Mrs. Giamoni
A.P. English Language and Composition
Name _________________________
Date __________________________
Division or Analysis AND Classification
Judy Brady, Armin Brott, Stephanie Ericsson, and William Lutz
Timed Essay: 40 minutes
Choose ONE of the following prompts:
1. Both Judy Brady (“I Want a Wife”, page 320) and Armin Brott (“Not All Men Are Sly
Foxes”, page 324) challenge traditional ideas about how men and women are
supposed to divide the labor in a marriage. However, Brady’s STYLE is fast paced
and her tone is sarcastic, while Brott is more methodical and earnest. Which method
of addressing these issues do you find more effective? Why? Compare and contrast
the essays’ TONES, STYLES, POINTS OF VIEW, and OBJECTIVE versus SUBJECTIVE
language.
OR
2. Stephanie Ericsson (“The Ways We Lie”, page 389) begins her essay by
acknowledging her own lies, and she often uses first-person I or we in explaining her
categories. In contrast, William Lutz (“The World of Doublespeak”, page 399) takes
a more distant approach in classifying the dishonest language called doublespeak.
Which of these two approaches, confessional or more distant, do you find more
effective, and why? When, in your view, is it appropriate to inject yourself into your
writing, and when is it not?