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enable students to link reading with writing, guiding them from understanding what
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1. Rhetorical Situation. How would you describe the rhetorical situation of “Searching for a
tagged to the AP Big Ideas to help you strategically choose what to assign based on
Lost Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood”? Is there more than one? Explain why or why not.
2. Rhetorical Situation. In the first paragraph, Ilya Kaminsky describes washing Leo Tolstoy’s ®
student skill gaps and a given AP Unit’s Essential Knowledge and Skills.
ears. He says, “This is childhood.” What else does this anecdote reveal about his childhood?
What do we learn about his family? Other Voices / Ilya Kaminsky
3. Rhetorical Situation. How does Kaminsky describe the experience of being deaf for his
audience, most of whom are hearing? How does this portrayal of his experience serve his
overall purpose? Understanding and Interpreting questions lay the
4. Rhetorical Situation / Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. What is the
Understanding and Interpretingole does the “fat Ukrainian” (par. 11) play? Why 4 ®
“it” that happens in paragraph 10, and what r
does Kaminsky’s father keep “repeating this story to his own son” (par. 16)? What purpose foundation for analysis. All tagged to specific AP
1. Rhetorical Situation. How would you describe the rhetorical situation of “Searching for a
does this anecdote serve in Kaminsky’s larger argument?
Lost Odessa — and a Deaf Childhood”? Is there more than one? Explain why or why not.
5. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization / Style. In paragraphs 64–70, Big Ideas, these questions guide students to an
2. Rhetorical Situation. In the first paragraph, Ilya Kaminsky describes washing Leo Tolstoy’s
Kaminsky creates a list of “seven things a deaf man sees at weddings.” Why do you think he
chose this structure to present these claims?
ears. He says, “This is childhood.” What else does this anecdote reveal about his childhood?
What do we learn about his family?
6. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In paragraph 71, Kaminsky claims, understanding of the content and move them toward
“Deafness is a theater.” What does he mean by this? What roles do the deaf and hearing play
3. Rhetorical Situation. How does Kaminsky describe the experience of being deaf for his
audience, most of whom are hearing? How does this portrayal of his experience serve his
in this theater? How does this idea relate to his claim, at the end of the paragraph, that analysis and developing their own perspective
overall purpose?
“[s]ilence is the invention of the hearing”?
7. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. How does Kaminsky treat the on the text.
4. Rhetorical Situation / Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. What is the
concept of memory in this essay? What strikes you about his descriptions of the events from
“it” that happens in paragraph 10, and what role does the “fat Ukrainian” (par. 11) play? Why
Other Voices / Ilya Kaminsky
his childhood that he chooses to recount? Why do past events he did not witness, and
does Kaminsky’s father keep “repeating this story to his own son” (par. 16)? What purpose
people he never met, figure so prominently?
does this anecdote serve in Kaminsky’s larger argument?
5. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization / Style. In paragraphs 64–70, Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure
Kaminsky creates a list of “seven things a deaf man sees at weddings.” Why do you think he
Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure
chose this structure to present these claims?
6. Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In paragraph 71, Kaminsky claims, questions ask students to look at craft — or how
“Deafness is a theater.” What does he mean by this? What roles do the deaf and hearing play
1. Vocabulary in Context. What is the meaning of the word “scandalous” in paragraph 17?
Do you think the situation Kaminsky describes in that paragraph would cause a scandal? the writer’s choices create meaning. Also tagged
in this theater? How does this idea relate to his claim, at the end of the paragraph, that
Why do you think he chose “scandalous” to describe it?
“[s]ilence is the invention of the hearing”?
2. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. Trace the times the narrator says, ®
7. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. How does Kaminsky treat the
“There are no stories.” What might that mean in an essay that is filled with stories? How does to specific AP Big Ideas, these questions are
concept of memory in this essay? What strikes you about his descriptions of the events from
this disconnect help shape his persona as the writer of this essay?
his childhood that he chooses to recount? Why do past events he did not witness, and
6. Reasoning and Organization. What is Kaminsky’s purpose in presenting his own return to
people he never met, figure so prominently?
3. Reasoning and Organization / Style. Throughout the essay, Kaminsky often repeats excellent scaffolding for students to practice building
Odessa in parallel with stories handed down to him about his adoptive grandfather Shura’s
words, phrases, and sentences. Find a few examples. What effect does this repetition have
life? What parallels does he draw between his father, Victor, and Shura?
on the narrative?
7. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. You might describe the structure — rhetorical analysis skills and developing their own
Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure
4. Rhetorical Situation / Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In
and syntax — of this essay as fragmented, circuitous, and nonlinear. How do these choices
paragraph 75, Kaminsky writes, “Silence doesn’t subscribe to the concept of time.” What
characterize Kaminsky? What makes them so effective? For instance, what do they convey
relationship between silence and time does Kaminsky establish in this essay? For instance,
1. Vocabulary in Context. What is the meaning of the word “scandalous” in paragraph 17? positions on important issues.
about his experience revisiting Odessa? about his memories of childhood? about the
what does his choice to tell stories of the past and present in tandem reveal about his
Do you think the situation Kaminsky describes in that paragraph would cause a scandal?
experience of being deaf?
perspective on these events?
