Those Amorous Birds and Vegetables

We started with our new vocab unit today and then followed this with Andrew Marvell's great Carpe Diem poem "To His Coy Mistress": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44688. As everything is an argument, we read this poem to identify its purpose (yep, to seduce in a variegated way), its claim, its evidence groupings, and its warrant(s). Following this ill-advised method of gaining attention, we discussed a style of AP Lang argumentation: C (challenge), D (defend), Q (qualify). When given a quote, a theory, an argumentative prompt, your job is to determine first whether you will show its inaccuracy (challenge), supports its ideology (defend), or bring forth an ambivalent argument showing both sides of the measure (qualify). For homework, you are to choose one of the CDQ prompts and complete the chart for the specific prompt. Remember, these quotes come from Lucy and Ann, but the argument is not about Lucy and Ann. You need to bring your exemplification skills into play and use multiple examples. If absent, e-mail me for these two handouts so that you are prepped for tomorrow's class.