Links to Required Essay Readings, Class Handouts Etc.

SYNTHESIS ESSAY HELP

• Writing the AP Synthesis Essay guidelines

• "How to Annotate a Book"  
• "My Father the Dope Dealer" by Dokoupil (Newsweek Aug 2009)
• "The Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" Sherman Alexie excerpt:  Page 1     Page 2    Page 3
•  "Dear Abby" on Cheating & Student Ethics
• PETA image
• PETA essay directions
• PETA essay rubric
• Visual Literary & Advertising Techniques
• AP Power Verbs 
• How to Mark a Book
  • THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF WRITING! (Avoid these and you'll survive the class! Hint: Print out and study!)
  • SAT scoring guide (rubric)  
  • TIPS AND HINTS THAT WILL HELP YOU PASS THE AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM

Rhetorical Analysis Assistance:

• What is the world is rhetorical analysis?
• Rhetorical Analysis & Critical Writing (UBC)
• PASSAGE ANALYSIS TIPS for the Rhetorical Analysis essay!
• HOW TO WRITE A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
• Writing a Rhetorical Analysis After Critical Reading: Important Questions to Ask as you start to write
• Criteria for a Rhetorical Analysis
• The Writer's Toolbox of Rhetorical Analysis

 Useful College Prep Links:

• College Board SAT Practice Question of the Day
• The Princeton Review's Vocab Minute Podcasts (really fun!)
• Register for an upcoming SAT!
• Register for an upcoming ACT!  

Some additional topics for research papers

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