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Unit 1 – Claims, Reasoning, & Evidence

Unit 2 – Organizing Information for a Specific Audience

Unit 3 – Perspectives & How Arguments Relate

Unit 4 – How writers develop arguments, intros, & conclusions

Unit 5 – How a writer brings all parts of an argument together

Unit 6 – Position, Perspective, & Bias

Unit 7 – Successful & Unsuccessful Arguments

Unit 8 – Stylistic Choices

Unit 9 – Developing a Complex Argument

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9.1 Strategically conceding, rebutting, or refuting information

Unit 9 Overview: Developing a Complex Argument

9.2 Crafting an argument through stylistic choices like word choice and description

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1.2 Examining how evidence supports a claim

1.3 Developing paragraphs as part of an effective argument

Unit 1 Overview: Claims, Reasoning, and Evidence

1.1 Identifying the purpose and intended audience of a text

Unit 2 Overview: Organizing Information for a Specific Audience

2.3 Developing thesis statements

2.2 Building an argument with relevant and strategic evidence

2.1 Analyzing audience and its relationship to the purpose of an argument

2.4 Developing structure and integrating evidence to reflect a line of reasoning

3.1 Interpreting character description and perspective

3.2 Identifying and avoiding flawed lines of reasoning

3.3 Introducing and integrating sources and evidence

3.4 Using sufficient evidence for an argument

3.6 Developing parts of a text with cause-effect and narrative methods

Unit 3 Overview: Perspectives and How Arguments Relate

3.5 Attributing and citing references

4.3 Adjusting An Argument to Address New Evidence

Unit 4 Overview: How writers develop arguments, intros, and conclusions

4.2 Developing introductions and conclusions

4.1 Developing and connecting thesis statements and lines of reasoning

5.2 Maintaining ideas throughout an argument

5.4 Using transitions

5.1 Developing commentary throughout paragraphs

5.3 Using modifiers to qualify an argument and convey perspective

Unit 5 Overview

6.1 Incorporating multiple perspectives strategically into an argument

6.2 Recognizing and accounting for bias

Unit 6 Overview: Position, Perspective, and Bias

6.3 Adjusting an Argument to New Evidence

6.4 Analyzing Tone and Shifts in Tone

7.3 Examining how counterargument or alternative perspectives affect an argument

7.4 Exploring how sentence development affects an argument

7.1 Examining complexities in issues

7.2 Considering how words, phrases, and clauses can modify and limit an argument

Unit 7 Overview: Successful and Unsuccessful Arguments

AP English Language Practice Questions (MCQ): 😈 Unit 9 – Developing a Complex Argument: 9.1 Strategically conceding, rebutting, or refuting information

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