AP English Language and Composition

Description

This course provides high school students with college-level instruction in analyzing and writing various texts. The course covers topics in language and rhetoric as well as expository and persuasive writing. Students become skilled readers of prose written in various periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. The study of texts from both the reader and writer perspectives develops an understanding of the function, effect, and purpose behind the choices writers make, leading students to improve their own composition skills. This course will effectively prepare students for the AP Exam and learning beyond the exam by enabling them to read, analyze, and write about complex texts.

Segment 1:

AP Course and Exam Overview
Claims, Evidence, and Commentary
Rhetorical Strategies
Critical Reading
Rhetorical Analysis
The Free Response
Evaluating Student Responses
Context, Audience, Purpose
Structure
Tone
Argument
Logical Fallacies
Syntax
Diction
Line of Reasoning
Evidence and Commentary
Style Analysis

Segment 2:

Satire
Irony
Political Cartoons
Style Analysis
Context and Purpose
Rhetorical Strategies
Visual Literacy/Image Analysis
Synthesis
Rhetorical Analysis
Argumentation
Claims, Evidence, and Commentary
Line of Reasoning
Structure
Style

Additional Course Notes:

AP courses may require that students purchase a textbook to complete the course. eLearning Academy does not offer the AP exams or issue a teacher code for exam registration.  You do not have to take the course to register for the exam.  The course is to help  you prepare for the exam.  When you register for the exam, you can register as a homeschooler without a teacher code. If you have questions about this process, please call us before paying for the course.

Prerequisites: English 1 and 2

Suggested Grade Level: 11

Credits: 1