1. I CAN ANALYZE A WRITER’S PURPOSE IN AN ESSAY. I CAN EDIT SENTENCES FOR MISTAKES IN MECHANICS AND WORDINESS. I CAN ANALYZE THE STRUCTURE OF AN ARGUMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF ITS PURPOSE. I CAN IDENTIFY RHETORICAL DEVICES OF CONTRAST IN A TEXT. AP LANGUAGE JANUARY 5-6, 2015

2. EDIT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES Usage, Irregular Verb, Hyphen, Wordiness, Comma (Nonrestrictive Phrase) The Hundred Years’ War which lasted from 1337 to 1453 and was 116 years long, was an English French conflict fighted for control of France. Usage, Comma (Appositives), Double Negative In 1536, Henry VIII had his second wife Anne Boleyn killed because she hadn’t never produced a mail air.

3. VOICE LESSONS SYNTAX AND PERSUASION Balance and Contrast  Antimetabole : a sentence strategy in which the arrangement of ideas in the second phrase or clause is a reversal of the first (using the same words); also called chiastic structure.  “...knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight—we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be home with the Lord.” –2 Corinthians 5:6-8  “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” –John F. Kennedy  Antithesis : a contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction  “I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.” –Matthew 5:17b  “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” –Alexander Pope

4. GUESS THE PERSUASIVE FINISH BASED ON SYNTAX 1.Education is not preparation for life;. --John Dewey Anaphora: The first word of the missing phrase will probably be Antithesis: The second phrase may suggest that education is The completion will probably be

5. GUESS THE PERSUASIVE FINISH BASED ON SYNTAX 3. Dreams are today’s answers to. – Edgar Cayce antithesis: The opposite of answers is. The correct completion is probably Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.

6. THE CHEATING CULTURE What is the structure of a classical argument? Does the novel follow that structure? How does Callahan develop his argument? Analyze the structure of chapters 1-6 Look for the classical structure How is the confirmation developed? Is there a refutation?

7. JOURNAL Do you think statecraft, or the art of leading a country, is a great ultimate goal? What kind of qualities do effective leaders possess?

8. READ AND DISCUSS In 50 Essays, read “The Prince” on page 221. As you read, look for the qualities that Machiavelli argues make an effective ruler. Do numbers 2 and 3 in the discussion questions.