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Unit 9: Entering the Conversation

Rhetorical Situation: Reading

Read an argument as one turn in an ongoing debate, recover the positions it answers, see which listeners it works on, and explain why it engages or skips the other side.

Topic 9.1 · 15 min read

This lesson comes with the AP English Language and Composition plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The earlier turns are part of the context
  2. 02The audience is everyone listening to the exchange
  3. 03Why some arguments never answer the other side
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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