**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102: ANYONE ABSENT FRI. 3/24; PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT FOR CLASS MON. 3/27**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**ATTENTION ANYONE ABSENT FRI. 3/24, PLEASE READ BELOW/FOLLOW STEPS AND COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT BELOW FOR CLASS MON. 3/27:

1) FIRST, everyone watch this because it's hilarious:

SNL Cold Opening 12/12/98: Clinton "Apology" Speech

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2) Now, to prepare for writing JOURNAL #19 due MON. 3/27, find the following TWO things:

--Clinton's "August 17th Apologia" (CLINTON II, for this journal assignment)

**"Clinton II"; CLICK TO EXPAND AND READ ALL

--and Clinton's originally/personally-penned speech ("CLINTON I") transcript below that was 'scrapped' just hours before the national broadcast:

"Clinton I" **CLICK TO EXPAND/READ

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3) AFTER YOU HAVE FOUND AND RE-READ BOTH THESE VERSIONS OF CLINTON'S SPEECH...

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4) Follow the instructions below to complete the JOURNAL #19 culminating writing assignment to accompany these two pieces of US political history... 

*LAST NAME HEADER*

YOUR NAME

*CORRECT MLA HEADING

CORRECT TITLE: 

JOURNAL #19: Clinton Speech(es) Effectiveness/Argumentative Response 

Based on the two Clinton speeches we've read this week ("CLINTON II--August 17 Apologia" and "CLINTON I") COMPOSE AN ARGUMENTATIVE JOURNAL RESPONSE #19 in which you:

• FIRST, identify the speech you feel was MOST EFFECTIVE and LOGICALLY-SOUND FOR THE INTENDED AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE AND EXPLAIN WHY “using blended text evidence/quotes/examples from that text” (Clinton __).

THEN.... 

• USING the OTHER SPEECH VERSION you felt was LESS effective/more ILLOGICAL TO IDENTIFY/DISCUSS ONE (1) SPECIFIC LOGICAL FALLACY YOU FIND WITHIN THE SPEECH 

• use your **LOGICAL FALLACIES LIST/sheet in your binder OR this helpful "THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT LOGICAL FALLACIES" SITE to help you decide what to choose/what you found in that LESS/IN-EFFECTIVE version of the speech 

• also explain HOW this fallacy WEAKENS Clinton’s message/point “WITH BLENDED TEXT EVIDENCE from the speech to back up your assertion/claim(s)” (Clinton __). NOTE that it's -25pts off this J#19 assignment grade if you FAIL TO ADDRESS THIS PART OF THE JOURNAL!!!!

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USUAL MLA/STYLE/CONVENTIONS STUFF TO TAKE NOTE OF AS YOU COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT:

• ONE (1) EXTENDED PARAGRAPH FORMAT, PLEASE

• SINGLE-SPACED is COMPLETELY FINE for this! (if you want to double-space, that's okay too!)

• the use of FIRST-PERSON (singular or plural) is ACCEPTABLE HERE (not required, but you may!)

• PLEASE ATTEND TO THE FOLLOWING for IN-TEXT CITATIONS FORMAT: 
• Speech #1/"Clinton I" (Clinton I). = his original short version
• Speech #2/"Clinton II" (Clinton II). = “August 17 Apologia"/broadcast to nation

• AT THE END OF THIS J#23, PLEASE INCLUDE a WORKS CITED FOR BOTH SPEECHES **that looks exactly like what you see at the bottom of the J#19 PAST STUDENT SAMPLE/MODEL posted below

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NEED A 'BOOST' TO GET YOU STARTED ON THIS ASSIGNMENT? READ BELOW CAREFULLY. This J#23 PAST-STUDENT SAMPLE RESPONSE incorporates everything needed to fulfill the assignment:

**everything you need is here: correct MLA 8th ed. format; proper title; BEGINS by discussing the effective speech; then transitions to the one LESS effective; uses "text evidence" from both properly cited (--); LOGICAL FALLACY INDENTIFIED in less-effective version/explained/"text evidence"; CORRECT WORKS CITED at bottom of journal response

• ALSO, KIDS; NOTE THIS RESPONSE ABOVE is posted as a FORMATTING/CONVENTIONS/FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS GUIDE! You DO NOT have to write stylistically the same way as this response! 

• BE YOURSELF IN YOUR JOURNAL RESPONSE! Don't want to start the same way this one does? Then don't! Want to be a little more conversational in style here? GO FOR IT!!!