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24 lessons in 9 units, about 22 h 40 min of reading and core practice. Each lesson ends with a quick check.
Unit 1
Big Idea RHS. Reading: identify the exigence, audience, writer, purpose, context and message, and explain how an argument addresses the audience’s beliefs, values and needs. Writing: introductions, conclusions and audience-aware revision choices. Tested in about a quarter of the multiple-choice questions and underpins all three essays.
2 lessons · 2 h 10 min of study · ≈12% of the test
Unit 2
Big Idea CLE. Reading: identify claims, the overarching thesis and the evidence that supports them, and explain how claims are qualified. Writing: build paragraphs from claims and evidence, write a defensible thesis, and qualify claims with modifiers, counterarguments and alternative perspectives. Claims and Evidence (reading) is one of the two most heavily weighted multiple-choice skill categories (about 13–16%).
3 lessons · 2 h 55 min of study · ≈13% of the test
Unit 3
Big Idea REO. Reading: describe a text’s line of reasoning, explain how its organization creates unity and coherence, and recognise methods of development. Writing: develop a line of reasoning with commentary, use transitions, and choose methods of development. Reasoning and Organization (reading) is one of the two most heavily weighted multiple-choice skill categories (about 13–16%), and commentary is the heart of essay Row B.
3 lessons · 2 h 45 min of study · ≈12% of the test
Unit 4
Big Idea STL. Reading: explain how word choice, comparisons, syntax and conventions contribute to tone, style and the effectiveness of an argument. Writing: use words, comparisons and syntax deliberately, write clear sentences, and apply the conventions of grammar and mechanics. Style drives many reading and revision questions and the stylistic path to the sophistication point.
3 lessons · 2 h 35 min of study · ≈10% of the test
Unit 5
Exam technique for the 45-question, 60-minute section: approaching each passage type, recognising question stems, eliminating tempting wrong answers, and pacing across about five sets.
2 lessons · 1 h 25 min of study · ≈5% of the test
Unit 6
Writing an argument that develops your own position on an issue and uses at least three of six provided sources, at least one of them visual or quantitative. Covers source reading and evaluation during the reading period, the thesis and line of reasoning, and using and citing sources with commentary. Scored 0–6 on the synthesis rubric.
3 lessons · 3 h 10 min of study · ≈14% of the test
Unit 7
Analyzing how a writer’s rhetorical choices in a nonfiction passage (often a speech, letter or essay) contribute to its meaning or purpose for a specific audience and occasion. Covers reading the passage, a thesis that names choices and their purpose, and the evidence and commentary that earn Row B points. Scored 0–6 on the rhetorical analysis rubric.
3 lessons · 3 h 5 min of study · ≈14% of the test
Unit 8
Writing an evidence-based argument on a debatable claim, quotation or concept, using evidence from your own reading, study, observation and experience. Covers taking a defensible, nuanced position, building and developing specific evidence, and commentary with counterargument. Scored 0–6 on the argument rubric.
3 lessons · 2 h 50 min of study · ≈14% of the test
Unit 9
Cross-essay skills that separate a 4 from a 6: earning the sophistication point (Row C) on all three rubrics, and managing the 2-hour-15-minute free-response section so that all three essays are complete and developed.
2 lessons · 1 h 45 min of study · ≈7% of the test
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Rhetorical situation (skill categories 1–2) · Lesson 1 of 2
How to reconstruct a nonfiction text’s rhetorical situation from the headnote and the text itself, and how the writer adapts the argument to what the audience believes, values or needs (skills 1.A and 1.B). This is the most frequent reading question type and the foundation of the rhetorical analysis essay.
1 h 10 min of study≈7% of the test
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