AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION 1992 QUESTION 1 THESIS: To argue that exceptional leadership TOPIC SENTENCE #3: Finally, the use of does not depend on gender but on the coordinated sentences, such as when Queen “heart and stomach” of the leader, Queen Elizabeth’s Elizabeth reveals her purpose in gathering the speech to her troops develops an emotional troops and when she juxtaposes the argument through sentimental diction, expectations of her gender with her character, seemingly incongruous imagery, and contrast the expectations of a woman her coordinated sentences. subjects may have with the leadership Queen Elizabeth has shown. TOPIC SENTENCE #1: Using sentimental diction, such as hearts,” people,” and “loyal “loving Queen Elizabeth underscores the “good-will,” fact that her subjects have already accepted her leadership despite her gender. TOPIC SENTENCE #2: Queen Elizabeth delivers incongruous imagery when she admits she has body but of a weak and feeble woman” but “the is also willing to lay down her and her “honour” even in the dust” to demonstrate that “blood, while she may be a woman, her governance is comparable to a man’s.
AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION 1992 QUESTION 1 THESIS: To argue that exceptional leadership does not depend on gender but on the “heart and stomach” of the leader, Queen Elizabeth’s speech to her troops develops an emotional argument through sentimental diction, seemingly incongruous imagery, and coordinated sentences. TOPIC SENTENCE #1: Using sentimental diction, such as “loyal hearts,” “loving people,” and “good-will,” Queen Elizabeth underscores the fact that her subjects have already accepted her leadership despite her gender. TOPIC SENTENCE #2: Queen Elizabeth delivers incongruous imagery when she admits she has “the body but of a weak and feeble woman” but is also willing to lay down her “honour” and her “blood, even in the dust” to demonstrate that while she may be a woman, her governance is comparable to a man’s. TOPIC SENTENCE #3: Finally, the use of coordinated sentences, such as when Queen Elizabeth reveals her purpose in gathering the troops and when she juxtaposes the expectations of her gender with her character, contrast the expectations of a woman her subjects may have with the leadership Queen Elizabeth has shown.
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