AP and IB modeled test questions

Students will be presented with a passage from the book and questions modeled after AP Language and Composition Tests, and IB Language A1 tests. The following are sample questions:

1. Which of the following best states the subject of this passage?
(A) The popularity of the blues
(B) An international appeal of the blues
(C) An historical chronology of the blues
(D) The universal humanity found in the blues
(E) The language of the blues

2. What rhetorical appeal does the author use in the first five lines?
(A) Ethos
(B) Pathos
(C) Logos
(D) Mimesis
(E) Hubris

3. In paragraph 3, what type of diction is found in the following words: “gig,” “cats,” and “swinging”?
(A) Scholarly
(B) Abstract
(C) Jargon
(D) Formal
(E) Denotative

1. Write a commentary on the passage analyzing the writer’s style. What persona is established and what literary techniques does the writer use to convey his or her message?

2. Write a commentary on the elements of rhetoric and prose found in the passage. What message is the writer presenting and what literary techniques does he use to present this message?

Moving To Higher Ground

“Wynton Marsalis is absolutely the one to write this book. Here he is as young as morning, as fresh as dew, and already called one of the jazz greats. He is not only a seer and an exemplary musician, but a poet as well. He informs us that jazz was created, among other things, to expose the hypocrisy and absurdity of racism and other ignorances in our country. Poetry was given to human beings for the same reason – [This book] is an absolute joy to read.”
– Maya Angelou

Contents (174 pages)

Introduction: Now, that's jazz
Chapter 1: Discovering the joy of swinging
Chapter 2: Speaking the language of jazz
Chapter 3: Everybody's music: the blues
Chapter 4: What it takes – and how it feels – to play
Chapter 5: The great coming together
Chapter 6: Lessons from the masters
Chapter 7: That thing with no name
Afterword: Conversation between Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Wynton Marsalis

ISBN: 978-0-8129-6908-5

Arts, Rhetoric, and Swing

“This beautifully written teachers' guide provides ready-to-use discussion points and essay questions along with clearly identified standards and terms. It makes me wish I were a student once again, learning the incredible connections between the arts, coming alive for the first time to the pulse of life in jazz and the written word.”
–Nancy Nestor-Baker PhD
The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology

Contents of Teacher's Edition (80 pages)

Language Arts Standards Alignment
Essential Questions
Unit and Lesson Plans
Bloom's Taxonomy Objectives
Biographical Information
Synopsis of Text
Chapter by Chapter Summary and Analysis
Persuasion and Rhetoric
Aristotelian Triad
Aristotle's Three Appeals
Studying Moving to Higher Ground through Philosophy of Art
Assessments
Video and Audio Supplements
Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms

ISBN (Student Edition):
978-0-9887358-1-1
ISBN (Teacher Edition):
978-0-9887358-0-4

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