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Introduction to quality AP Language authors & writings from the 21st century: Becoming an Effective Reader
we'll do together - Peyton Manning 2021 HOF induction speech
With each Q2 passage, you must determine
1) what is the “Big Ticket Item” of the passage = primary significance / total effect / argumentative essence / author purpose / the movement of thought & feeling
2) what is the most impressive/important rhetorical choice/strategy/tactic/move / structural feature/language element/figurative device/logical appeal/tone shift (2-4 of them total)
THEN, YOUR OPTIONS (pick one ... would be nice if you read them all):
1) John Lewis Farewell Essay - SEE THE PDF BELOW... (published after his death; done with the current AP Lang Q2 prompt format) - June 2020
(is too long for today's task but Obama's eulogy for John Lewis is worth a read)
we'll do together - Peyton Manning 2021 HOF induction speech
With each Q2 passage, you must determine
1) what is the “Big Ticket Item” of the passage = primary significance / total effect / argumentative essence / author purpose / the movement of thought & feeling
2) what is the most impressive/important rhetorical choice/strategy/tactic/move / structural feature/language element/figurative device/logical appeal/tone shift (2-4 of them total)
THEN, YOUR OPTIONS (pick one ... would be nice if you read them all):
1) John Lewis Farewell Essay - SEE THE PDF BELOW... (published after his death; done with the current AP Lang Q2 prompt format) - June 2020
(is too long for today's task but Obama's eulogy for John Lewis is worth a read)
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2) Obama's eulogy for Elijah Cummings - October 2019 (Note the Q2 for May 2021 exam was an Obama 2013 speech on dedicating a Rosa Parks statue - can read HERE). We'll do one of the May 2020 exam versions that was Obama's eulogy for Ted Kennedy in a few days.
3) Jesmyn Ward's essay on losing her huband to Covid during the rise of BLM (Sept 2020) - ON WITNESS AND RESPAIR: A PERSONAL TRAGEDY FOLLOWED BY PANDEMIC
4) Kyle Korver (NBA player) - Privileged essay - April 2019 (a white guy's realization of his place/responsibility in the fight for social justice)
5) Mitt Romney's (Utah Republican senator) speech on voting to impeach Donald Trump - Feb 2020
6) Anthony Bourdain's first essay in 1999 - Don't Eat Before Reading This
7) Dave Grohl (Nirvana drummer) - In Defense of Our Teachers - July 2020
8) How to Survive in the ‘Shark Attack Capital of the World’ - personal narrative journalism about New Smyrna Beach (Sept 2020)
9) What Bobby Milvaine Left Behind: Grief and Conspiracy 20 Years After 9/11 (long, August 2021)
10) Naomi Osaka - It's OK Not To Be OK (mental health, July 2021) - SOMEWHAT BLOCKED BY TIME'S PAYWALL, see attached below if you can't get past it
11) Jonathan Haidt - Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid or HERE
12) It's Been 50 Years. I am Not "Napalm Girl" Anymore
3) Jesmyn Ward's essay on losing her huband to Covid during the rise of BLM (Sept 2020) - ON WITNESS AND RESPAIR: A PERSONAL TRAGEDY FOLLOWED BY PANDEMIC
4) Kyle Korver (NBA player) - Privileged essay - April 2019 (a white guy's realization of his place/responsibility in the fight for social justice)
5) Mitt Romney's (Utah Republican senator) speech on voting to impeach Donald Trump - Feb 2020
6) Anthony Bourdain's first essay in 1999 - Don't Eat Before Reading This
7) Dave Grohl (Nirvana drummer) - In Defense of Our Teachers - July 2020
8) How to Survive in the ‘Shark Attack Capital of the World’ - personal narrative journalism about New Smyrna Beach (Sept 2020)
9) What Bobby Milvaine Left Behind: Grief and Conspiracy 20 Years After 9/11 (long, August 2021)
10) Naomi Osaka - It's OK Not To Be OK (mental health, July 2021) - SOMEWHAT BLOCKED BY TIME'S PAYWALL, see attached below if you can't get past it
11) Jonathan Haidt - Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid or HERE
12) It's Been 50 Years. I am Not "Napalm Girl" Anymore
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If you liked Peyton, you may want to try Dwyane Wade's 2023 HOF induction speech too HERE