AP English Language and Composition
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Learn about the elements of argument and composition as you develop your critical-reading and writing skills. You’ll read and analyze nonfiction works from various periods and write essays with different aims: for example, to explain an idea, argue a point, or persuade your reader of something.
Reading closely, analyzing, and interpreting a piece of writing
Evaluating a source of information
Gathering and consolidating information from different sources
Writing an evidence-based argument
Drafting and revising a piece of writing
An introductory college-level literary analysis course
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Tue, May 9, 2023,
8 AM Local
This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP English Language and Composition Exam.
The course content outlined below is organized into commonly taught units of study that provide one possible sequence for the course. Your teacher may choose to organize the course content differently based on local priorities and preferences.
You’ll learn to identify and analyze the claims in a text and determine whether the writer backs up their assertions with reasoning and evidence.
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You’ll learn about how writers organize information and evidence to support a specific argument and appeal to a particular audience.
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You’ll explore the range of perspectives around a topic and how various arguments can relate and respond to one another.
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You’ll examine how a writer makes choices about methods of developing arguments, introductions, and conclusions.
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You’ll focus on the very specific and minute choices a writer makes to bring all the parts of an argument together.
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You’ll work to understand the difference between position and perspective, how to consider bias, and how to integrate and address multiple perspectives in an argument.
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You’ll consider the breadth and complexity of arguments around a topic and what makes each successful or unsuccessful.
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You’ll explore the stylistic choices a writer can make and how those choices affect an argument.
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You’ll consider a wide range of perspectives as you develop a complex argument.
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AP English Language and Composition Reading Study Skills
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AP English Language and Composition Course and Exam Description
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