***HW DUE WED. 2/18

1st/3rd AP LANG 

**NO SCHOOL TUES. 2/17**

HW DUE WED. 2/18: 

1) Make sure you've read the TWO NORMAN MORRISON texts for an IN-CLASS JOURNAL WED. 2/18 or THURS. 2/19!!

2) In the ONE HUNDRED GREAT ESSAYS (OGE) anthology (IF you were given one in class; if not, text is LINKED BELOW!), read Queen Elizabeth I's "Speech to Troops at Tilbury" (pp. 245-46 OR pp. 279-80)

TEXT LINK: QUEEN ELIZABETH I "SPEECH TO TROOPS at TILBURY" 

*Analyze her SHORT SPEECH and at home on paper, FOR JOURNAL #5, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION (*REMEMBER FOR JOURNALS: 150-200 words/informal/address the question below!!!), (WHICH WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY IN CLASS):

BOTH QUEEN ELIZABETH I AND WOOLF ARE STRONG IN THEIR ‘STANCE’ ON A WOMAN’S ‘PLACE’ IN FIGHTING/WAR. WHAT IS THEIR [WOMEN'S] STRENGTH [IN WAR], ACCORDING TO EACH, AND ARE THESE TWO SIMILAR IN THEIR THINKING, THOUGH 400 YEARS APART IN HISTORY?

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3) Using the The Things They Carried (TTTC) AP rhetorical analysis essay prompt and sample student response from class today, use the FIVE-DAY WEEKEND to COMPOSE YOUR OWN RESPONSE TO THE SAME TTTC PROMPT/QUESTION

**FIRST: Consider EXACTLY WHAT THE PROMPT IS ASKING YOU TO SHOW, and look for ways O'Brien addresses this within his text

--look for language elements/devices (tone, allusion, repetition, syntax, diction, imagery, understatement, circumlocution, logical fallacies) O'Brien incorporates into the TEXT EXCERPT you have been given, and explain HOW those elements rhetorically appeal (ethos, pathos, logos--TRY TO STICK TO ONE) to an audience 

*THEN, use the scoring rubric given to you with this assignment, as well as the SAMPLE STUDENT RESPONSE ESSAY, along with all the comments/discussion we had regarding the score this essay received AND WHY 
**also use the SONTAG AP rhetorical analysis prompt/response, along with all the comments/discussion we had regarding the score this essay received AND WHY  

***DUE WEDNESDAY 2/18 IN CLASS, YOU WILL HAVE YOUR COMPLETED 'DRAFT' RESPONSE ESSAY FOR THIS QUESTION/PROMPT AND ASAP/TBA IN CLASS YOU WILL BE GIVEN 40 MINUTES IN CLASS TO REWRITE YOUR ESSAY AND TURN THIS IN AS A 'FINAL' DRAFT; YOUR SCORE ON THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE BASED ON THE AP EXAM ESSAY 1-9 SCORING SCALE.

**KEEP ALL THIS TOGETHER IN THE 'AP TEST PRACTICE' SECTION OF YOUR BINDER**



4th 9th Lit/Comp.

**NO HW DUE WED. 2/18!