Language Arts·Advanced Placement
APEnglish Language & Composition
AP English Language and Composition challenges students to engage deeply with nonfiction texts, refining their skills in analysis, argumentation, and composition. The course focuses on understanding and crafting complex arguments, analyzing rhetoric in diverse texts, and developing a clear, effective writing style suited to college-level expectations
Built for the AP Exam
Every module sharpens the skills the College Board® tests. Sit the exam in May to earn potential college credit before you graduate.
About the course
Course Overview
AP English Language and Composition challenges students to engage deeply with nonfiction texts, refining their skills in analysis, argumentation, and composition. The course focuses on understanding and crafting complex arguments, analyzing rhetoric in diverse texts, and developing a clear, effective writing style suited to college-level expectations. Designed to prepare students for the AP Exam each May, this course equips them with critical reading, thinking, and writing skills that support academic success across disciplines. Through frequent practice and feedback, students learn to articulate and support their ideas, becoming confident, effective communicators ready for college and beyond.
This course has been authorized by the College Board® to use the AP designation.
By the end of the course
Learning Objectives
- Reading closely, analyzing, and interpreting a piece of writing
- Evaluating a source of information
- Gathering and consolidating information from different sources
- Writing an evidence-based argument
- Drafting and revising a piece of writing
Course contents
What You'll Study
Analyzing Claims and Evidence: Learn to identify claims and evaluate evidence in texts.
Organizing Arguments for Impact: Explore strategies for structuring arguments to engage audiences.
Exploring Multiple Perspectives: Examine diverse viewpoints and how arguments interact.
Developing Effective Introductions and Conclusions: Study techniques for crafting compelling openings and endings.
Fine-Tuning Argument Structure: Focus on details that strengthen arguments and transitions.
Integrating Bias and Perspective: Learn to recognize bias and incorporate multiple viewpoints.
Examining Argument Complexity: Analyze the layers and nuances of complex arguments.
Stylistic Choices in Argumentation: Explore how style and word choice shape an argument's impact.
Building Complex, Multi-faceted Arguments: Develop sophisticated arguments by addressing counterpoints.
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