AP Lang Summer Assignment 2023_ Rhetorical Situation Charts and Dialectical Journals
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AP English Language and Composition Summer Work 2023
Directions: For each book you read this summer (
Just Mercy
and a nonfiction book of your choice),
complete the rhetorical situation chart and the dialectical journal.
Just Mercy
Rhetorical Situation Chart: Answer each question in a sentence or two.
Writer: Who is the writer, and what do you
know about them?
Audience: Who do you think is the audience
for this book, and how do you know?
Exigence: What do you think motivated the
writer to write this book?
Context: What is the social, political, or
historical context for the book?
Message: What is the main argument of the
writer?
Purpose: What do you think the writer wants
the audience to do after reading this book?
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Here’s an example of an entry from our dialectical journal about
Just Mercy
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Passage (include page numbers)
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The visitation room was twenty feet square
with a few stools bolted to the floor. Everything in
the room was made of metal and secured. In
front of the stools, wire mesh ran from a small
ledge up to a ceiling twelve feet high. The room
was an empty cage until I walked into it. ….I sat
down on one of the stools and waited. After
fifteen minutes of growing anxiety, I finally heard
the clanging of chains on the other side of the
door.
The man who walked in seemed even more
nervous than I was. He glanced at me, his face
screwed up in a worried wince, and he quickly
averted his gaze when I looked back. He didn’t
move far from the room’s entrance, as if he
didn’t really want to enter the visitation room. He
was a young, neatly groomed African American
man with short hair--clean shaven, medium
frame and build--wearing bright, clean prison
whites. He looked immediately familiar to me,
like everyone I’d grown up with, friends from
school, people I played sports or music with,
someone I’d talk to on the street about the
weather. (8-9)
Stevenson’s description of the room is chilling.
He uses words and phrases that make the reader
feel like the prisoners are animals: “stools bolted to
the floor,” “wire mesh,” and “empty cage,” “clanging
of chains.” He connects to the reader on an
emotional level, making them feel the coldness and
anxiety he felt while waiting for the prisoner.
Stevenson’s descriptive paragraph about the
room contrasts with his description of the prisoner,
who, to his surprise, reminded Stevenson of
himself. Stevenson’s language to describe the
prisoner is humanized, not animalistic, as he
mentions the “young, neatly groomed African
American man with short hair--clean shaven,
medium frame and build--wearing bright, clean
prison whites.” He notes his facial expressions,
which mirror Stevenson’s own worried feelings.
Stevenson’s descriptions in these paragraphs
help drive home his idea that there is something
wrong with a criminal justice system that brutalizes
and dehumanizes prisoners. He develops a sense
of empathy within the reader--especially a reader
interested in social justice--for the condemned man
by showing the stark disparity between the
humanity he displays and the inhumane treatment
he receives by the criminal justice system.
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Just Mercy
Dialectical Journal (at least 6 entries, ~100-200 words each, 2 from the beginning
third, 2 from the middle third, 2 from the last third of book)
Entry #
Passage (include page numbers)
Response
1
2
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What nonfiction book did you choose as your second summer book? Include author and title.
Choice Book Rhetorical Situation Chart: Answer each question in a sentence or two.
Writer: Who is the writer, and what do you
know about them?
Audience: Who do you think is the audience
for this book, and how do you know?
Exigence: What do you think motivated the
writer to write this book?
Context: What is the social, political, or
historical context for the book?
Message: What is the main argument of the
writer?
Purpose: What do you think the writer wants
the audience to do after reading this book?
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Choice Book Dialectical Journal (at least 6 entries, ~100-200 words each, 2 from the beginning
third, 2 from the middle third, 2 from the last third of book)
Entry #
Passage (include page numbers)
Response
1
2
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5
6
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