Unit 9 · Review and Reteach

Entering the conversation ● (core concept) — Joining an ongoing discussion about a subject means engaging the positions others have already considered and argued.

Support, complement, or contradict ● (core concept) — Evidence and sources relate to a writer's thesis in one of three ways: they support it, complement it, or contradict it.

Refutation ● (core concept) — Answering opposing arguments head-on: when writers refute, they use evidence to show that all or part of a competing position or claim is invalid. Writers enhance their credibility when they refute, rebut, or concede.

Concession ● (core concept) — Accepting all or part of a competing position as correct — or acknowledging your own argument's limitations — before moving forward.

Rebuttal ● (core concept) — Offering a contrasting perspective or alternative evidence to show that a competing position or claim is partly or fully invalid.

Counterargument ● (core concept) — An argument against the writer's own position. Transitions may be used to introduce counterarguments — though not every argument explicitly addresses one.

Synthesis essay (FRQ 1) ○ — The first free-response question: read several sources, then write an argument that synthesizes at least three of them.

Rhetorical analysis essay (FRQ 2) ○ — The second free-response question: analyze how an author's rhetorical choices contribute to the text's meaning or purpose.

Argument essay (FRQ 3) ○ — The third free-response question: take a position on an issue and defend it with evidence from your reading, experience, or observations.