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tips

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  • if you can’t readily find rhetorical techniques to use in your claims, go to the defaults: ethos, pathos, logos, syntax, diction
  • there may be some devices that don’t have a “term”. In this case, characterize what you see the best you can
  • if you don’t have enough data to make really full paragraphs, try to go with more paragraphs
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Abigail Adams 2014 AP Exam Prompt

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  • introduction (thesis statement is last)
  • body para. technique 1
    = pathos
    – claim
    – data
    – warrant
  • body para technique 2
    = allusions
    – claim
    – data
    – warrant
  • body para technique 3
    = sense of history
    – claim
    – data
    – warrant
  • conclusion
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iii. tonal shifts

c. ?

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She intends to inspire her son to continue on his difficult journey

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ii. personification

a. ?

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Adams crafts personification to express her feelings

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ii. emotional connection

b. ?

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writes “lament it” “tender parents” “your affectionate mother”

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iii. tonal shifts

a. ?

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Adams’ letter incorporates tonal shifts to emphasize her message

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iii. parallel structure

c. ?

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She structures her text to demonstrate her son needs strife to grow into a good man

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iii. rhetorical questions

a. ?

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The author engages the reader with rhetorical questions

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ii. emotional connection

c. ?

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Adams wishes to reinforce to her son her love for him and her desire that he travel

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ii. metaphor

a. ?

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Adams uses the metaphor of a river growing in power to encourage her son to grow in experience

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iii. tonal shifts

b. ?

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the words “desolation” “scourges” “depreciates” are preceded by “glorious” “generous” “powerful”

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ii. personification

c. ?

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she wishes her son to realize that his character is within his control

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