1. English II Pre-AP 1. Staple your Root and Anthony Analyses together and turn in. 2. Complete Day 2 in your grammar packet.

2. Rhetorical Analysis Paper Working Thesis

3. What Do I Need to Make Sure is in My Thesis? O Purpose(s) O Strategies O In other words… O What does the speaker do?/What is his/her goal? O How does the speaker do it?/How does s/he accomplish it? O NOTE: Your thesis statement MAY be up to two sentences, but be sure to avoid laundry lists of devices.

4. Working Thesis Rubric O Unapproved "Be" verbs (students who have not cleared a "be" verb in the thesis with me) = -50 points each O 1st- or 2nd-person pronouns = -50 points each O Contractions = -50 points each O Missing purpose = -50 points O Fragment or Run-on = 0 O Sentence that does not make sense = 0 O Students can rewrite and resubmit their thesis statements for a 75.

5. Mrs. Forys’ Working Thesis O In her 1992 speech to the Republican National Convention, Mary Fisher employs a number of emotional appeals and figurative comparisons in order to advocate for public action with regards to the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.

6. Mrs. Forys’ Working Thesis O In her 1992 address to the Republican National Convention, Mary Fisher uses personification and references to her family and history in order to put a human face on the HIV/AIDS crisis.

7. Other Sample Thesis Statements… O For Carl Sagan Speech: O In tracing deadly weapons and historic mistakes, Carl Sagan admonishes past decisions to use nuclear power and seeks to deter its continued production for the sake of the human race. O For Harry Truman Speech: O By providing his audience with an idea of the history and potential future of atomic technology, Truman works towards support for the use and maintenance of the atomic bomb.

8. Problematic Thesis Statements… O Sagan argues against the use of nuclear weapons and the continuance of nuclear technology. O Root used stereotypes and other fallacious arguments. O Anthony explains why women should have the right to vote, and she laments how sad it is that they can’t.

9. What Do I Need to Make Sure is in My Thesis? O Purpose(s) O Strategies O In other words… O What does the speaker do?/What is his/her goal? O How does the speaker do it?/How does s/he accomplish it? O NOTE: Your thesis statement MAY be up to two sentences, but be sure to avoid laundry lists of devices.