1. AP English Language and Composition
Wednesday, 4/30/14

2. Vocab mini-lesson
-er : a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter; banker; teacher; researcher), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager; SHSer),
-ist : a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize  or nouns ending in -ism,  that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc. (apologist; dramatist; machinist; novelist; realist; socialist; scientist)
Characterize : to describe the character or individual quality of; to attribute character to

3. Prompt: The Great Influenza
In the following passage from The Great Influenza, an account of the 1918 flu epidemic, author John M. Barry writes about scientists and their research. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Barry uses rhetorical strategies to characterize scientific research.
Identify your task: background, verbs & prompt

4. Prompt: The Great Influenza
In the following passage from The Great Influenza, an account of the 1918 flu epidemic, author John M. Barry writes about scientists and their research. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well- written essay, analyze how Barry uses rhetorical strategies to characterize scientific research.
Identify your task: verbs & prompt
THESIS: Barry characterizes scientific research as (characteristics) by using (rhetorical methods)
Write a précis
How are a précis and a rhetorical analysis similar yet different?

5. Prompt: The Great Influenza
In the following passage from The Great Influenza, an account of the flu epidemic, author John M. Barry writes about scientists and their research. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Barry uses rhetorical strategies to characterize scientific research.
Identify your task: verbs.
Barry characterizes scientific research as __________ by using ___________
Write a précis
How are a précis and a rhetorical analysis similar yet different?