Why do you think he chose “scandalous” to describe it?
8. Reasoning and Organization. What connection does Kaminsky draw in this essay between
5. Reasoning and Organization / Style. What do you think is the meaning of the unusual very
2. Rhetorical Situation / Reasoning and Organization. Trace the times the narrator says,
the act of storytelling and the construction of individual identity?
“There are no stories.” What might that mean in an essay that is filled with stories? How does Topics for Composing questions provide extended
large black circles that divide the sections? How does that visual element affect the telling of
Kaminsky’s story?
this disconnect help shape his persona as the writer of this essay?
Topics for Composing
3. Reasoning and Organization / Style. Throughout the essay, Kaminsky often repeats essay and project ideas. These always begin with
words, phrases, and sentences. Find a few examples. What effect does this repetition have
1. AP ® FRQ Rhetorical Analysis. Ilya Kaminsky’s 2018 essay “Searching for a Lost
on the narrative?
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4. Rhetorical Situation / Claims and Evidence / Reasoning and Organization. In practice AP Exam prompts that use stable prompt
years after his family emigrated to the United States. Prior to arriving in the United States,
paragraph 75, Kaminsky writes, “Silence doesn’t subscribe to the concept of time.” What
Kaminsky, who is deaf, did not have hearing aids. Because none of his memories of the city
relationship between silence and time does Kaminsky establish in this essay? For instance,
feature sound, he finds himself turning his hearing aids off when he returns. Read paragraphs wording and from there range from less formal
what does his choice to tell stories of the past and present in tandem reveal about his
63–71. Write an essay that analyzes the rhetorical choices Kaminsky makes to develop his
perspective on these events?
message about the connection between memory and identity.
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5. Reasoning and Organization / Style. What do you think is the meaning of the unusual very
2. AP ® FRQ Argument. Some people subscribe to the idea that the best way to make peace with
large black circles that divide the sections? How does that visual element affect the telling of
the past is to confront it. Others question the value of dwelling on a traumatic past. Write an
Kaminsky’s story?
essay that argues your position on the value of confronting the past as a way to make peace multimodal projects to creative writing and speaking
with it.
3. AP ® FRQ Argument. In his 2018 essay “Searching for a Lost Odessa — and a Deaf and listening prompts for discussion.
Childhood” poet Ilya Kaminsky writes, “How much the present moment means to those who 243
have nothing more.” Write an essay that argues your position on the value of the “present
moment” in times of crisis.
4. Research. Research common misconceptions that surround American Deaf culture,
including the role American Sign Language plays in that culture. Do you see any connections End-of-chapter Suggestions for Writing: Prompts
between the culture(s) you consider yourself to be part of and the paradigms that underpin
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Suggestions for Writing for AP analysis, argument, and beyond.
Deaf culture? For instance, consider that within Deaf culture, deafness is not treated as a
Suggestions for Writing
problem that needs to be “fixed.” Are there aspects of your culture(s) you celebrate that
outsiders would not immediately understand?
5. Creative Writing. This essay is filled with anecdotes that are told in nonlinear order. Choose Suggestions for Writing at the end of each chapter
one or more of the anecdotes to form the basis for a short story or even a fairy tale.
Identity provide opportunities for written responses that
from My Mustache, My Self Suggestions for Writing / Identity
1. AP ® FRQ Argument. In his 1992 book Men cultures and times. Report on a role that our connect multiple pieces within the chapter or extend
Wesley Morris society believes is gender-specific (for example,
Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John
Gray writes, “A man’s sense of self is defined the nurturing mother, the protective male) but
Wesley Morris (b. 1975) is a critic for the New York Times who writes to pieces beyond the chapter or even beyond the
that another culture or people from another time
through his ability to achieve results. . . . A
period viewed quite differently.
about cinema, pop culture, and race. Morris is also the host of the Chad Batka/The New York Times/Redux Pictures ®
woman’s sense of self is defined through her
culture podcast Still Processing. He was born in Philadelphia and book. Expanding on the AP English Language skills
feelings and the quality of her relationships.”
4. Connections. The internet is arguably a neutral
Write an essay that argues your position on
setting. When you do not know other users’
earned a BA in film studies from Princeton University. In 2012, while
backgrounds, physical traits, style of dress, and
whether Gray’s observation holds true today.
working for the Boston Globe, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. introduced in the opening chapters, these prompts give
so on, you have to judge them only by their
2. Creative Writing. Write a personal narrative in
The following excerpt is from an essay published in the New York
which you describe the identity that your family
words. Some observers believe that the
Times in 2020. students the opportunity to practice writing in many
or friends ascribe to you but that you struggle anonymity of the internet allows people to move
against. Explain the origin and nature of the outside of expected roles. Does the internet ®
expectation, as well as your reasons for not affect you that way? Are you more willing to be modes, including but not limited to AP Exam FRQ
wanting to inhabit it. Include a discussion of the confrontational online, for example? Are you
reactions you have gotten as you challenged funnier? Does your online voice resemble who
those expectations. you are in person? Write an essay exploring practice.
how gender and other aspects of your identity
3. Research. To explore the idea that gender roles
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determined, do some research into other
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