AP English Language and Composition

The focus of AP Language and Composition is to prepare students for Advanced Placement testing in Language Composition. Reading activities stress linguistic and rhetorical analysis. Emphasis is placed on rhetorical strategies that develop fluency in exploratory and argumentative writing. Both reading and writing activities stress the student awareness of writer’s purpose and audience expectations in evaluating composition. This course provides a close examination of the use of language conventions that contribute to effective writing. In this course, students also study British Literature at the honors level. They will explore language and literature through a variety of genres including poetry, drama, short stories, and novels. In addition, they will be required to engage in the analysis of language as it is used in these genres. Students who take this course in junior year may continue in either AP Literature and Composition or Honors Humanities in their senior year.