AP English Language & Composition is a writing-intensive course that focuses on creating civically engaged, critically thinking, reflective writers able to analyze and implement strong rhetoric. Students will read and analyze specific pieces of nonfiction and fiction from a variety of time periods and genres in context of their rhetorical strategies, including rhetorical appeals, organization, tone, diction, logical fallacies, counter-arguments, refutations, characterization, structure and organization, and literary devices. The course will focus on improving students’ persuasive writing skills, culminating in a formal, MLA-formatted research paper.
This course aligns with the College Board’s learning goals for AP English Language & Composition.