AP Lang Final

Tree Profile: Aspen- So much more than a tree

Author- Hannah Featherman

Summary- Demonstrates the usefulness of the subject as well as paints an important picture than men are all connected

Rhetorical devices-

Purpose- Demonstrates were all connected

The Battle of the ants

Author- David Thoreau

Summary- Ants engaged in war

Rhetorical devices- Allusion

Purpose- Highlights destructive and painful nature of war and humans being part of natural world

This is water

Author- David foster wallace

Summary- Story of a normal persons life

Rhetorical devices- Repetition

Purpose- Highlights that the most obvious and important realities are the hardest to deal with

Shooting an Elephant

Author- George Orwell

Summary- An army guy shoots a crazy elephant

Rhetorical devices-

Purpose- Struggles with government and caught between the government and people

Serving in florida

Author- Barbara Ehrenreich

Summary- An underpaid waitress serving in florida

Rhetorical devices- Analogy

Purpose-Highlights struggles of underpaid workers

Superman and me

Author- Sherman Alexie

Summary- Learning to read and write with comics

Rhetorical devices-

Purpose- Shows power of literacy and education

Two ways to belong in america

Author- Bharati Mukherjee

Summary- Two sisters with different viewpoints

Rhetorical devices- Juxtaposition

Purpose- Shows our opinions are strong and that we think our way is best

On being a cripple

Author- Nancy Mairs

Summary- Life as being a handicapped person

Rhetorical devices- Dysphemism

Purpose- Shows realistic understanding of circumstances and self acceptance

Just walk on by black men in public space

Author- Brent staples

Summary- Experiences prejudices while living every day life

Rhetorical devices- Alliteration

Purpose- Needing to compromise himself in order to make others comfortable

How it feels to be colored me

Author- Zora Neale Hurston

Summary- Discusses race and identity

Rhetorical devices- Metaphor

Purpose- Shows how race and culture can reflect on oneself

Aria memoir of a bilingual childhood

Author- Richard Rodriguez

Summary- Challenges faced by individuals who are double citizens

Rhetorical devices-

Purpose- Shows the values of conformity and assimilation

Mother Tongue

Author- Amy Tan

Summary- Talks about coming from a complex nation

Rhetorical devices- Anecdote

Purpose- How language can not be as equal as english, fractured

Allegory of the Cave

Author- Plato

Summary- men stuck in a cave only seeing shadows

Rhetorical devices- Analogy

Purpose- To question perceptions about the superficial

A plague of ticks

Author- David Sedaris

Summary- Struggles with OCD

Rhetorical devices- Hyperbole

Purpose- Hopes to reduce stigmas associated with mental health

Dumpster Diving

Author- Lars Eighner

Summary- Going dumpster diving for a living

Rhetorical devices- Personification

Purpose-Tells us to be mindful with waste and consumption

A horrible waste of war

Author- Ernie Pyle

Summary- Shows destruction of war on a beach

Rhetorical devices- Polysyndeton

Purpose- To inspire deeper reflection and consequences of armed conflict