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CHAPTER
8
Comprehensive Review—Analysis
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: Examine structure, purpose, and style as evidenced in the modes
of discourse.Key Ideas
✪ Learn the language of analysis and how to use it.
✪ Acquaint yourself with rhetorical strategies.
✪ Learn how selection of detail, subject matter, diction, and syntax
contribute to style.
✪ Learn how topic adherence and connective tissue unify your essay.
✪ Understand the difference between active and passive voice.Some Basics
What Is ANALYSIS?
For the AP English Language exam student, the definition of analysis is quite specific. It
means that you are going to take apart a particular passage and divide it into its basic com-
ponents for the purpose of examining how the writer develops his or her subject.Are There Different Types of Analysis?
For the AP English Language exam, the different types of analysis in clude the analysis of
structure, purpose, and style.KEY IDEA