AP English Literature and Composition B

The AP® English Literature and Composition course provides high school students with college-level instruction in reading, interpreting, and analyzing a range of imaginative texts. The student will become a skilled reader of literature written in various periods, disciplines, and styles. The student will explore the fundamentals of fiction and engage in a study of the contemporary novel, along with elements of poetry such as sound, structure, and syntax. The student will deepen understanding of language, structure, and style by composing a variety of written texts—both formal and informal—that use literary tools and structures to analyze, argue, and inform. This course effectively prepares the student for the AP English Literature and Composition exam by enabling reading, writing, and comprehension of complex texts, while developing further communication skills on a college level.