<p>So how should you establish a strong personal voice? Through tone?</p>
<p>No I have 3 kiddos to babysit and a PSAT prep class that will take my summer-trying to get those National Merits out there ya know.</p>
<p>It can be, it depends on if your strength is argument or analysis. If you are a strong reader adn you make concise arguments you should be aces.</p>
<p>sorry that is my response to eeeric</p>
<p>ROSE is the strategy for a basic argument. It is the prompt they use on SAT "Answer the following question using your readings, observations, studies and experiences. Basically, you choose a pertinent life experience or observation, and tie it with a reading or historical example that offers some insight into your thesis.</p>
<p>eg. You write about courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds: Use the time you watched your uncle face..., Hester Prynne, and Churchill or something to that effect.</p>
<p>Great question. My best writers do it naturally, generally through innocuous sarcasm-(be careful-bad jokes don't make readers laugh), or through a confident voice. Best advice on argument prompts is to think your argument through before you write-you know that once you get the pen flowing that it won't take as long to write, but if you keep doubling back to make sure you are making your points, then time will slip away.</p>
<p>sorry again-new to posting here. That was for SilverDragon.</p>
<p>I apologize for making fun of language SilverDragon.</p>
<p>The only thing that really stumps me is the rhetorical essay. Hopefully the cliff prep book (which I bought months ago and never opened....) will help me tomorrow during my cram session :D</p>
<p>My teacher is an essay grader for the test so he really prep'd us.</p>
<p>Try this-</p>
<p>Read the first paragraph-10ish lines, and the last paragraph 10ish lines and then look for differences in tone urgency etc. Go back and mark the shifts and talk about how it goes from A to B. Remember Question #1 on Rhet Anal is always Purpose and #2 is how he achieves purpose.</p>
<p>do we need to learn specific argument related terms like ad hoc or circular reasoning?</p>
<p>If you are one who can study the list and discuss them instantly they won't hurt, but if you can give the effect of them without the name it is not a deal breaker. They don't ask is it repetition or anaphora, so a cursory knowledge is usually sufficient.</p>
<p>I would study about 6-8 fallacies (most of them are common sense when you see them), and a few of literary terms-metonymy, asyndeton, anaphora, antithesis, etc.</p>
<p>I went over 2 released exams and none of them have fallacies. the ones that did were practice tests from 5 steps to a 5 or cliffs.</p>
<p>I agree, I have a ton of those, you only really need them if you like the fall back in your essays, or if get a specific multiple choice question. I think that the 96 or 2001 exam had either one or two questions where a fallacy was a choice. I am seeing a lot more on deductive/syllogistic reasoning and Rogerian/Toulmin argumentation. The latest mock had one (I think). Jolliffe and his crew is big into the modes of discourse so I would be familiar without killiing myself-recognition only, and expect a few questions only.</p>
<p>apology accepted</p>
<p>Thanks alot PaPa H. I got a question though. On the multiple choice, time is extremely limited and sometimes, I don't catch the "full scope" of the passage the first time I read it. People say read it twice, but I kinda run out of time that way. Are there any tips you may give on reading passages and understanding them pretty well the first time through??</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>I need more advice on the persuasive essay... intro/conclusion etc.
I know how to write well with more thought, but I have trouble responding to a prompt on spot, unless given some kind of a formula.</p>
<p>I really dont get the Rhetorical Strategies Essay any advice on how to do well on that one?</p>
<p>not really sure what to do to prep. any suggestions?</p>
<p>I got everything down except the rhetorical essay questions. I'm going to try to go over that now.</p>
<p>anyone got tips for the argumentative essay? thanks</p>
<p>Does anyone have a link to examples of good Argument Essays, the ones in cliffs are totally different than the released ones we did in English.</p>
<p>garbaraer, I need help...</p>