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SECTION 1
Approaching Sources in Arguments 113 Steven Pinker, from The Evolutionary Social
Psychology of Off-Record Indirect Speech
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ACTIVITY Approaching Sources 114

Acts 121
Examining Sources in Arguments 114 ACTIVITY Analyzing How Sources Appeal to an

Audience 122

ACTIVITY Examining Sources 115
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Synthesizing Sources 115 Nation’s Social Fabric 123
Using Sources to Inform an Argument 116
CULMINATING ACTIVITY / SECTION 1
Laura Hillenbrand, from Seabiscuit 117 Analyzing Multiple Sources:
ACTIVITY Analyzing How Sources Inform an Nuclear Energy 124

Argument 118 1. Richard Rhodes, from Why Nuclear Power
Gerald L. Early, from A Level Playing Field: Must Be Part of the Energy Solution 125
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African American Athletes and the Republic 2. Gregory Jaczko, from I Oversaw the U.S.
of Sports 118 Nuclear Power Industry. Now I Think It
Using Sources to Appeal to an Audience 119 Should Be Banned. 126
3. Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser, What Are
Steven Pinker, from Words Don’t Mean What the Safest and Cleanest Sources of Energy?
They Mean 119 (graph) 128
Steven Pinker, from The Stuff of Thought: 4. Robinson Meyer, from Nuclear Is Hot, for
Language as a Window into Human the Moment 128
Nature 120
SECTION 2
From Reading to Writing: Crafting an 5. Jordan Coley, from “I Take Responsibility”
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AP Synthesis Essay 130 and the Limits of Celebrity Activism 139

ACTIVITY Playing the Believing Game 141
A Sample AP Synthesis Prompt: The Value of
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Celebrity Activism 130 6. Naomi Osaka, Athletes, Speak Up 142

1. Joshua Ostroff, Beyoncé and Why Celebrity ACTIVITY The “Yes, But” Game: Conceding
and Refuting 143
Activists Matter 131

ACTIVITY Summarizing a Source 134 Preparing to Write: Identifying Key Issues
and Formulating Your Position 144
2. Celebrity Influence on Voting (graphs) 134 Recognizing Bias, Complexity, and Limitations
ACTIVITY Analyzing Quantitative Evidence 135 of Sources 144

3. Dream Crazy (advertisement) 135 ACTIVITY Evaluating Sources 147

ACTIVITY Using Visual Texts as Evidence 136 Developing a Thesis Statement 147

4. Jessica Grose, from When Did We Writing an Introduction 148
Start Taking Famous People Seriously? 136 Supporting Your Thesis 148

ACTIVITY Comparing and Contrasting
Sources 139
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