Time to ORGANIZE!

Get a pen or a pencil, and be ready to take some notes.

Rhetorical Analysis: What will I be given?

• A longer passage (approximately a page) that will provide all the pertinent information you need to respond effectively

• A specific question, “prompt” that you must address in your analysis

Rhetorical Analysis: How will my timing break down?

• How will my timing break down?

• 1-3 minutes reading and working the prompt

• 5 minutes reading and making marginal notes

• 10 minutes preparing to write

• 20 minutes writing

• 3 minutes proofreading

Rhetorical Analysis: What can I (generally) expect?

• A prose passage coming from various genres and time periods

• A prompt involving the analysis of language: rhetorical strategies and stylistic elements

Rhetorical Analysis: How do I respond?

• By connecting your analysis and the passage clearly and cohesively

• Not using first person

• With a critical analysis that displays a universal/deeper understanding of the text

Rhetorical Analysis: Tips!

• Make sure you ADDRESS THE PROMPT!

• Integrate your quotes- no FLOATING!

• Be organized, thoughtful, and address only information you are given

Open/Argumentative:What will I be given?

• A shorter excerpt or statement that requires you to engage with the topic presented

• An opportunity to respond to the question as you choose: agree, disagree, qualify

Open/Argumentative: How will my timing break down?

• 1-3 minutes reading and working the prompt

• 3 minutes deciding on a position

• 10-12 minutes planning the support of your position

• 20 minutes writing

• 3 minutes proofreading

Open/Argumentative: What can I (generally) expect?

• An open-ended prompt (excerpt or statement) that asks you to either agree, disagree, or qualify with an opinion

• To be challenged to draw on not only your experiences, but your education and beliefs

Open/Argumentative: How do I respond?

Understand the nature of the position taken in the prompt

• Take a specific stand—argue, qualify, disagree—or make your own opinion if necessary

• Clearly and LOGICALLY (no non-sequitur) support your claim

Open/Argumentative: Tips!

• Make sure you ADDRESS THE PROMPT! – Rewrite it in your own words

• Remember that neither the AP Reader— nor Mrs. Becker—can read your mind, be specific with all types of evidence you use (e.g. instead of apple, say granny smith)

• Draw upon your evidentiary toolbox• Take an opinion that you can be passionate (or

at least sort of care) about

Synthesis: What will I be given?

• An introduction to and a description of an issue that has varying viewpoints associated with it.

• An “assignment”

• Sources that relate to the topic (approx. 7)

Synthesis: How will my timing break down?

• 5-6 minutes going back to the texts and picking which texts you will use.

• 8-10 minutes planning the support of your position

• 20 minutes writing the essay

• 3-4 minutes checking to make certain you’ve included at least the minimum # of sources (3)

Synthesis: What can I (generally) expect?

• An intro that provides pertinent information• An assignment: tells you what is expected

of you!• Varied types of sources

– Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, even drama, also visual texts (comics, art, charts, photos)

• No guarantee, but it will probably be an argumentative response (given the nature of the course)

Synthesis: How do I respond?

• Two primary approaches:– Expository: Create a thesis and support it with

specific examples from appropriate sources• Compare and Contrast• Cause and Effect• Analysis

– Argument: Take a position on a particular topic and support it with sources, also indicate weaknesses of other viewpoints

Synthesis: Tips!

• Make sure you cite your sources appropriately: (Source A), (Source C), etc.

• Annotate your sources during the first 15 minutes of “reading” time

• Pay close attention to the introduction material!

• Make some notes about how you’re going to present your argument