HW DUE TUES. 2/27

1st/3rd AP LANG

Using the The Things They Carried (TTTC) AP rhetorical analysis essay prompt and sample student response from class today (AP Practice Exam section), complete the following: 

**1) HW DUE TUES. 2/27:

--After reading both above as we did in class today, use the "Scoring Rubric" on the back page to decide on a 1-9 SCORE you think is appropriate for this student response **BE READY TO DEFEND YOUR SCORE POSITION USING THE ESSAY RESPONSE, ITS MERITS, WHAT IT LACKS, UPPER vs. LOWER-LEVEL SCORE, etc. 

--THEN decide on a score, complete ALL of the "You Rate It!"sheet, (pg. 3) THOROUGHLY ANSWERING ALL FOUR (4) QUESTIONS

**AND REMEMBER: 
This student wrote this response in 40-minutes;

REWARD your student writer for what they DO RIGHT!

**ALSO: BE PREPARED to share your written responses to this assignment in class TUES. 2/27 FOR A GRADE!! 
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**2) HW DUE WED. 2/28: 

COMPOSE YOUR OWN FULL, DRAFTED RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 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 

**DUE WED. 2/28, YOU WILL HAVE YOUR COMPLETED 'DRAFT' RESPONSE ESSAY FOR THIS QUESTION/PROMPT AND 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**

2nd British Lit./Comp.

**NO HW DUE TUES. 2/27!