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AP English Language and Composition
Develops skills in rhetorical analysis and argumentative writing through nonfiction texts, culminating in a synthesis essay, rhetorical analysis essay, and argument essay.
3 hours, 15 minutes durationScored 1–5.
Exam format details
Section I: 45 multiple-choice questions on nonfiction passages (60 min). Section II: 3 free-response essays — synthesis, rhetorical analysis, argument (2 hr 15 min, includes a 15-min reading period).