Devices or bust
A comparison of two objects using "like" or "as."
Simile
Name the three appeals (Latin) and another way to talk about them without using the latin names.
Logos, Ethos and Pathos
Logic, Credibility, and Emotions
The minimum number of sources you need to cite in your essay
Three
What kinds of evidence can you use in your argument essay? Name at least 4 possible types.
What is personal anecdotes, history, literature, current events, philosophy, sports/science etc.
However, as the mobile food industry begins to evolve, it is extremely important that cities implement certain regulations on food trucks. Some of these restrictions may include the proximity to other restaurants, or the extent to which the features on food trucks can be manipulated outside of a standard truck in order to ensure that traditional restaurants are not being dominated and pushed out of their business.
YES! It establishes the factors for why we require regulations.
Select one standout word, or several words that create a pattern. In almost all cases you need to describe the type of diction with an adjective.
What is one strong rhetorical device that elicits emotion? And how?
Options to choose from: diction (needs adjective), Imagery, Allusions, Anecdote, Characterization, Satire, Contrast
What is the minimum number of sources you should cite in each body paragraph? And how should they interact?
Two sources, they should talk to each other in either "building on" or "countering/refutting"
Can you use hypothetical evidence in your argument essay?
What is NO.
How many points is the thesis on your essays? What is the surefire way of getting it?
1. Answer the prompt with a defensible statement.
"Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge -- huge structures collapsing have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger."
Name Bush' device and appeal.
Imagery, hyperbole, fearful diction -- pathos
What is tone? And how to we analyze it?
Describes the author’s attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. To analyze tone you need to identify specific devices (like diction, imagery, details) or general language and syntax used.
Describe 2 things you should annotate for as you read each source
Does it support/negate your argument (+/-)
Key claims it surfaces
Key evidence you could use for writing
Name at least four texts you could reference in your argumentative writing.
TCP, THT, MLK "I Have a Dream", bell hooks etc.
NO! Missing appeals and devices.
What is an allusion? Need to name all types of allusion.
A brief, often implicit and indirect reference within a literary text to something outside the text, weather another text (the Bible, a myth, literary work or piece of music)
Describe the components of an effective intro./thesis for a rhetorical analysis.
1. author's name (first and last) 2. text title 3. purpose of the text 4. two-three specific strategies author uses to achieve purpose
Breakdown and explain your approach for this prompt.
Read the following sources (including any introductory information) carefully. Then, in an essay that synthesizes at least three of the sources for support, take a position on to what extent social media impacts presidential elections.
Need to understand the two sides of the "to what extent" spectrum".
Then you will want to qualify if it is positive/negative and what are the factors/reasons why.
Paraphrase the following prompt. What is it asking you to do-- specifically? “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” —Horace Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.
You tell me.
Civil disobedience is used to counter unjust policies that are put in place mostly by governments, and we see this across the suffergettes, civil rights movement and No Kings march.
No. This is not defensible. It is a fact and has examples to back it up but not answering the prompt of "disobedience is an important human virtue and leads to social change"
"Now I know your first choice today was Alice Walker—guess how I know!—known for The Color Purple.[1]Instead you got me—known for the color of my hair!"
Name a device and connect it to an appeal.
Self-criticism/humility - ethos
Humor - pathos
Reference - ethos
Name 10 rhetorical strategies
What are.... diction, syntax, imagery, tone, simile, metaphor, rhetorical question, personification, antithesis, juxtaposition, repetition, etc.
Breakdown and explain your approach for this prompt.
Carefully read the following six sources, including the introductory information for each source. Write an essay that synthesizes material from at least three of the sources and develops your position on what are the most important factors for cities to consider when regulating mobile food service establishments.
Qualify the argument of regulating mobile food service establishments...is it good or bad or sometimes good or bad.
Identify what are the factors involved in the side of your argument.
Create a thesis statement for this prompt. Remember-- it needs to have 2-3 supporting claims. “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” —Horace Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Horace’s assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a person’s character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.
You tell me
Name the thesis formula for each of the FRQ essays.
Synthesis: Pick a side + reasons.
RA: OAP + appeals + devices
Arug: (Counter/condition) + Pick a side + reasons