AP English:  Language and Composition

This AP course is designed to provide academically talented juniors with comprehensive and in-depth instruction in language and composition. This course is geared specifically toward the ETS Advanced Placement Language and Composition exam and can mean a waiver of college freshman English and/or receipt of college credit. Organized within the framework of American literature, the student will analyze both American fiction and nonfiction in the context of historical, social, cultural, economic and political precedents. Major themes in American literature will be identified and traced in their development through several literary periods. In composition, the student will write a variety of informative, analytical, and argumentative essays on literary topics. These essays will incorporate the use of literary criticism. In addition, each student will write two major research papers.