AP Lang is a unique course in the English realm: it relies on in-depth study of shorter passages, writing with a collegiate voice and level of analysis, and varying writing styles to encompass rhetorical analysis (what techniques the author uses and why), argumentation (claim, evidence from a variety of subjects, warrants, counterclaims, rebuttals), and synthesis (sourcing evidence and citing it properly).
Over the course of the summer, I will be writing bonus blogs with background, hints, and tips for the course. To start, improving your vocabulary is helpful for your comprehension and your own writing. On Day 1 (or 2), we will start a vocabulary book that has definitely helped my own diction and, as I have been told, has helped with reading passages in class and on the ACT exam.
A way to improve comprehension is learning root words. This link will take you to a root word site: https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html. While this is a lengthy list, it does give you the sense of how the small syllables of our daily language meet together to form our common vernacular.
For instance, bellicose or bimanous are two words from my root word studies.
I haven't decided on next week's topic as of yet. Ergo, I will head to the pool and figure it out!
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