6753466186 | "Homeless" | Author: Anna Quindlen Tone: Empathetic Discourse: Definition, Example, Persuasion | 0 | |
6753483913 | "Wrong Ism" | Author: J.B. Priestly Tone: Analytical Discourse: Description, Example, Definition, Compare and Contrast | 1 | |
6753499772 | "The Santa Ana" | Author: Joan Didion Tone: Apprehensive, Ominous Discourse: Description | 2 | |
6753508866 | "Salvation" | Author: Langston Hughes Tone: Reflective, Remorseful, Solemn Discourse: Narration, Description, Process Analysis | 3 | |
6753532404 | "Grade A: The Market for a Yale Woman's Eggs" | Author: Jessica Cohen Tone: Critical, Clinical Discourse: Narration, Process Analysis, Division Analysis, Cause and Effect | 4 | |
6753548029 | "Fish Cheeks" | Author: Amy Tan Tone: Poignant, Sincere Discourse: Narration, Description | 5 | |
6753557250 | "That's So Mysto: What Makes Slang Stick?" | Author: Juliet Lapidos Tone: Analytical, Didactic Discourse: Example | 6 | |
6753567312 | "Black Men and Public Space" | Author: Brent Staples Tone: Angry, Resigned Discourse: Example, Narration | 7 | |
6753574694 | "Is Sex All That Matters?" | Author: Joyce Garity Tone: Sardonic, Incensed Discourse: Cause and Effect | 8 | |
6753582377 | "When Bright Girls Decide that Math is "A Waste of Time"" | Author: Susan Jacoby Tone: Critical, Contentious Discourse: Argument, Narration, Example | 9 | |
6753790488 | "Size 6: The Western Women's Harem" | Author: Fatema Mernissi Tone: Critical, Contemplative, Forthright Discourse: Compare and Contrast, Example, Persuasion | 10 | |
6753629642 | "Neat People vs. Sloppy People" | Author: Suzanne Brit Tone: Hyperbolistic, Humorous Discourse: Compare and Contrast, Description | 11 | |
6753639782 | "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts" | Author: Bruce Catton Tone: Reverent Discourse: Compare and Contrast | 12 | |
6753651680 | "America: The Multinational Society" | Author: Ishmael Reed Tone: Judgmental Discourse: Compare and Contrast | 13 | |
6753659761 | "Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain" | Author: Jessica Mitford Tone: Sardonic, Detached, Didactic Discourse: Process Analysis, Description, Narration | 14 | |
6753670383 | "Freewriting" | Author: Peter Elbow Tone: Analytical Discourse: Example | 15 | |
6753676057 | "Don't Just Stand There" | Author: Diane Cole Tone: Analytical Discourse: Persuasion | 16 | |
6753682038 | "How to Poison the Earth" | Author: Linnea Saukko Tone: Satirical Discourse: Process Analysis | 17 | |
6753690980 | "Jock Culture" | Author: Robert Lipsyte Tone: Forthright, Earnest Discourse: Division or Analysis, Compare and Contrast, Definition, Argument | 18 | |
6753701609 | "Vampires Never Die" | Author: Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan Tone: Clinical, Fanciful Discourse: Division or Analysis, Compare and Contrast | 19 | |
6753723060 | "Racism and Sexism in Advertising" | Author: Shafeeq Sadiq Tone: Accusatory, Earnest, Indignant Discourse: Division or Analysis, Example, Persuasion | 20 | |
6753737111 | "College Classes for Conservatives to Avoid" | Author: Ashley Herzog Tone: Caustic, Condescending Discourse: Classification, Example | 21 | |
6753780466 | "I Want a Wife" | Author: Judy Brady Tone: Caustic Discourse: Definition, Classification | 22 | |
6753746979 | "The Ways We Lie" | Author: Stephanie Ericsson Tone: Sincere, Analytical Discourse: Classification, Definition, Example | 23 | |
6753753315 | "Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead" | Author: Marie Javdani Tone: Judgmental, Analytical Discourse: Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Division or Analysis | 24 | |
6753771163 | "Live Free and Starve" | Author: Chitra Divakaruni Tone: Critical, Empathetic Discourse: Cause and Effect, Persuasion | 25 |
AP Language and Composition: Precis Flashcards
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