FOA for AP Students:

Ways to Approach the Activity

• Discussion arising from the presentation of cultural or contextual background materials related to the text.

• A discussion of some of the particulars about the author in relation to the text studied.

• A comparison of stylistic features and their varying purposes in two of the texts.

What can you analyze?

• TV commercial• Excerpt from a text

studied in class• Advertisement• Magazine cover

• Political ad• Political cartoon• Editorial• Opinion column

What to analyze for, specifically?

• Argument fallacies• Usage of Rhetorical Triangle• Usage of Argument schemes in a piece:

Rogerian, Toulmin, etc.• Use of Rhetorical Strategies to achieve

Author’s Purpose

In what forms can the analysis be presented?

• Role play of a character from a text studied (or not) in class.

• Standard Oral Presentation on a text/excerpt

• Group activity: Scene re-enactment• Formal debate• Comparison of two different

columnists’ response to a single event.

• Writing and performance of a dramatic scene based on one part of the work studied.

• A commentary on a key passage.• A multimedia presentation shown to

class and discussed as a group.• Creation of a short film with class

discussion of intent and success.

• Role play of a dialogue between author and interviewer.

• Presentation of a prepared monologue based on a minor character in the work.

Have we done something like this before?

By using children of varying physiques in different scenarios of challenge, Nike employs pathos to curry empathy for

“fringe” individuals while encouraging all youth to find greatness.