AP English Literature and Composition “Only connect!....Live in fragments no longer!” General Course Information 1.0 Credits (.5 per semester) Prerequisites: Accelerated English is recommended Course Overview • This class will prepare students for AP English Literature and Composition Exam‚ as well as the AP English Language and Composition Exam. When registering for exams in the Spring‚ students will choose which exam to take. • This course is set according to the requirements
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insane connection. My journey with Literature has brought me to a point where I would love to explore deeper into the subject. I would like your consideration to join the AP Literature and Composition class. Below‚ I will describe why I should be in the class‚ what I hope to gain from the class‚ and my favorite book. I hope that after reading this essay‚ you will be convinced why I would be a great contribution in the world of writing and in your class. Taking AP Lit is very important to me because
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Journal Entry 3 October 28‚ 2012 LAN101: AP English Language and Composition Master Teacher: ; Classroom Instructor: Journal 3 Tone and style are two important literary devices commonly used to elicit emotions from readers. Tone is defined as the writer’s attitude towards the material and the audience. Authors create tone through use of other literary devices‚ such as diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery. Style is the manner in which an author chooses to write to their audience‚ and can reveal
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SECTION II Total time -1hr 15min Question 1 (Suggested time- 45 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.) Directions: The following prompt is based on the accompanying five sources. This question requires you to synthesize a variety of sources into a coherent‚ well-written essay. When you synthesize sources‚ you refer to them to develop your position and cite them accurately. Your argument should be central; the sources
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To perform well on the AP English Language and Composition Exam you need to write excellent paragraphs. The AP English Language and Composition Exam is the exam that you can take at the close of an Advanced Placement course; It’s a national exam not specifically associated with‚ and school‚ but connected to the College Board; a not-for-profit group created to "connect students to college success and opportunity" see www.collegeboard.com‚ "about" tab. The College Board gives Advanced Placement exams
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AP English Language and Composition 10 September 2012 The blur of blue caught my eye and I watch it bellow down the street relentlessly swallowing people and children‚ and then fading into the hazy distance. Another breed of the same species comes careening down the opposite side of the street‚ it’s screeching tires skid across the miserable cracks of cement‚ suddenly halting to a dramatic stop. The metallic fiend exhales and shudders‚ impatiently waiting to select the next poor soul for consumption
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Ms. Czapski’s 1st‚ 2nd‚ 5th‚ and 6th Hour Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Classes Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ________ Date: _____________________ Introduction to Writing the Precis DIRECTIONS: Please thoughtfully answer each of the following questions about Geoffrey Nunberg’s The –Ism Schism; How Much Wallop Can a Simple Word Pack‚ Ellen Goodman’s In Praise of a Snail’s Pace‚ and Ronald J. Glasser’s We are not Immune: Influenza‚ SARS‚ and
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION Course Description Effective Fall 2014 AP Course Descriptions are updated regularly. Please visit AP Central® (apcentral.collegeboard.com) to determine whether a more recent Course Description PDF is available. ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION COMPOSITION Course Description Course Description Effective Fall 2014 Effective Fall 2014 The College Board New York‚ NYare updated regularly. Please visit AP Central AP Course Descriptions ® (apcentral
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AP English Language and Composition Summer 2014 Assignment David Gold Introduction: An AP course in English Language and Composition is essentially a course in rhetoric that engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts‚ and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes‚ audience expectations‚ and subjects‚ as
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AP English Language and Composition Summer Reading Assignment Welcome to APE! You are about to begin a course unlike any other English class you have taken. Before beginning your summer reading assignment‚ you must revisit your ideas about critical reading. Follow the link below to the site “Critical Reading of an Essay’s Argument.” While this site focuses on finding the central argument of an essay‚ the strategies suggested will benefit your reading of any text. Please annotate the article
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