Composition and Literature 2
AP Literature & Composition
AP Language & Composition
Comp-Lit 2 is a continuation of Comp-Lit 1. Students will read an assortment of both fiction and nonfiction and compose a variety of argumentative, explanatory, and narrative writings.
AP Language and Composition students will:
Read a variety of nonfiction, including speeches, news articles, editorials, advertisements, and personal essays, as well as some fiction.
Write a range of argumentative essays and creative pieces.
Develop their rhetorical analysis skills by examining texts in relation to their audience, purpose, context, and style, including rhetorical appeals.
Develop and argue their own viewpoints on a range of contemporary topics.
AP Literature and Composition students will:
Read a variety of fiction, including novels, plays, and poetry, as well as some non-fiction.
Write a range of literary analysis essays and creative pieces.
Develop their literary analysis skills by examining the author’s style choices and how a writer conveys purpose and meaning.
Develop and argue their own viewpoints on a range of universal topics presented in literature.
In many respects, the two AP classes are similar:
Both classes expect students to participate in free-choice reading over the summer.
Both classes are college-level classes. Most colleges and universities will give college credit to students who pass the AP Test.
Both classes teach skills that will facilitate college readiness.
Students enrolled in either class will receive a grade bump.
Both AP courses are great opportunities for students to take higher-level English classes. All students will complete their interest survey before spring registration.
Which English class you take next year is your choice.
There's no entrance essay. There are no prerequisites.
Below are examples of essay prompts from each class.
Using appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, and/or experience, write a carefully reasoned essay defending, challenging, or qualifying* the assertion that humans will ignore objective facts in order to conform.
Using appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, and/or experience, write a carefully reasoned essay defending, challenging, or qualifying* the assertion that entertainment has the capacity to ruin society.
*To “qualify” an assertion, you neither agree nor disagree with it as it stands; rather, you offer additional conditions or limits to the claim. If the claim is “Dogs are better than cats,” you might qualify it by saying “Well-trained dogs are better than cats,” or “Dogs are better than cats if you have a yard.”
Write an essay in which you discuss the theme of a young person growing up in one of the works you have read.
Write an essay in which you analyze how appearances are different than reality in one of the works you have read.