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Unit 9: Entering the Conversation

Reasoning and Organization: Reading

Read an argument as a reply in an ongoing debate, tell whose voice each sentence carries, and explain where and why the writer handles other positions.

Topic 9.5 · 17 min read

This lesson comes with the AP English Language and Composition plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Map the conversation before you map the argument
  2. 02What a cited source or opposing view does in the reasoning
  3. 03How the parts relate, from clauses to paragraphs
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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