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AP English Language and Composition
Multiple Choice
Fridman’s “America Needs its Nerds”
Teacher Overview
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Multiple Choice
Leonid Fridman’s “America Needs Its Nerds”
(References the 2008 AP* English Language Exam Question 2, Form B)
Teacher Overview
Skill Focus
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Close Reading
Grammar
Reading Strategies
Annotation
Determining Author’s Purpose
Determining Fact and Opinion
Determining Main Idea
Generalization
Inference
Paraphrase
Prediction
Seminar/Discussion
Summary
Literary Elements
Analogy
Detail
Diction
connotation denotation vocabulary
Imagery
Point of View
Rhetorical Shift
Tone
tone determined through diction, imagery, detail, point of view, figurative language, author’s style, and syntax tone shift vocabulary associated with tone Figures of Speech (Figurative
Language)
Metaphor extended/controlling Paradox
Personification
Pun
Simile
Literary Techniques
Argumentation
emotional appeals ethical appeals logical appeals
Syntax Techniques
Antithesis
Juxtaposition
Omission
asyndeton ellipsis Parallelism
Polysyndeton
Repetition anadiplosis anaphora epanalepsis epistrophe
Rhetorical Fragment
Rhetorical Question
Analysis of a Text
Meaning and Effect related to parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences, and syntax Rhetorical Analysis Focused on Syntax
Evaluate
Create
Composition
Types (modes)
Expository
analytical cause/effect classification definition Structural Elements
Introduction
thesis
Body
use of commentary use of evidence
Materials and Resources: Leonid Fridman’s article, “America Needs Its Nerds;” copies of the student packets, highlighters. Instructions for the teacher appear in blue italics.
AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance
AP English Language and Composition
Multiple Choice
Fridman’s “America Needs its Nerds”
Teacher Overview
AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board. The College Entrance Examination Board was not involved in the production of this material.
®
Copyright © 2009 Laying the Foundation , Inc., Dallas, TX. All rights reserved. Visit: www.layingthefoundation.org
Multiple Choice
Leonid Fridman’s “America Needs Its Nerds”
(References the 2008 AP* English Language Exam Question 2, Form B)
Teacher Overview
Skill Focus
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze
Close Reading
Grammar
Reading Strategies
Annotation
Determining Author’s Purpose
Determining Fact and Opinion
Determining Main Idea
Generalization
Inference
Paraphrase
Prediction
Seminar/Discussion
Summary
Literary Elements
Analogy
Detail
Diction
connotation denotation vocabulary
Imagery
Point of View
Rhetorical Shift
Tone
tone determined through diction, imagery, detail, point of view, figurative language, author’s style, and syntax tone shift vocabulary associated with tone Figures of Speech (Figurative
Language)
Metaphor extended/controlling Paradox
Personification
Pun
Simile
Literary Techniques
Argumentation
emotional appeals ethical appeals logical appeals
Syntax Techniques
Antithesis
Juxtaposition
Omission
asyndeton ellipsis Parallelism
Polysyndeton
Repetition anadiplosis anaphora epanalepsis epistrophe
Rhetorical Fragment
Rhetorical Question
Analysis of a Text
Meaning and Effect related to parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences, and syntax Rhetorical Analysis Focused on Syntax
Evaluate
Create
Composition
Types (modes)
Expository
analytical cause/effect classification definition Structural Elements
Introduction
thesis
Body
use of commentary use of evidence
Materials and Resources: Leonid Fridman’s article, “America Needs Its Nerds;” copies of the student packets, highlighters. Instructions for the teacher appear in blue italics.
AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance