Hello and welcome to my Ongoing A.P. English Language and Composition Exam-Prep course! This set of meetings is designed to bring the most up-to-date testing strategies and methodologies for approaching each concept covered on the A.P. Lang exam. Each enrolled student in this course will receive the most up-to-date of materials to use as a main reference point for all of the work completed throughout this course. 

Each meeting is designed to explain in full details a handful of concepts that are widely-tested . These concepts are then tied directly to practice problems and drills from newly-released exams and educational material. This method allows for a student at any level to enroll at any point during the duration of the course and immediately begin receiving academic instruction. 


About the AP ENG LANG and COMP Exam

-Structure

-How the exam is scored

-Overview of content topics

-How AP Exams are Used

-Other Resources

-Designing Your Study Plan

TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES FOR THE AP LANG EXAM

-How to approach multiple-choice questions

Using time effectively to maximize points

-Pacing Drills

-How to approach the essays: Basic Principles

-How to approach the Synthesis Essay

How to approach the Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Rhetorical Analysis

 How to approach the Argument Essay

TERMS AND MODES REVIEW

-Rhetoric and the elements of style

 Basic rhetorical modes

Rhetorical Analysis 

Complex rhetorical modes

Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Fallacies  

Rhetorical Analysis

 Introduction to the Analysis Essay

Some Basics

Types of Analysis Essay Prompts

Rating the Analysis Essay

The Unicorn

Timing and Planning the Analysis Essay

Working the Prompt

Reading and Notating the Passage

Developing the Opening Paragraph

Writing the Body of the Essay

Sample Student Essays

Rating the Essays

Other Types of Analysis Essays

Writing the Body of the Essay

Rapid Review

 Introduction to the Argumentative Essay

Some Basics

Timing and Planning the Essay

Working the Prompt
Developing the Opening Paragraph

Developing the Body of the Essay

Sample Student Essays

Rating the Essays

Rapid Review

Introduction to the Synthesis Essay

Some Basics

Timing and Planning the Synthesis Essay

Working the Prompt

Developing the Opening Paragraph

Developing the Body of the Essay

Writing the Conclusion

Sample Synthesis Essay from the Master Exam

Sample Student Essays

Rating the Essays

Rapid Review

Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High

Comprehensive Review—Analysis

Some Basics

Rhetorical Strategies

About Style

The “Connective Tissue” Issue

Voice: Pen, Paper, Action!

Says/Does

A Few Words About Coherence

An Essay Editing and Revision Template

Rapid Review

Comprehensive Review—Argument

Some Basics

The Argument

Reading the Argument

Writing the Argument

Comprehensive Review—Synthesis

Some Basics

A Few Comments Before Beginning

Strategies

A Note About Summary, Paraphrase, and Inference

Final Comment

Rapid Review

 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence

Practice Exam  1

Section I
Section II

Explanations of Answers to the Multiple-Choice Section

Sample Student Essays

Practice Exam 2

Section I
Section II

Explanations of Answers to the Multiple-Choice Section

Sample Student Essays

Rapid Review

Practice Review 

 2022 Newly-Released Exams Practice Problems