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AP Language and Composition focuses on learning to analysis and use effective rhetorical strategies such as organization, diction, syntax, tone, choice of detail and figurative language. Though fiction and poetry is also studied, the empahsis is on nonfiction literature. Students learn how good writers use these tools so that they can use them themselves in their own writing. Learning effective argumentation is also a part of the curriculum. The course is reading and writing intensive, beginning during the summer prior to taking the course. Students enrolled in AP Language and Composition are required to take the AP Exam in May. Passing the exam is likely to result in college credit depending on the competiveness of the school the student chooses to attend.


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	AP Language and Composition Course Description
AP Language and Composition focuses on learning to analysis and use effective rhetorical strategies such as organization, diction, syntax, tone, choice of detail and figurative language. Though fiction and poetry is also studied, the empahsis is on nonfiction literature. Students learn how good writers use these tools so that they can use them themselves in their own writing. Learning effective argumentation is also a part of the curriculum. The course is reading and writing intensive, beginning during the summer prior to taking the course. Students enrolled in AP Language and Composition are required to take the AP Exam in May. Passing the exam is likely to result in college credit depending on the competiveness of the school the student chooses to attend.