rhetorical analysis
S.P.A.M.M.? stands for what?
Speaker, purpose, audience, moves, and motivation
What does synthesize mean?
To make something new out of existing "parts"
What is your objective in writing this argument?
To persuade the reader
How many questions and how much time?
55 questions, 1 hour
Name three things you should bring with you on the day of the test.
What is a wrist watch, layers, pencils, blue or black ink pens.
In what order do you analyze the passage of the rhetorical analysis?
The beginning, middle, and end of the passage
True or false: You should use a R.E.H.U.G.O. example in the synthesis essay.
True!!!
What is a reasonable time to spend brainstorming for this argument?
5-10 minutes?
T/F You are penalized 1/4 point for each wrong answer.
FALSE! try to eliminate some obviously wrong answers and then guess!!!
What should you do if you have one minute left and you haven't finished all of the multiple choice?
Fill in the same answer for all remaining answer choices. (Do NOT make a Christmas tree, make a line.)
Characterize this diction with an appropriate adjective: “Meanwhile, the U.S. Army, thirsting for revenge, was prowling the country north and west of the Black Hills, killing Indians wherever they could be found.” - Dee Brown
predatory, aggressive, attacking, rabid
What score will you likely get if you only summarize the sources?
5
Name three ways to get a high score on this essay
What is have an original, "road less travelled" answer to the prompt, use rhetorical methods, have a structure that allows for maximum persuasion, use action verbs, add R.E.H.U.G.O. examples
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.
What does et al. indicate?
There are multiple authors (more that three).
If a speaker has an obsequious tone, what does that mean?
Overly obedient, fawning, submissive.
the amount of time you should spend reading and annotating the passage (answer correct within 3 min)
10 minutes
Identify three things to do when writing the synthesis that will help to elevate your score.
Argue with the sources (acknowledge, concede, refute), show the effects on a scale grander than one's self (family, community, city, state, etc.), elevate diction, use a source in an unintended way, sources argue with each other, personal anecdote...
Name what the letter stand for in the acronym R.E.H.U.G.O.
Reading, Entertainment, Universal Truths, Government, and Observation
If an author has a polemical tone, what does that mean?
The speaker is strongly critical, controversial, or hostile.
Oftentimes we see the word "periodical" in a citation or footnote. What is a "periodical"?
A newspaper or magazine that is published periodically.
Revise this sentence to take out the word "uses"
"She uses logos for her listeners to realize the gravity of the situation."
"She appeals to her listeners logical thinking to help them realize the gravity of the situation."
What is it called when you agree with an opposing viewpoint?
concession
From an argument prompt: "Defend, challenge, or qualify the assertion that certainty is more powerful than doubt." Define the word "qualify" as it is used in this prompt.
To agree in part
1. Donald Robertson, Mexican Manuscript (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1959).
2. Ibid.
What does Ibid mean in footnote # 2?
Notes 1& 2 refer to the same source.
Name the three essays on the AP exam in the order in which they appear.
Synthesis, rhetorical analysis, argument