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The Worst Hard Time provides much documentation about how people’s lives were directly affected in a large section of this country, mostly in what is referred to as “No Man’s Land” for quite some time during the Dust Bowl, a phrase not used till later as many tried to figure out just what to call these huge dust storms, the worst being on April 14, 1935.   This text is a prime example of how nonfiction can provide a learning experience that delves into examples of not only cause and effect but also how many people’s lives were changed forever.   These major dust storms didn't just disrupt peoples' lives, but also cost their their livestock.  For instance, some of the effects included their cars shorting out (they were electric at that time), files of dust sneaking in through the cracks of the dugouts many used as homes, extreme cases of dust pneumonia that took the lives of people as well as livestock, and so much more.   Some of these ...

Welcome to the blog.  Here is the beginning of your experience with Advanced Placement English Language.  Please "keep calm and read." My greatest hopes emphasize the need to complete what has been assigned as summer reading this year, Thank You For Arguing .  My suggestion? If you have the time, read the text through chapter 28 though the last 15 chapters are not assigned this summer, because an assignment will accompany the text about the second week in September, and it does entail information through the 28 chapters.  So, in order to get a jump on the school year, I strongly suggest you consider reading at least some of these unless you don't mind extra reading for homework in the fall.  You will be completing other reading/writing assignments at that time, beginning with the second day of school.  Reading ahead will give you a little wiggle room in terms of homework.  Yes, much is assigned for this course.  But none of it is ...

Because this is the most difficult essay to write for most AP English Language students, I decided to create a posting with links to resources that may answer some of your questions about how to write this kind of essay, including all parts.  However, remember, you don't have to be concerned about naming devices in a passage as long as you can analyze their effect, function, things of that nature. Here's the beginning of the list (more will be added later): Rhetorical Analysis - University Writing Center - Texas A & M Dong a Rhetorical Analysis of a Text - Colorado State University Understanding Misunderstanding: How to do a rhetorical Analysis - University of Texas Rhetorical and Textual Analyses Tools - LSU

There will be no tutoring the morning we come back from break.  We'll pick it up again the following week.

Here are a few websites that can be used to create your own cartoon that should accompany your own "Modest Proposal" due April 21: Pixton Pearltrees Bitstrips Stripgenerator.com   ReadWriteThink: Comic Generator   Chogger Witty Comics Make Believe Comix More sites may be added.  If, perchance, you have a Mac, you should have a program loaded on it that creates comics.

Here's an interesting website that may be helpful for essay writing .

Some links that may prove useful as we study this essay include: Victorian Web - Jonathan Swift Rhetorical Analysis by another Literary Analysis by another ENGL 102 Guest Lecture Analysis and Short Summary An earlier post provides a link to how others have responded to "A Modest Proposal," worth searching for to watch.