Newton Minow was right on target in 1961 when he warned the National Association of Broadcasters that the power of TV has “limitless capabilities for good—and for evil.” Agrees with the assertion The writer agrees with Minow’s position, BUT has LIMITED the area of the argument to that of the Internet.

Developing the body of the essay After carefully reading and deconstructing the prompt, choose a way to organize your argument After carefully reading and deconstructing the prompt, choose a way to organize your argument One way (for this prompt) would be to use Minow’s own three-part warning and brainstorm ideas based on those categories One way (for this prompt) would be to use Minow’s own three-part warning and brainstorm ideas based on those categories

Planning the essay (focus on Internet) Good Good –Education –Warning of dangers –Recognition of heroes –Involvement in humankind’s achievements –Instant communications with family & friends –Medical care –Links to the world –Entertainment Evil Evil –Promote hate –Distort reality –Help terrorists –Invasion of privacy –Threats to nat’l security –Create mass hysteria –Exploit children –Fraud –Conspiracy –Subvert elections –Brainwashing Responsibility Responsibility –Laws –Censorship –Self-censorship –Prior restraint –1 st Amendment –Financial gain –Copyrights –Parental control –V-chip –Personal checks and balances

Choose those specific items you will best be able to support and develop Good Good –Education –Warning of dangers –Recognition of heroes –Involvement in humankind’s achievements –Instant communications with family & friends –Medical care –Links to the world –Entertainment Evil Evil –Promote hate –Distort reality –Help terrorists –Invasion of privacy –Threats to nat’l security –Create mass hysteria –Exploit children –Fraud –Conspiracy –Subvert elections –Brainwashing Responsibility Responsibility –Laws –Censorship –Self-censorship –Prior restraint –1 st Amendment –Financial gain –Copyrights –Parental control –V-chip –Personal checks and balances

A sample body paragraph based on the first list: Good Good –Education –Warning of dangers –Recognition of heroes –Involvement in humankind’s achievements –Instant communications with family & friends –Medical care –Links to the world –Entertainment One of the most rewarding applications of the Internet is its ability to provide instant communication between friends and family. A grandmother-to-be in New York is able to share in the moment by moment experience of her daughter’s pregnancy and her granddaughter’s birth in California through , scanned photos and quick videos. Likewise, the ability to instantly communicate with others may have saved the life of a doctor stranded at the South Pole. Her contact with medical resources and experts via the Internet enabled her to undergo surgery and treatment for breast cancer. Research and innovations in medical treatment are now available to those around the world via the “net.” Similarly, the ability for instance communication enables millions to enjoy concerts, sports events, theatrical presentations and other cultural activities without every having to leave home. These wonderful benefits are all because of the fabulous and awesome technological creation—the Internet. IDEAL Remember IDEAL? Identify Example Analysis (explain) Link

A sample body paragraph based on the first list: Good Good –Education –Warning of dangers –Recognition of heroes –Involvement in humankind’s achievements –Instant communications with family & friends –Medical care –Links to the world –Entertainment One of the most rewarding applications of the Internet is its ability to provide instant communication between friends and family. A grandmother-to-be in New York is able to share in the moment by moment experience of her daughter’s pregnancy and her granddaughter’s birth in California through , scanned photos and quick videos. Likewise, the ability to instantly communicate with others may have saved the life of a doctor stranded at the South Pole. Her contact with medical resources and experts via the Internet enabled her to undergo surgery and treatment for breast cancer. Research and innovations in medical treatment are now available to those around the world via the “net.” Similarly, the ability for instance communication enables millions to enjoy concerts, sports events, theatrical presentations and other cultural activities without every having to leave home. These wonderful benefits are all because of the fabulous and awesome technological creation—the Internet. IDEAL Remember IDEAL? Identify Example Analysis (explain) Link

A sample body paragraph based on the second list: The other side of the mass communication coin has the face of evil on it. The Internet offers hate mongers unlimited access to anyone with a connection to the World Wide Web. Groups like the Neo-Nazis can spread their hate messages to susceptible minds via bright, entertaining and engaging websites. What looks like a simple, fun game can easily reinforce the group’s hate-filled philosophy to unsuspecting browsers. With the potential for millions of “hits” each week, it does not take a rocket scientist to perceive the danger here. This danger is also present with the minds and bodies of curious and vulnerable Evil Evil –Promote hate –Distort reality –Help terrorists –Invasion of privacy –Threats to nat’l security –Create mass hysteria –Exploit children –Fraud –Conspiracy –Subvert elections –Brainwashing young people. Because of its easy access and easy production, “kiddie porn” is both possible and available via the Internet and the films any number of porn sites offer for downloading with the mere click of a keyboard key. Through contacts made through and/or chat rooms on the Net, children can be easily fooled and led to contact those who would abuse their bodies and minds for a quick profit or cheap thrill. With instantaneous messaging, whether real or imagined, positive or negative, a single person or group can set into motion mass hysteria just by warning of an impending disaster, such as a flood, fire, bomb, poison, and son on. There are obviously many more possibilities floating out there in the ethernet. These are just three of the evil ones.

