The Language of Composition: Essential Voices, Essential Skills for the AP Course (4th Edition)
Flexibility and AP Alignment: The Best of Both Worlds
The Language of Composition has always been designed specifically for the AP English Language course. Now the book you know and love has nine chapters aligned tot he nine units of the AP course. Its unique structure of skill-building opening chapters combined with an engaging thematic anthology continues to provide the ultimate flexibility for skill development with the readings you choose.
Skill-building opening chapters covering all the AP course skills
Chapters 1-3 develop key skills for each AP Exam FRQ: rhetorical analysis, argument, and synthesis. Scaffolded step-by-step instructions includes activities, practice AP FRQ prompts, sample student essays, and more.
Thematic anthology chapters with built-in alignment to the AP course
With a Big Idea focus aligned to the AP course units, chapters 4-9 offer high interest readings, from beloved classics to rich and diverse contemporary essays.
Essential support for synthesis practice
Conversations in every anthology chapter provide texts with guiding questions to help students use the words and ideas of others to develop their own positions. Each Conversation is centered around an AP Synthesis FRQ.
Continuous reinforcement of AP skills
AP Exam prep and practice is threaded throughout the book with AP Tips, multiple-choice practice, FRQ prompts for every reading, questions tagged to the Big Ideas of the AP course, a full practice exam, and more.
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