Meditations on a Theme of Harriet Jacobs

As I finish the AP Lang final today, I would like to jot down a few reminders for me to mention when we return for second semester and for you to consider for future rhetorical analysis prompts. Overall, the final grades have ranged the entire spectrum with some essays exhibiting the necessary elements of a mature, collegiate writer and some essays backtracking into habits that Santa would consider more naughty than nice.

Before I blog about the components of the Jacobs prompt, I have three links below to blogs from last year. You will find hints, reminders, and instructions regarding punctuation and prompt writing. As you will be writing arguments and rhetorical analyses, you will need to make sure you are not distracting the audience with a plethora of minor issues that detract from the content of your writing.

http://fznaplang.blogspot.com/2015/11/prompt-writing-tips-bird-edition-part-i.html
http://fznaplang.blogspot.com/2015/11/prompt-writing-tips-part-ii.html
http://fznaplang.blogspot.com/2015/12/rhetorical-analysis-prompt-review-for.html