Will I get feedback on my practice essays?

Yes. Practice essay activities include model responses and structured self-review guides, and students can submit written questions about their own essays through the platform to receive additional feedback through private messages.

Does this course cover fiction or literary analysis?

No. AP English Language and Composition focuses on nonfiction texts and rhetorical analysis. Fiction and poetry analysis are covered in the separate AP English Literature and Composition course.

How is synthesis writing different from argumentative writing?

Synthesis writing requires students to build an argument using several provided sources as evidence, while argumentative writing asks students to construct and support a claim primarily from their own knowledge and reasoning. This course covers both separately with dedicated practice.

AP Exam Preparation

AP English Language and Composition

High school students preparing for the AP English Language and Composition exam.

AP English Language and Composition centers on reading nonfiction texts closely and writing clearly reasoned, evidence-based prose. This course organizes lessons around the three essay types students encounter on the exam: rhetorical analysis, argument, and synthesis, alongside close-reading practice for the multiple-choice section. Each lesson breaks down how skilled writers build claims, use evidence, and structure arguments, then gives students opportunities to practice those same moves in their own writing. The goal is steady, practical skill-building rather than memorization.

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Suitability: Typically taken in grade 11, for students age 13 and older.
Delivery format: 100% online, self-paced with scheduled live webinars
Modules: 7
Practice activities: Included
Mock examinations: Included
Instructor webinars: Included

Course modules

Lessons pair short readings with guided analysis exercises, showing students how to identify an author's purpose, audience, and rhetorical choices before asking them to do the same independently. Everything is available on demand so students can pace their reading and writing practice around their own schedule.

Rhetorical situation and close reading

Identifying purpose, audience, context, and rhetorical choices in nonfiction texts.

Rhetorical analysis writing

Building an essay that explains how a writer's choices contribute to their intended effect.

Argumentative writing

Developing a defensible claim and supporting it with organized, relevant evidence.

Synthesis writing

Drawing on multiple provided sources to construct an original, evidence-based argument.

Style, tone, and rhetorical devices

Recognizing and using devices such as tone shifts, appeals, and figurative language.

Multiple-choice reading strategies

Approaches for analyzing passage structure and answering evidence-based questions efficiently.

Revision and argument refinement

Strengthening thesis statements, evidence selection, and overall essay organization.

Practice format

Practice activities include short-passage analysis questions and guided essay-planning exercises, so students can build skills in smaller steps before writing full-length timed essays.

Mock exam format

Mock examinations are structured to reflect the general format and pacing of the real AP English Language and Composition exam, combining a multiple-choice reading section with timed essay writing.

Webinar format

Weekly live webinars led by an AP English Language Instructor cover essay strategy and close reading, with example student writing discussed to illustrate strong argument structure.

Written questions

Students submit questions about readings, essay structure, or feedback through the platform at any time and receive responses through private platform messages, without needing to appear on camera.