A sample body paragraph based on the THIRD list: Just as there is the potential for both good and evil with regard to mass communication, so too is there the potential for both beneficial and destructive strategies related to reponsibilities. The most powerful regulator of our responsibility as individuals is our finger and its power to press a button or double click on a key and to “just say no.” With this slight pressure, we are able to exert monumental pressure on those who produce programs, websites, photos, documents, etc., which we find unacceptable. Who better to tell us what to watch, what to do, and what to think? All too Often many people prefer to abdicate their personal responsibility and give that power to either the government or the communication industry. We must never forget that dictators target the control and censorship of mass media as the first step in the total control of the minds and hearts of the populace. The laws, which we as citizens of a democracy look to, must never impinge upon our First and Fourth Amendment rights. Each of us has the right of free speech, and each of us has the right to privacy. None of us has the right to harm others or to limit the rights of others; why, then, would we give that right to the communication industry or to the government? Responsibility Responsibility –Laws –Censorship –Self-censorship –Prior restraint –1 st Amendment –Financial gain –Copyrights –Parental control –V-chip –Personal checks and balances

The concluding paragraph Spend your time in planning and writing the body of your essay Spend your time in planning and writing the body of your essay In a brief essay, you can be certain your reader can remember what you’ve already said, so there is no need to summarize your major points or to repeat the prompt. In a brief essay, you can be certain your reader can remember what you’ve already said, so there is no need to summarize your major points or to repeat the prompt. If you feel you MUST have a concluding statement/remark, make certain it is a FINAL remark that is of interest and is appropriate to your purpose If you feel you MUST have a concluding statement/remark, make certain it is a FINAL remark that is of interest and is appropriate to your purpose You may use the last sentence of your last body paragraph as your concluding comment. You may use the last sentence of your last body paragraph as your concluding comment.

A sample body paragraph based on the THIRD list: Just as there is the potential for both good and evil with regard to mass communication, so too is there the potential for both beneficial and destructive strategies related to reponsibilities. The most powerful regulator of our responsibility as individuals is our finger and its power to press a button or double click on a key and to “just say no.” With this slight pressure, we are able to exert monumental pressure on those who produce programs, websites, photos, documents, etc., which we find unacceptable. Who better to tell us what to watch, what to do, and what to think? All too Often many people prefer to abdicate their personal responsibility and give that power to either the government or the communication industry. We must never forget that dictators target the control and censorship of mass media as the first step in the total control of the minds and hearts of the populace. The laws, which we as citizens of a democracy look to, must never impinge upon our First and Fourth Amendment rights. Each of us has the right of free speech, and each of us has the right to privacy. None of us has the right to harm others or to limit the rights of others; why, then, would we give that right to the communication industry or to the government? Responsibility Responsibility –Laws –Censorship –Self-censorship –Prior restraint –1 st Amendment –Financial gain –Copyrights –Parental control –V-chip –Personal checks and balances

A sample body paragraph based on the first list: Good Good –Education –Warning of dangers –Recognition of heroes –Involvement in humankind’s achievements –Instant communications with family & friends –Medical care –Links to the world –Entertainment One of the most rewarding applications of the Internet is its ability to provide instant communication between friends and family. A grandmother-to-be in New York is able to share in the moment by moment experience of her daughter’s pregnancy and her granddaughter’s birth in California through , scanned photos and quick videos. Likewise, the ability to instantly communicate with others may have saved the life of a doctor stranded at the South Pole. Her contact with medical resources and experts via the Internet enabled her to undergo surgery and treatment for breast cancer. Research and innovations in medical treatment are now available to those around the world via the “net.” Similarly, the ability for instance communication enables millions to enjoy concerts, sports events, theatrical presentations and other cultural activities without every having to leave home. These wonderful benefits are all because of the fabulous and awesome technological creation—the Internet. Yes, this concluding sentence IS a little on the giddy side…

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