"Welcome", Bruno says while adjusting his gold sparkly jacket. "Welcome to the Sassy Syntax Room."
Ahhhhhhh!
Sorry if you think using Joshua Foer's suggestions to create a room devoted entirely to syntax is ridiculous, but it works. It really does. Especially if you are planning on taking the AP test in May or even if you are hoping to become a better, more mindful writer.
Things to consider with today's lesson: periodic vs. loose sentences, what is syntax (sentence construction and word order), and how does the sentence arrangement contribute to meaning and effect? How does the sentence arrangement help the rhetor achieve his/her purpose?
To be clear, what we are attempting to do here in AP Language is to outfit your "toolbox" with different devices and techniques should you choose to use them in your own writing. On the AP test, identifying and analyzing these devices and syntactical choices has nothing to do with your own writing ability. Some among us are naturally gifted writers, but most of us are just trying to improve.
If you are interested in the whole of MLK's Letter, you can access it here. It really is a beautiful piece of writing that sadly remains timely in light of racial strife present still in 2017.
Tomorrow we will be enjoying SAS so be prepared especially in classes where everyone has already presented.
As a heads up, on Monday, you will be expected to have background information on Cesar Chavez. We will reading a piece by him and annotating like APES (AP English students). You will also be attempting your first rhetorical analysis essay that will be due Friday 11/3.
Love and Light,
Beltran
Today's Song: excerpt from Superbowl Halftime Show featuring Bruno Mars and Queen B
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