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AP English Language / Unit 6

Unit 6 · Skill module

Revision

Revision is re-seeing the argument, not only hunting commas.

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Topics

  • Revising thesis and structure
  • Strengthening commentary
  • Cutting clutter
  • Editing conventions

Lessons

Key terms

Original practice

Marlow Works questions. If this unit does not have its own items yet, you will see other questions from the same course.

1 of 1Rhetorical analysis · hard · free response

Read this original excerpt from a park-district director: "We can keep treating Saturday soccer as an afterthought, or we can admit that the worn-out fields already tell the story. I am not asking for luxury. I am asking the board to fund lights and drainage so that kids who work weekdays still get a fair game." Write a short rhetorical analysis that identifies the speaker’s purpose and explains how two choices (diction, contrast, or audience address) advance that purpose.

Original Marlow Works item — not a College Board question.

Take your time—this is practice, not a test.

Review checklist

  1. 01Read the thesis and each topic sentence aloud as a mini-outline.
  2. 02Cut a sentence that repeats a previous one without adding a move.
  3. 03Check that pronouns have clear owners.

Related resources

External links with reuse status. Marlow Works is independent and does not copy restricted exam or textbook material.

  • Official / link only

    AP English Language and Composition course page

    Official skills framework for rhetoric, argument, and synthesis.

    College Board · All rights reserved · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source

  • CC BY — attribution required

    English Composition: Connect, Collaborate, Communicate

    Open composition text for writing process, argument, and revision.

    Open Textbook Library listing · CC BY · accessed 2026-10-01

    Open source