Boston Debate League
TitleRhetorical Analysis Review: excerpts from Edward O. Wilson’s The Future of Life SkillStructuring a Complex ArgumentEBA ActivityEssay Pre-Writing ActivityClaims and/or WarrantsStudents extract claim and warrants from text.For Example:Wilson satirizes the inclination of oppositional political groups to call each other names, label each other, attack each other as power hungry hypocrites, claim “hidden agendas,” play to people’s fear and hatred, joke and claim false sympathy, and generally promote an us versus them mentality that blocks either side from accomplishing anything. ProcedureStandard Essay Pre-Writing Timing/PacingThis lesson helps to prepare students for writing thesis statements and rhetorical analysis essays based on Question 2 from the 2009 AP Lang exam (Prefatory activities include reading the passages from the exam prompt. Students should already have been taught about satire. This prompt also fits in with the “Urgent Voices” motif. This activity is approximately 45 minutes. This activity comes after the Do Now. NotesThe rationale for this activity is to help students first identify an author’s main argument/ purpose and break it down into sub-claims about the rhetorical strategies used. Follow-up ActivitiesTo include an oral activity, follow up with a soapbox activity.TextExcerpts from The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson (Question 2 on the 2009 AP English Language & Composition exam—available online on the AP Central website.)Essay Pre-Writing Graphic OrganizerEssay Outline Possible Structure Notes, Comments and IdeasIntroduction“Hook”Introduce the topic.Restate the resolution and state your position clearly.Transition to the essay body.BodyWarrant 1 to back up your perspectiveExplain why your warrant supports your original interpretation.Explain another reason why your warrant supports your original interpretation (optional)Warrant 2to back up your perspectiveExplain why your warrant supports your original interpretation.Explain another reason why your warrant supports your original interpretation (optional)STATE THE oPPOSING POSITIONExplain why their claim is unfounded.Warrant 3to back up your perspective (YOUR MOST POWERFUL ARGUMENT)Explain why your warrant supports your original interpretation.Explain another reason why your warrant supports your original interpretation (optional)ConclusionTransition to conclusionRestate the resolution and state your position clearly.Summary of reasons (optional)Clincher (conclude with your opinion or a “call to action”) ................
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