Achieve success in AP® English Language as you prepare to entier college composition coures with the inviting instruction and reading selections featured in Language of Composition.

The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric

Reference

Scanlon, Lawrence

Shea, Renee

Aufses, Robin

Harowitz, Megan

Words, Language & Grammar

Bedford/St.Martin's

Advanced Language & Literature (On-Level)

Literature & Fiction

Golden, John

Balla, Lance

Literary

AP teachers know the roots of AP success are established in the earlier grades. That is the idea behind Advanced Language & Literature—a complete solution for 10th grade honors and Pre-AP English classes. Driven by the expertise of Renee Shea, John Golden, and Lance Balla, this introduction to literature and nonfiction, reading and writing, analysis and argument, is both challenging and nurturing; a book full of big ideas, thought-provoking texts, and all of the support young minds need to be prepared for AP success.*Pre-AP is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product.

Advanced Language & Literature: Strong Roots for AP®, College, and Beyond

Escobar, Carlos

Guided Tour of American Literature & Rhetoric 1&nbsp;Rhetorical Analysis &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Recognizing Civil Discourse The Rhetorical Situation Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address Occasion, Context, and Purpose &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Defining a Rhetorical Situation The Rhetorical Triangle &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Billie Jean King, Serena Is Still Treated Differently Than Male Athletes Rhetorical Appeals Ethos &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Building Ethos &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; J. D. Vance, from Hillbilly Elegy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Building Ethos Logos &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Conceding and Refuting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing Logos and Counterargument &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jia Tolentino, from What It Takes to Put Away Your Phone Pathos &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Making Balanced Appeals &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Richard Nixon, from The Checkers Speech &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing Pathos &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Diana Abu-Jaber, from On Recognition and Nation Combining Ethos, Logos, and Pathos &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Helen Keller, Letter to Mark Twain, 1906 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Combining Ethos, Logos, and Pathos Analyzing Visual Texts | Identifying Rhetorical Appeals &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tom Toles, Rosa Parks (cartoon) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Identifying Rhetorical Appeals in a Visual Text &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nate Beeler, Government Is Watching (cartoon) Analyzing Rhetoric and Style Diction &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Figurative Language &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing Diction &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Muir, from Save the Redwoods Syntax &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing Syntax &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John F. Kennedy, from Inaugural Address Tone&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing Tone Analyzing Visual Texts | Analyzing Visual Rhetoric &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dodge Durango (advertisement) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Close Reading a Visual Text &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KFC Hot and Spicy Chicken (advertisement) From Reading to Writing: Crafting a Rhetorical Analysis Essay Shirley Chisholm, from People and Peace, Not Profits and War Preparing to Write: Annotating Nonfiction ACTIVITY Annotating an Excerpt Developing a Thesis Statement Supporting Your Thesis ACTIVITY Organizing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Writing Topic Sentences ACTIVITY Writing Topic Sentences &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Using Quotations as Evidence &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Documenting Sources ACTIVITY Writing a Body Paragraph Revising a Rhetorical Analysis Essay ACTIVITY Revising a Paragraph Analyzing a Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essay &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joseph Barrett, "People and Peace, Not Profits and War" ACTIVITY Providing Peer Feedback for Revision CULMINATING ACTIVITY Crafting a Rhetorical Analysis Essay Dwight D. Eisenhower, Order of the Day 2 Evidence-Based Arguments What Is Argument? Understanding Claims ACTIVITY Identifying Arguable Claims Types of Claims &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claims of Fact&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Making Claims of Fact &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claims of Value &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Making Claims of Value &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Claims of Policy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Making Claims of Policy Understanding and Analyzing Evidence Types of Evidence&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personal Experience&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anecdotes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Using Personal Experience and Anecdotes as Evidence &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Current Events &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Historical Information &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Using Current Events and Historical Information as Evidence&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Expert Opinion &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quantitative Evidence ACTIVITY Analyzing Evidence Florence Kelley, Speech on Child Labor Logical Reasoning and Organization: Shaping an Argument Induction Deduction ACTIVITY Using Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Logical Fallacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Red Herrings and Ad Hominem Fallacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Faulty Analogies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Straw Man Fallacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Either/Or Fallacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hasty Generalization &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Circular Reasoning &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Post Hoc Fallacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Appeal to False Authority &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bandwagon Appeal ACTIVITY Identifying Logical Fallacies Analyzing Visual Texts | Identifying Fallacies in Visual Texts PETA, Feeding Kids Meat Is Child Abuse (advertisement) Heap Analytics, Same Data, Different Y-Axis (graphs) ACTIVITY Identifying Fallacies in Visual Texts Omega Watch, George Clooney''s Choice (advertisement) U.S. Department of Education, High School Graduation Rate (graph) Patterns of Development&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Narration&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Judith Ortiz Cofer, from The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Theodore Dreiser, from A Certain Oil Refinery &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Process Analysis &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; E. B. White, from Farewell, My Lovely!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemplification &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sarah Grimké, from Letter on the Equality of the Sexes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Comparison and Contrast&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eleanor Roosevelt, from Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Definition &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Barack Obama, from 2004Democratic National Convention Speech &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cause and Effect &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Robert F. Kennedy, from The Mindless Menace of Violence ACTIVITY Analyzing Patterns of Development Working with Sources to Build an Argument Approaching Sources ACTIVITY Approaching Sources Examining Sources ACTIVITY Examining Sources Synthesizing Sources From Reading to Writing: Crafting an Evidence-Based Essay Conversation: Has Technology Changed the Way We Think? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jacqueline Howard, This Is How the Internet Is Rewiring Your Brain &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Summarizing a Source &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Americans'' Cell Phone Use during Social Activity (graph)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Analyzing Quantitative Evidence&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicholas Carr, The Illusion of Knowledge&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY The "Yes, But" Game: Conceding and Refuting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sherry Turkle, from Stop Googling. Let''s Talk.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Comparing and Contrasting Sources &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alison Gopnik, Is "Screen Time" Dangerous for Children?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Playing the Believing Game &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Osmani Simanca, Technology Shackle (cartoon)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ACTIVITY Using Visual Texts as Evidence Preparing to Write: Identifying Key Issues ACTIVITY Formulating Your Position Developing a Thesis Statement Supporting Your Thesis&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introducing Your Argument &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acknowledging the Counterargument &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supporting Your Argument with Evidence &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Citing Sources ACTIVITY: Writing a Body Paragraph Revising an Evidence-Based Argument Essay ACTIVITY Revising a Paragraph Analyzing a Sample Evidence-Based Argument Essay &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Christopher Rowley, "Has Technology Changed the Way We Think?" ACTIVITY Providing Peer Feedback for Revision CULMINATING ACTIVITY Crafting an Evidence-Based Argument Essay Conversation| The First Amendment: How Free Is Free Speech? <ul> <li>Thane Rosenbaum, Should Neo-Nazis Be Allowed Free Speech?</li> <li style="list-style: none"><b

