United Grade 11 AP English Language and Composition

Chapters: 5

1. Big idea: Rhetorical situation

Writers’ choices and the rhetorical situation (reading) · Making choices for audience and purpose (writing)

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Identifying claims and evidence · Selecting evidence to develop a claim

Logical Fallacies: How Good-Looking Arguments Go Wrong – A fallacy is an error in reasoning that makes an argument weak or invalid, even though it may look convincing. Formal fallacies are mistakes in the form (structure) of a deductive argument, such as affirming the consequent. Informal fallacies are mistakes in content, language or relevance, such as ad hominem, straw man, false dilemma, slippery slope, appeal to popularity or false authority, hasty generalisation, post hoc and circular reasoning. Spotting them helps us discuss fairly.

Describing line of reasoning · Organization and commentary in own writing

Logical Fallacies: How Good-Looking Arguments Go Wrong – A fallacy is an error in reasoning that makes an argument weak or invalid, even though it may look convincing. Formal fallacies are mistakes in the form (structure) of a deductive argument, such as affirming the consequent. Informal fallacies are mistakes in content, language or relevance, such as ad hominem, straw man, false dilemma, slippery slope, appeal to popularity or false authority, hasty generalisation, post hoc and circular reasoning. Spotting them helps us discuss fairly.

How stylistic choices serve purpose · Word choice and composition in own writing

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Synthesis essay · Rhetorical analysis essay · Argument essay

Research Skills: From a Question to a Finished Project – Research is a careful way of finding an answer. You ask a clear, focused question, plan how to answer it, find information and check that each source can be trusted, collect and analyse your own data, draw a conclusion that the evidence supports, and share it while crediting every source you used.