AP English Language
and Composition
Monday, January 26th, 2015
In partners, complete the following. Write your
responses on a sheet of notebook paper.
1. Read and annotate the text.
2. Write a bullet point précis pre-write (type of text & date; thesis; RM;
purpose; audience & tone) be specific about tone – notice and identify any
shifts in tone throughout the excerpt.
3. In addition to your précis pre-write, identify two rhetorical devices and two
patterns of development that seem MOST important to the author achieving
his/her overall purpose.
4. Identify three unique or interesting words. For each word, write down the
word and its definition. Also, explain the use of the word in connection with
the author’s thesis and/or purpose.
5. Identify two unique or interesting sentences. Write them down. For each,
explain why they are unique or interesting, and how the craft of that
sentence connects to the author’s thesis and/or purpose.
6. Identify two metaphors and/or similes. Write them down. For each, identify
the effect created by the comparison, and how that connects to the author’s
thesis and/or purpose.
7. Identify two images. Write them down. Explain the effect created by the
image, and how it connects to the author’s thesis and/or purpose.
Class ends
@ 11:39
Looking Ahead:
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Bring your CA textbook to class on Wednesday 1/28
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Homework due Weds. 1/28:
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Read & annotate:
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Intro to Justice and Civil Liberties (CA p. 385-386)
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U.S. Supreme Court: Plessy v. Ferguson (CA p. 418-421)
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U.S. Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education (CA p. 424-426)
Review your annotations of the Declaration of Independence & have
these with you in class