Overachieving

Purpose and rhetorical strategies are the centerpieces of AP Lang analysis. However, you cannot forget to look at the overall organization, narrative person, and modes of discourse that influence the audience's understanding of a text. Hence, our Overachievers analysis focused on how Robbins introduces us to Superstar Julie: exterior perceptions, realistic character development, anecdotes, first person journal entries, and authorial intrusion. 

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 For our block class, we will analyze how Robbins creates Audrey and AP Frank and, perhaps, why she develops each character in different ways. In addition, we will commence Vocab Unit 12, look at some specific rhetorical strategies from The Overachievers, create arguments for overachieving types, and consider the first chapter of The Year of Living Biblically.