Textbook - The Language of Composition the-language-of-composition

 

Rhetoric

AP Language & Composition Tips
​www.albert.io/blog/ap-english-language-tips/

What Do Students Need to Know about Rhetoric?
secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap06_englang_roskelly_50098.pdf

Why Study Rhetoric? or What Freestyle Rap Teaches Us about Writing
​http://writingcommons.org/open-text/information-literacy/rhetorical-analysis/582-why-we-study-rhetoric

What Is a Rhetorical Analysis? (Video 6:25)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s0LqAdqkV0

Rhetorical Analysis: Explaining Strategies (Video 6:46)
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gMAdgInpCs

 

Guide to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Terms
​http://rhetoric.byu.edu/

How to Write a Rhetorical Analysis how_to_write_a_rhetorical_analysis_essay.pdf

Rhetorical Modes as Rhetorical Strategies
www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/read12/toolbar/set02.aspx

Rhetorical Info and Short Passages for Analysis passages_with_purpose.pdf

Rhetorical Terms List rhetoricaltermslist.docx

Rhetorical Terms and Devices glossary_rhetorical_devices.doc

Little Known Rhetorical Devices
mentalfloss.com/article/60234/21-rhetorical-devices-explained

 

Tough, Sweet, and Stuffy
​http://ctl.byu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/critical_reading_mini-lessons/53-Identifying_Voice.pdf

Tough, Sweet, and Stuffy p. 202-210; Syntax begins on p. 178
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED227515.pdf

Tone Words and Their Definitions
https://www.mhasd.k12.wi.us/cms/lib04/WI01001388/Centricity/Domain/123/Huge_list_of_tone_words_with_definitions.pdf

Activity - Tone and Diction Support Meaning
​www.texasgateway.org/resource/analyze-how-authors-style-and-syntax-support-meaning-english-i-reading

 

The Norton Reader 
contains Rhetorical Strategies, Writing Strategies, and some selected essays
​http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/read12/

Argument of Definition - Video 11+min
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BNYx4EU90fM

Rhetorical Analysis Prompts and How to Break Them Down
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Y5godLZS0
Writing the AP Rhetorical Analysis
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCOtky6-Kzo

Passages with Purpose & Other AP Materials
passages_with_purpose.pdf

 

Argument

C.H.O.R.E.S.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKuOvoW-3qE

Basics on Argument Essay + Breakdown of Prompts (16+ min.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNK2cH0d7cQ

Video - Basics of Toulmin Argument
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-YPPQztuOY&feature=youtu.be

Video - Toulmin Argument with Deductive and Inductive Reasoning Explanantion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vArfwlX04I

Toulmin Model - Handout
www.thomasuwwritinglab.net/ap-language-and-composition/resources---by-unit/unit-1---foundations/toulmin-model.pdf

Basics on Counterargument
​https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/counter-argument

Counterargument Info with Examples
​http://ctlgsp.wikispaces.com/file/view/counter.argument.pdf

The Owl at Purdue - Logic in Argumentative Writing (includes fallacies)
​https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/659/

Logical Proof: Reasoning in Rhetoric (LOGOS)
https://nordstromeng.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/ancient-rhetorics-ch-5.pdf

Fixing Argument Essays - Good Teaching Tool! Uses Certainty/Doubt prompt and Crucible examples
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDXynUshs7U

 

Synthesis

Collegeboard - Basics on Synthesis
apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-language-and-composition/classroom-resources/preparing-synthesis-question

Guide to Writing the Synthesis Essay
​www.edhs.org/ourpages/auto/2010/5/17/41759867/Synthesis%20Essay%20Introduction.pdf

How to Write a Synthesis Essay
www.mcpshs.net/ourpages/auto/2014/5/27/56049922/How%20to%20Write%20a%20Synthesis%20Essay.pdf

Comprehensive Website on Synthesis Essay and Sample Prompts
​mseffie.com/assignments/synthesis/synthesis_essay.html

Excellent Introduction to Synthesis Essay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSbR33yEDq8

How to Break Down the Synthesis Prompt and Annotate the Sources
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2J0UBEorgU

 

Identify the claim/warrants/backing/counterarguments

The Perils of Setting Goals
www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/your-money/the-perils-of-setting-goals.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Why Kids Benefit from Goal-Setting - Video 2:23
www.wsj.com/video/news-hub-why-kids-benefit-from-goal-setting/3691BEB9-FD6E-43CF-ABA9-032ACAC6B6AD.html

Target Ad
​www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CgLALPoReF0

Verizon Ad 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=glK9MygRQ8M&feature=player_detailpage

Verizon Ad 2 - Air Has No Prejudice
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNSDbkBG_IY&feature=player_detailpage

Nike Ad - Let Me Play Sports
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ_XSHpIbZE&feature=player_detailpage

Pre-Activity Leave It to Beaver Clip
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_Wmoh1gQg

Zach Wahls Speaks about Family
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD50OTR3arY&feature=fvwp&NR=1

 

Persuasive Techniques: Pathos, Logos, and Ethos and Logical Fallacies

Art of Rhetoric: Persuasive Techniques -Pathos, Logos, and Ethos -Video 8:26
www.readwritethink.org/videos/rhetoric/video-61.html

Logical Fallacies
​http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

Logical Fallacies
​http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm

31 Logical Fallacies in 8 Minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf03U04rqGQ

Logical Fallacies Poster
yourlogicalfallacyis.com/pdf/LogicalFallaciesInfographic_A3.pdf

The 7 Deadly Fallacies (click on Next to see beyond the other ones)
www.gppcomic.com/2009/05/01/logical-fallacies-101-the-appeal-to-ignorance/

The Fallacy Fallacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGBO-WMrlIQ&index=2&list=PLtHP6qx8VF7dPql3ll1To4i6vEIPt0kV5

Different Forms of Ad Hominem - Video 1:47
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD50OTR3arY&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Fallacies in Mean Girls
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgnYl2HyFk

Love Is a Fallacy
​http://www.whstigers.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4255074/File/Hopper/Love%20Is%20a%20Fallacy.pdf

Vernon Robinson Congressional Political Ad
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaSQ-LNp9Nk

Dale Peterson Alabama Ag Commisioner
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0

 

Multiple Choice 

Tips for Taking Multiple Choice
http://p1cdn4static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3844624/File/Teachers%20Documents/Lizabeth%20Thompson/AP/AP%20Language%20and%20Composition%20Multiple%20Choice%20Strategies%20(2).pdf

Practice Multiple Choice Exam
ap_english_language_and_composition_practice_test_-_fall_2014__1_.pdf

 

Miscellaneous

USEFUL SITES FOR STUDENTS AND FOR ME!!!
​sites.google.com/site/apenglishlanguageandcomp/useful-sites

Electronic Texts in the Public Domain
​http://infomotions.com/alex/

Quotations Galore
​http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/

Kate Lunz's Website
sites.google.com/a/bvsd.org/ms-lunz-s-class-site/home/ap-lang-comp/ap-lang-assignments-handouts