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AP English Language and Composition

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1 Claims, Evidence, and the Rhetorical Situation 0 / 3

1.1 Components of the rhetorical situation 1.2 Identifying claims and evidence 1.3 Developing a paragraph with claim and evidence

2 Audience, Thesis, and Supporting Evidence 0 / 6

2.1 Understanding an audience's beliefs and needs 2.2 Writing for an audience's beliefs and needs 2.3 Identifying claims and evidence 2.4 Developing a paragraph with claim and evidence 2.5 Identifying the overarching thesis 2.6 Writing a thesis statement

3 Line of Reasoning and Methods of Development 0 / 6

3.1 Identifying claims and evidence 3.2 Developing a paragraph with claim and evidence 3.3 Describing the line of reasoning 3.4 Developing a line of reasoning and commentary 3.5 Recognizing methods of development 3.6 Using methods of development

4 Introductions, Conclusions, and Development 0 / 6

4.1 Components of the rhetorical situation 4.2 Writing introductions and conclusions 4.3 Identifying the overarching thesis 4.4 Writing a thesis statement 4.5 Recognizing methods of development 4.6 Using methods of development

5 Organization, Coherence, and Style 0 / 6

5.1 Describing the line of reasoning 5.2 Developing a line of reasoning and commentary 5.3 Organization, unity, and coherence 5.4 Using transitional elements 5.5 Word choice, comparisons, and syntax 5.6 Using words and syntax for tone and style

6 Evidence, Thesis, and Stylistic Choices 0 / 6

6.1 Identifying claims and evidence 6.2 Developing a paragraph with claim and evidence 6.3 Identifying the overarching thesis 6.4 Writing a thesis statement 6.5 Word choice, comparisons, and syntax 6.6 Using words and syntax for tone and style

7 Qualifying Arguments, Syntax, and Conventions 0 / 8

7.1 Components of the rhetorical situation 7.2 Writing introductions and conclusions 7.3 How claims are qualified 7.4 Qualifying a claim 7.5 Clauses and relationships between ideas 7.6 Writing clear sentences 7.7 Grammar, mechanics, and clarity 7.8 Conventions of grammar and mechanics

8 Audience, Tone, and Sentence Craft 0 / 6

8.1 Understanding an audience's beliefs and needs 8.2 Writing for an audience's beliefs and needs 8.3 Word choice, comparisons, and syntax 8.4 Using words and syntax for tone and style 8.5 Clauses and relationships between ideas 8.6 Writing clear sentences

9 Refining Qualified Arguments 0 / 2

9.1 How claims are qualified 9.2 Qualifying a claim