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All of the following information is found at the Pro/Con website.  Below are some links that may be helpful as you begin to draft your position paper as required by the Presidential Campaign Project: 2012 Presidential Candidate Positions on 68 Issues Should the federal deficit be reduced without raising any taxes? Should voters be required to show voter identification in order to vote? What you should note in looking at this website is the wealth of information present.  If you look at the list on the left, many more links are available to follow, including transcripts from the debates, speeches, etc.  This provides more information for you to use other than that which you have found when completing the Commonplace Book assignment and visual analysis.   Remember this is only one resource.  Others have been provided in the past. One other resource to consider: Media Literacy: Media/Politics . Fact Check Presidential Debate (10/16/2012).

After reading your arguments regarding beauty, I see work is needed.  Here are a few links to introduce you to the two major forms of argument in AP English Language and Composition: Argument (in general): Argument  Sample arguments with fallacies (UNC) Toulmin Model: Toulmin model The Toulmin Model of Argumentation Toulmin model (PowerPoint) The Toulmin Model The Toulmin Model (Prezi presentation)  The Writing Guide : The Toulmin Method Rogerian Model: Rogerian Argumentation (an extended explanation) Rogerian Argument (Writing Commons, text online) Rogerian Argument (Prezi presentation) Many more examples are available out there that can be found through a Google search. 

Here you'll find an article through The New York Times that you might want to peruse when you have time.  It gives a decent background to what rhetoric entails.   If you have any questions, you should know the drill by now.  Beginning a conversation here at the blog might be a good idea so you all have a point of reference throughout the year.  

I've started placing links on the right of this blog to help you through your AP English Language journey this year.  I'll be adding more as the year progresses.  If you need something, please let me know.

An article has appeared in the current New Yorker magazine (August 8, 2012), Do We Care if Politicians Lie ?  It may give you some perspectives to consider when choosing the presidential candidate to follow for your campaign project. 

Your scores should be on their way to you.  Best of luck to all of you!  I'd love to hear from you once you learn how you have done.

Now, I'd like to say a few words about the process used to create these blog entries.  No, I didn't just sit down at the computer, and start typing.  Just as with anything you write, planning is needed as well as close proofreading.   As I read, I made notes in the book (one perk for owning my own book), and I also kept a journal.  So, as I read and reread, I made notes about different points I wanted you to understand while you read the book.  Then I reread the notes I wrote in the journal as well as those I wrote in the text itself.  After completing that process, sometimes for several chapters at a time, I then signed into this blog, and  began transferring my thoughts to the entries.  I hope you noted that I documented the quotations I used.  After completing the writing portion, a sort of rough draft, I opened preview pages of what I had written.  I'd reread what I had written, stopping often to revise the wording and/or order...