AP English Language & Composition-2020-2021

AP English Language and Composition is a one (1) credit introductory college-level composition course. Students cultivate their understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing, and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style.This course work is anchored in American literature and strives to answer the course's essential question:iIn American Literature, what struggles do people encounter as they define their identity and discover who they are while trying to fulfill their American Dream? NOTE: Students planning to take the AP exam in the spring should also enroll in the spring semester AP Language short block. The short block review focuses on refining the skills required by the exam's three modes of writing and multiple choice passages.