We will have a quiz over the 11 most important rhetorical devices on Thursday in AP Language. To review, you might take a look at: the list of terms and their definitions. the practice we did today. the Quizlet review of the terms and their definitions. Study!
This week, we’ll be focusing on a new sort of writing assignment, doing brief rhetorical analyses of speeches and written texts. You can download the assignment sheet here, and review the rhetorical devices we studied in class on Monday here. If you need to do some background research on Dr. King’s I Have a Dream […]
The Debate final will have two parts: Personal Philosophy Paper Wilderness Philosophy Quiz (Thoreau, Leopold, Carson, Blackfish, Arguments Against Environmentalism)
From Oliver Burkeman: Not surprisingly, we tend to hear the most about bigotry and prejudice when it surfaces explicitly: see Oprah Winfrey’s recent experience in a high-end Swiss boutique, for example, or the New York police department’s stop-and-frisk policies, ruled racially discriminatory by a judge this week. But the truth is that much prejudice – […]
We’ll debate three topics about wolves: the reintroduction of wolves is damaging to the economy of western states. the reintroduction of wolves is harmful to the environment and other animals. wolves should not receive protection from the federal government.