2.  To his readers, Ernie Pyle was a master of telling the story of the little guy, of describing the fears and daily strife of soldiers fighting in World War II. He was not just a passionate writer, however. An early “embedded journalist,” he worked alongside the troops, experiencing much of what they did, placing himself in danger as they did. His columns captured the scene and his reporting humanized the war for many of his readers.

3.  On WWII Audio Excerpt On WWII Audio Excerpt  Close read the piece

4. 1. Rhetorical Analysis Essay 2. Argumentative Essay (Persuasive) 3. Synthesis Essay (DBQ)

5.  Typically set-up as two sections  Section 1: Comments that focus the reader to the task. ▪ This is what the paper is about  Section 2: Content of the essay ▪ Everything mentioned here should make it into the essay

6. 1. Budget your time For each essay, plan…  1-3 minutes reading and interpreting the prompt  3 minutes deciding on a position  10-12 minutes planning the support of your position  20 minutes writing the essay  3 minutes proofreading

7. Read each prompt carefully a couple of times. Your strategy is the same for each prompt, but it is important to know that each asks you to complete a different task.

8. It is especially important that you take a few moments to decide how you are going to organize it and what you are going to write (DWW chart)

9. 1. Read the prompt carefully a couple of times for context 2. Circle all verbs that give directions 3. Number those verbs 4. Draw an arrow from the verb to the explanation 5. Re-write the verbs in order along with the explanation it points to 6. Cross-out the original prompt

10.  After reading the following excerpt from “On World War II” by Ernie Pyle, write a careful analysis discussing the effect of diction and detail/imagery on the tone of the piece.

11.  Re-write this prompt  Do not use any of the original language but make sure you are staying true to the question.  After reading the following excerpt from “On World War II” by Ernie Pyle, write a careful analysis discussing the effect of diction and detail/imagery on the tone of the piece.

12.  Look for descriptive detail that you think is very important to understanding the argument of the piece  Your descriptive detail cannot be more than 3-5 words  Start looking for patterns  Put the magnets on the front of your cookie sheet

13.  Go around and evaluate the details other groups have placed on their cookie sheet  If you do not think that it is a good or important descriptive detail, put the magnet on the back of the cookie sheet  Come back to your cookie sheet  Evaluate what the other groups have done to your cookie sheet  Is there anything you need to add?  Look at the patterns created by the descriptive detail  Create a topic sentence claim for this piece (one sentence that includes device and purpose)  You will trade this claim with other groups and evaluate the claims based on your knowledge of writing and the AP rubric