COURSE OUTLINE
1st six weeks
Composition: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis
- "Some Notes on Rhetoric" Article and Notes
Writing Prompts
- Twain for introduction
- MLK for practice
- FD for further practice
- Handbook of Rhetorical Devices Handout
- Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural
Literature: novels
- Catcher in the Rye
- Great Gatsby
Critical reading questions
- AP MC exam segment weekly
2nd six weeks
Composition: Introduction to Persuasion
- Classical Rhetoric-"Dr. Wheeler"
- Logical Fallacies
- Vocabulary of Persuasion
- Alfred Green's speech to freedmen
- Marriage proposals prompt (1993)
- Lord Chesterfield's letter for subtlety of persuasion
Literature: American Renaissance
- Narrative of Frederick Douglass
- Textbook readings
- Emerson
- Thoreau
- Hawthorne
- Melville
- Poe
Critical reading questions
- AP MC exam segment weekly
3rd six weeks
Composition: Stylistic Analysis
- Oliver for practice
- Markham for credit
- Didion for credit
- Goodman (?)
Literature: novels
- Huckleberry Finn
- Of Mice and Men
Critical reading questions
4th six weeks
Composition: Documented Research
In-class practice analysis
- "Osu" for tone
- "Youth" for imagery and selection of detail
- Hawthorne's "Hobgoblins" for metaphor
Literature: poetry and short fiction
- Textbook readings
- Survey of American literary periods
Critical reading questions
5th six weeks
Composition
Literature: novel
Critical reading questions Complete AP MC exam
6th six weeks
Literature: novels
- The Things They Carried
- Into the Wild
Literature: drama (possible)
- Glass Menagerie
- Death of a Salesman
- Raisin in the Sun
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