Writing+Workshop

= How do I write a Synthesis Argument? =
 * Sample Synthesis Essays
 * 2009 Prompt (Space Exploration: Prompt & Sample Student Essays (check out the first one that writes a satire!)

= How do I write an Argument? = >> Paying Students for Good Grades
 * ===Issues for Debate===
 * Arkansas Lottery Scholarships: Should Inflated GPA's count as 2.5 GPA requirement?
 * Q & A Page about Arkansas Lottery Scholarship
 * //Arkansas Times// Blog Post
 * Joanne Jacobs blog post
 * Grade Inflation
 * //Our View on College Testing: Too Soon to Drop SAT//, USA Today opinion
 * [|ACT Prognosis], USA Today article
 * AP scores
 * //Failure Rate for AP Tests Climbing//, USA Today article
 * //Performance Pay//, USA Today opinion
 * **2009 Question 3: Support, Refute, or Qualify**
 * AP 2009 essay Questions: Question 3>
 * 2009 Q3 Samples
 * **2009 Form B Question 3: Support, Refute, or Quality**
 * Essay Question
 * Student Samples

= = = How do I write a Comparative Analysis? =

Essay Prompt
//Professions for Women// and //The Awakening (1899)// were both written by women, which we now view as key figures in the feminist movement. Compare ch. 6 of //The Awakening// to //Professions for Women//, noting the style of the two authors. Then, write an essay comparing the rhetorical devices both women use to comment on the position of women in society.

Online Resources

 * UNC's Comparing and Contrasting (It's a lengthy text, but very valuable info!)
 * Graphic Organizer: You might want to use this organizer for pre-writing--to plan your point-by-point comparison.

Student Models

 * 2009 AP Exam Question 2: The prompt ( page 12) and a model response (pp. 3-5)

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= How do I write a solid argument? =

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 * Toulmin Hand-Out
 * Another explanation of Toulminwith GASCAP (6 main argumentative strategies)