Anthology+Make-Ups



Reading professional essays and articles is a useful way to gain experience with challenging texts and noteworthy authors whose work often appears in passages on the AP Language exam. To help hold students accountable for reading assigned sections of the anthology, each reading is followed by a 5-question multiple-choice quiz. If a student does not earn his or her desired score, he or she can complete one of the make-up assignments for that particular reading and earn full credit to replace the quiz score. Yes, it is much more work to write an essay rather than answer five multiple-choice questions, so read the passage and ace the quiz...

Did you miss a question or two on an anthology quiz? If so, you can complete the essay assignment for that reading and receive full credit. Please write in complete sentences and utilize a shortened-version of an AP thesis when completing an essay.

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 * Assignments: **
 * Semester One**
 * 1) **“Some Big Ideas Wash up One Bulb at a Time” by Andrew Revkin pp. 406-410:** What examples have you seen or do you know about where the environmental carelessness of some group caused serious damage to a place? What was your reaction to that instance? (100-250 words)
 * 1) **“Dramaturgy of Death” by Gary Wills pp. 293-307:** How does Wills use quotations from historical figures--such as Plato and Jefferson--to shock his readers? (150-300 words)
 * 1) **“Four Kinds of Chance” by James H. Austin pp. 253-258:** What elements of human behavior and attitude does Austin demonstrate by dividing chance into four categories? Support your explanation with evidence from the article. (250-500 words)
 * 1) **“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker pp. 384-399:** In 400-500 words, explain how the author uses syntax and diction to create a different tone when describing the drastically different sisters.
 * 1) **“American Ingenuity” by William Langewiesche pp. 364-373:** In 500 words, provide five examples of diction and one example of syntax to support your idea of the overall tone of the article.
 * 1) **"Genocide without Apology" by Francine Prose pp. 543-552**: On what evidence does Prose base her statement that Exodus "tells us a truth about how people behave, something I would rather not listen to?" Do you agree with her interpretation of that evidence? Argue for or against her view, drawing both on Prose's essay as well as evidence from your own experience. (500-600 words)
 * 1) **"Of Altruism, Heroism, and Evolution's Gifts" by Natalie Angier pp. 552-559:** Describe a time when you had the opportunity to be selfless, and explain why you acted in the manner that you did--support your response by drawing upon evidence from Angier's article. (250-400 words)

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 * Semester Two**
 * 1) **"Under the Spell" by Joan Acocella pp. 526-535:** Although the Harry Potter books are written for children, this serious review of them was written for the //New Yorker//, a magazine for sophisticated, well-educated readers. Why do you think Acocella chose them for her audience? Support your response with evidence from the article. (250-500 words)
 * 1) **"Can 35 Million Book Buyers Be Wrong? Yes." by Harold Bloom pp. 537-541:** To what extent do you see Bloom's criticism as valid? To what extent do you see it as nostalgia for a "golden age of children's literature"? (250-500 words)
 * 1) **"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr. pp. 486-491:** Identify and discuss several examples of metaphors within the speech, and explain how King draws on these metaphors to engage his listeners' feelings of injustice. (400-500 words)
 * 1) **"Campus Racism 101" by Nikki Giovanni pp. 119-123:** How do the examples in the first paragraph and the advice in the last paragraph identify Giovanni's primary audience? (250-500 words)
 * 1) **"Stone Soup" by Barbara Kingsolver pp. 506-515:** Kingsolver draws examples from two sources: from her own experience and observations and from historical examples from previous eras. What are the strengths of examples from each of these sources? (250-500 words)
 * 1) **"A Chinaman's Chance: Reflections of the American Dream" by Eric Liu pp. 493-504:** Do you endorse or discount Liu's argument? How do you think your family background and history affect your response? (250-500 words)
 * 1) **"Women and the Future of Fatherhood" by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead pp. 517-524:** Although Whitehead is writing about a topic that often generates a great deal of emotion, she is careful not to sound angry or to blame anyone. How does her argument benefit from her maintaining this moderate tone? (400-500 words)