http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/2012/
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SELECT 2 POLITICAL ADS from a specific campaign year: one democrat and one republican. DISCUSS 4 LOGICAL FALLACIES THAT ARE USED TO PERSUADE THE AUDIENCE. Use the rubric for effective ads to address the categories of emotion, persuasion, truth, and style. INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC WEB LINKS TO THE ADS THAT YOU CHOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR BLOG. 100 WORDS PER AD. http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/2012/
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In class, you selected one of the following personas: Soviet Diplomat, Cuban Exile or Civil Rights Activist. Each prompt gives you guided questions to assist with framing your response.
Write an Opinion-Editorial piece taking on the persona and developing your reaction to the speech. This should be a creative response to JFK's inaugural address, so consider the SOAPStone (Subject, Occassion, Audience, Purpose, and Speaker) and the words that you choose to convey your reaction. Make use of Pathos, Ethos, and Logos as you frame your response. Also utilize at least 10 devices in your writing (e.g. use anaphora or parallelism--identify in brackets) and 10 vocabulary words (italics). 300 words. Charlie Chaplin was known for his comedic genius, dominating the silent movie industry. "The Great Dictator," which Chaplin starred, wrote, directed, produced, and scored, was essentially Chaplin's first talking movie. Released in 1940, Chaplin examines satirically the rise of fascism and the rise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. Chaplin astutely displays the symbols and the soldiers that enforce dictatorships as well as confronts anti-semitism, This speech concludes the film. Watch the clip and identify three key themes that strike you. After identifying three themes, inspect the word document to identify how the speech appeals to the audience. Here, you will inspect whether pathos (emotional appeal), logos (use of facts), or ethos (the power of the speaker's persona and experience) are used to develop the themes. In your blog response, detail specifically three themes with support from the speech. 250 words. The Great Dictator: Final Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4
Write advice to next year's class in terms of how to be successful in AP English Language
Select one of the critical essays in the Lear section and provide a coherent representation of the author's main points, including specific quotes from the author. 200-250 words.
Review “Quotations on Themes” (p. 5 in King Lear Supplement information) and select 1 theme and select 4 quotes (from different acts) and discuss how they develop the theme. 200-300 words.
Selecting one of the longer literary criticism articles and develop a strong thesis which addresses the key areas discussed in the article, including quotes from the criticism. DO NOT SELECT A SHORT LITERARY CRITICISM. 250-300 words.
The literary criticism is available in the SOS section of the course. Utilizing our discussion of the Oedipal/Electra, the Id/Ego/Superego, anima/animus, pre-conconcious,conscious, and subconscious desires, apply these concepts from psychology to one of the main characters in the novel. 200 words.
Using the elements about the Hero's Journey that we discussed in class, select 1 character and discuss how the separation elements are developed in Chapters 1-3 in Song of Solomon. Consider also the elements of the miracle births and birth marks/deformities that set characters up to mythological heroes in a modern world. 200 words.
Please post your annotation for the critical essay on Their Eyes Were Watching God. Don't forgot proper MLA citation. 200-300 words.
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