This course is designed to prepare students for the AP English Language and Composition exam. Since the exam is a reading test, students will read a variety fiction and nonfiction text. We will explore many techniques authors use to express meaning. Simply put, we will disect prose and analyze the modes used to express meaning. You must be an active reader and move beyond mere comprehension and look at the structure of text to explain how the author achieves his or her rhetorical stance. The link below will provide you with important changes coming on the AP English Language Exam.