This resource helps students understand how to build analysis (commentary) for the AP Language Rhetorical Analysis Essay. Cards contain models, frames, and questions to prompt students' thinking to support their development of text-based analysis. The cards are colorful and are designed to be cut as a manipulative writing support. I laminate and have students add to rhetorical device flashcards on a ring, so each time they practice writing, they have scaffolds to push their thinking. In a total