The AP Language and Composition course explores a variety of American texts through which students learn close-reading and analysis skills. The purpose of the course, as stated by College Board’s AP English Course Description,“ is to enable students to write effectively and confidently in their college courses across the curriculum and in their professional and personal lives.” The students read both nonfiction and fiction works by American authors in order to achieve a higher level of learning and analysis. Students are instructed in the different forms and functions of rhetoric in order to analyze written works, as well as to write on various topics through argumentation, narration, exposition, and analytical writings.