AP English Language & Composition

  • According to The College Board™, students who complete AP English Language and Composition should be able to perform each of the following tasks:

    • Explain how writers’ choices reflect the components of the rhetorical situation

    • Make strategic choices in a text to address a rhetorical situation 

    • Identify and describe the claims and evidence of an argument 

    • Analyze and select evidence to develop and refine a claim 

    • Describe the reasoning, organization, and development of an argument 

    • Use organization and commentary to illuminate the line of reasoning in an argument 

    • Explain how writers’ stylistic choices contribute to the purpose of an argument

    • Select words and use elements of composition to advance an argument

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