AP English Language and Composition
OVERVIEW
Read and analyze prose written in various periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts while gaining an understanding of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects.
MAJOR CONCEPTS
Early Edition
- Analyzing Texts
- Claims and Evidence
- Introduction to Rhetorical Strategies
- Critical Reading and Rhetorical Analysis
Revolutionary Edition
- Historical Context
- Introduction to Argument
- Structure as Rhetorical Strategy
- Supporting and Evaluating the Argument
- Aphorisms
- Tone and Argument
- Crafting Compound and Complex Sentences
Romantic Edition
- Figurative Language in Argument
- The Power of Diction
- Taking a Position
- Establishing a Line of Reasoning
- Analyzing Syntax
- Crafting Periodic and Loose Sentences
- Developing Commentary
Civil War Edition
- Reading About Writing
- Elements of Style
- Sppech Analysis
- Analyzing Style
- Crafting Periodic and Balanced Sentences
- Reading and Synthesis
- Nonfiction Book Journal
Realism Edition
- Understanding and Analyzing Satire
- Political Cartoons
- A Modest Proposal
- That’s So Ironic
- Irony to Ignite
- Exploring the Satirical Prompt
- Crafting Chiasmus and Anaphora
Modern Edition
- Conversations and Claims
- Synthesizing the Voices of the Harlem Renaissance
- Cultivating Commentary Using Sources
- Crafting Purposeful Structure
Contemporary Edition
- The Memoir
- Appeals in Argument
- Rhetoric in Action
- Evaluate and Implement
- Crafting Sentence Variety
- Memoir Journal
Student Edition
- Research the Context
- Analyze the Author’s Choices
- Argue an Issue
- Pick a Perspective
- Create a Connection
- Interpret Rhetorical Strategies
Fee Details
| Progam | Advanced Placement | |
| Fee Component | Course Fee | |
| Amount (USD) | $ 608 | |
| Description | To be paid by the student at the time of Enrollment. | |
Grade Level
Grade 11, 12
Duration
Annual
Requirements
Students will need to obtain the following texts, either from a library or a bookseller:
Civil War Edition: Choose one of the following:
- Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
- On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Contemporary Edition: See the lesson entitled The Memoir for an overview of text choices and choose one of the following:
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
- A Work in Progress: A Memoir by Connor Franta
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
- The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
- The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafza
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Student Edition: See the Checklist lesson for an overview of text choices and choose one of the following:
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
- Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- Warmth of Other Suns by Isabell Wilkerson
- Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
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