The junior year includes continuing work in composition (critical, creative and research), and literary analysis. Students are expected to complete 2 semesters of Junior-level elective English courses. Eligible courses are included below.
The AP English Literature and Composition course is designed to engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students can deepen their argumentation and communication skills. As they read, students should consider a work's structure, style, and themes, as well as such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Students will strengthen their analytic writing in two different modes. First, they will draw on their prior experience to continue to compose effective analytic five-paragraph and longer essays. Additionally, students will become familiar with AP writing, which emphasizes in-class essays on shorter prompts.