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High AP English Language and Composition

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Pre Requisites

English 1 and 2; this course is for students in 11th grade or above.

Description

This course provides high school students with college-level instruction in studying and writing various kinds of analytic or persuasive essays on literary and nonliterary topics in language, rhetoric, and expository writing. Students become skilled readers of prose written in various periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. Both reading and writing should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as how writing conventions and language contribute to effectiveness in writing. This course will effectively prepare students for the AP Exam by enabling them to read, comprehend, and write about complex texts while developing further communication skills on a college level.

Access the site link below to view the standards from the Florida Department of Education:

Course description: http://www.cpalms.org/Courses/PublicPreviewCourse1588.aspx

Access the site link below to view the PDF of the course description from the College Board:

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-english-course-description.pdf

Note: This course meets one required English credit for high school graduation.

Segment 1:AP Exam overviewMLA formatRhetorical DevicesEarly American writersTone AnalysisFigurative Language AnalysisResearch and SynthesisPersuasive EssayAphorismsStyle AnalysisDiction AnalysisAmerican RomanticismTranscendentalismSynthesis essayIntroduction to Multiple Choice QuestionsDenotation/ConnotationImagery and Detail analysisInductive/Deductive LogicSyllogismAnalysis of ThemeCauses and Effects of the Civil WarHumor/SatireSegment 2:Political, Social, Economic changes after the Civil WarAnalysis of personificationRealismRegionalismNaturalismEuphemismComic IronyAnalysis of IronyThe Harlem RenaissanceAnalysis of narrative structureJazz InfluenceToulmin ArgumentAnalysis of symbolismModern WritersScience FictionAnalysis of DramaRhetorical AppealsVisual Literacy AnalysisSyntactical Analysis ·Working through a Timed EssayNOTE: FLVS courses are continually on a redevelopment cycle in order to respond to state standard changes, updates in technology and in the case of Advanced Placement courses, the new College Board criteria.