AP® English Language and Composition
For Educators
Teachers can use the complete Plus course curriculum for flexible instruction.
Course Summary
Learn to think and write analytically across a variety of written and oral communication modes. Develop and enhance academic writing, critical reading, and rhetorical analysis skills, focusing primarily on nonfiction literature such as memoirs, essays, op/ed articles, news stories, and editorials. Students also explore the rhetoric of visual media, including photographs, films, advertisements, comics, and music videos.
This course prepares students for the AP® English Language and Composition exam.
Curriculum
This is a two-semester course. Each semester requires a commitment of approximately 70 or more hours of coursework. While students may enroll in both semesters within the same term, UC Scout does not recommend this due to the intensive workload, especially during shorter terms like summer.
Unit 1: Introduction to Rhetoric
- Grammar Review: Clauses
- Introduction to Rhetoric and SOAPS
- Introduction to Close Reading
- Rhetorical Modes
- Grammar: Active/Passive Voice
- Ethos
- Pathos
- Logos
- Style Analysis: How Diction Affects Tone
Unit 2: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis
- Connotation
- Syntax
- Introduction to Rhetorical/Style Analysis
- How to Write A Timed AP® Essay
- Rhetorical Analysis of Figurative Language
- Diction Analysis
- Writing a Rhetorical Précis
- Writing the Assertion Journal
Unit 3: Rhetorical Analysis
- Gerunds
- Full Rhetorical Analysis Essay
- Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
- Compare and Contrast Essay
- AP® Exam Multiple Choice Questions
- Direct and Indirect Object
- Appositive Phrases
- Agreement and Tenses
Unit 4: Cause and Effect Essays
- Anecdotes
- Cause and Effect Rhetorical Strategy
- Cause and Effect Essay Writing
- Cause and Effect Essay Outline
Unit 5: Research
- Satire Analysis
- Satire as Argument
- DIDLS Prose Analysis Method
- AP® Argument Essay
- Conducting Research Overview
- Determining a Topic For Research
- Writing the Research Proposal
- Collecting Data for Research
- Research Organizing: Outlines
- Primary and Secondary Sources
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Research Paper Writing Style
- Research Paper Introduction
- Research Paper Body
- Handling and Citing Sources in APA Style
- Research Paper Conclusion
Unit 6: Other Essay Types and Multiple Choice
- Analyzing Speeches
- Analyzing Letters
- Argument Essay Outline
- Using Pathos and Logos in Your Argument
- Narrative Writing Techniques
- Descriptive Writing: Details and Imagery
- Synthesis Essay Tips
- Interpreting the Writing Task
- Evaluating Visual Texts
- Evaluating Op-Eds
- Writing Op-Eds
- Process Analysis Essay