AP English III

AP III - English Language and Composition 

Part 1: Rhetoric

Read and take notes on the two articles regarding rhetoric and rhetorical analysis, which can be found here and here. Your notes can be in any format (outline, bullets, etc.) but they must be your own wording, not copied and pasted sections from the articles.

Part 2: Informational Text

Read Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss. I recommend purchasing this novel, as a close reading will likely necessitate highlighting and annotations. I will not check your in-book annotations, but this is an AP habit that you should become accustomed to. Complete a dialectical (2-sided) journal with at least 20 entries: left side = one significant quote, right side = your reaction to or insight into the quote. Preferably, you should reflect on the rhetorical elements present (see Assignment #1). Your quotations should come from THROUGHOUT the book. Dialectical journals focusing exclusively on limited sections will score poorly. Directions for dialectical journals can be found here.

Part 3: Article and Analysis

Read “Back When a Chocolate Puck Tasted, Guiltily, Like America” which can be found here. Complete a 7-10 sentence rhetorical analysis paragraph using the techniques from the SOAPSTone analysis tool (second link from Part 1).

Part 4: Define/explain the following Rhetorical Strategies and provide one original example. These MUST be numbered.

  1. Abstract

  2. Allegory

  3. Alliteration

  4. Allusion

  5. Analogy

  6. Anaphora

  7. Anastrophe

  8. Antecedent

  9. Antithesis

  10. Aphorism

  11. Apostrophe

  12. Chiasmus

  13. Comparison / Contrast

  14. Conceit

  15. Diction

  16. Doublespeak

  17. Ellipsis

  18. Enthymeme

  19. Euphemism

  20. Idiom

  21. Jargon

  22. Juxtapose

  23. Lending Credence

  24. Litotes

  25. Metaphor

  26. Metonymy

  27. Motif

  28. Oxymoron

  29. Paradox

  30. Parallelism

  31. Polysyndeton

  32. Repetition

  33. Satire

  34. Simile

  35. Spin

  36. Syllogism

  37. Synecdoche

  38. Syntax

  39. Tone

  40. Voice

  41. Zeugma 

Guidelines and Required Format:

  • Summer reading assignments are due on the first day of class at the start of the class period.

  • Assignments should be neatly handwritten in blue or black ink OR typed and printed. I will not print work for you, so plan accordingly.

  • The summer assignment must be submitted as one completed whole. I will not accept parts of the project individually.

  • Staple all components of your assignment or place them into a folder. No loose pages will be accepted. Your name needs to be on every piece of your work.

  • This work will be graded. This assignment will serve as the first grades of the semester and give me an introduction to you, your writing, and the quality of work you produce. Take your time and be thorough. You will be quizzed on your rhetorical strategies and logical fallacies within the first week of class.