American Literature and Rhetoric

Cordes, Katherine

Workbook for Advanced Language & Literature

PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319084615). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. 
 Teachers have struggled for years to balance the competing demands of American Literature and AP English Language. Now, the team that brought you the bestselling Language of Composition is here to help. Conversations in American Literature: Language ? Rhetoric ? Culture is a new kind of American Literature anthology―putting nonfiction on equal footing with the traditional fiction and poetry, and emphasizing the skills of rhetoric, close reading, argument, and synthesis. To spark critical thinking, the book includes TalkBack pairings and synthesis Conversations that let students explore how issues and texts from the past continue to impact the present. Whether you’re teaching AP English Language, or gearing up for Common Core, Conversations in American Literature will help you revolutionize the way American literature is taught.

Conversations in American Literature: Language, Rhetoric, Culture

The best solution for tenth grade honors and Pre-AP classes, Advanced Language &amp; Literature introduces literature and nonfiction, reading and writing, analysis and argument all to prepare you for future AP success.

Advanced Language & Literature: For Honors and Pre-AP® English Courses

Literature &amp; Composition provides you with everything you need to analyze and write about literature in order to succeed in class while effectively preparing for the AP Literature exam.

Literature & Composition: Reading, Writing, Thinking

Jago, Carol

Ideal for the Pre-Ap course, Foundations of Language and Literature prepares ninth graders for future AP courses by teaching them to think like a writer as they build the foundational skills required to excel.

Foundations of Language and Literature: Pre-AP®/Honors

Scholz, Tracy

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