AP Lang
Our mascot's name
Who is...
the three main aspects of the rhetorical situation
What are Speaker, Purpose, and Audience?
where you find most of the SPACE information in an AP rhetorical analysis text
What is the background paragraph before the piece starts?
the key to strong evidence
What is specificity?
Our room number
What is room 306
the three rhetorical appeals
What are logos, pathos, and ethos?
how many paragraphs this type of writing typically includes
What is five paragraphs?
The amount of time I recommend you spend reading through synthesis sources
What is 15 minutes?
the sentence type/structure that makes for a nuanced thesis
What is a complex sentence?
What is a blue G2 pen?
the reason that prompted a speaker or writer to communicate
What is exigence?
One important aspect of writing a strong RA essay
What is specific evidence?
Or what is consistent analysis?
Or what is chronological analysis of the piece?
Or what is specify the audience?
what you should annotate for/notice in synthesis sources (explain at least 1)
What is what their central idea/argument is
as well as
what type of source is it?
and what do I agree with/ disagree with?
The acronym one can use to brainstorm evidence for an argument essay
What I say AP means
historical, physical, situational are types of this aspect of SPACE
What is context?
a famous musician whose speech we rhetorically analyzed
Who is P!nk?
an additional paragraph or layer of writing that makes synthesis and argument different from rhetorical analysis
What is a counter-argument and rebuttal?
one type of evidence a writer should avoid in argument essays
What is vague/general evidence?
What are sweeping generalities?
What is made up evidence?
the number of brothers Ms. Johnston has
What is seven?
Who is Aristotle?
the author of the first RA AP Lang exam essay prompt piece you analyzed for this class in August
Who is Reshma Saujani?
the topic of the synthesis prompt from the AP Lang exam last year
What is the value of historical preservation laws?
the first argument essay you wrote in August
What is what is the value of striving for perfection? OR the extent to which Wortham's claim that documenting one's life with selfies is valid?