Sunday, January 13, 2019

The Rhetorical Analysis Essay-Resources and Blog Prompt for January 14th, 2019


Either work with a buddy or work independently to explore the following resources that will help you to prepare for writing the Rhetorical Analysis Essay. Do some Note-Catching on your Cornell Note template as you explore the resources. Please feel free to research other resources especially the ones suggested as secondary sources in the videos you examined.

Having examined these, review the blog rubric as you prepare your responses on the following blog activity. Please remember the guidelines for posting the blogs which also includes meaningfully responses to at least one other student's blog posting. The blog task is at the end of the resource list.


Resource #1 Ideas on how to write the Rhetorical Essay



Resource #2 on how to Explain Rhetorical Strategies to prepare for writing the Rhetorical Essay



Resource #3 Approach or Strategy for analyzing the Rhetorical Device Prompt




Blog Task: ( All Blog postings and responses are due by Wednesday, Jan 16th, 2019 end of the period.

Having examined the resources on the Rhetorical Analysis essay, how are you better prepared to successfully attempt this task? What do you consider to be your strong points in approaching such a task? Where might you still require assistance in building your confidence? Which resource from the list works best for you? Explain why. Finally, some people believe that the AP tasks should be considered the tasks that students should work towards to show mastery of skills rather than the regents exams. What's your position on this? Why?