AP English Tuition

Content Description: You’ll learn to identify and analyze the claims in a text and determine how a writer backs up their assertions with reasoning and evidence.

Prior Knowledge Required: Familiar with basic reading comprehension and identifying main ideas and supporting details in a text. Prior knowledge of distinguishing between fact and opinion is helpful.

Content Description: You’ll learn about how writers organize information and evidence to support a specific argument and appeal to a particular audience.

Prior Knowledge Required: Understand how to identify the structure of an argument and recognize the purpose of different sections within a text. Prior experience with organizing their own writing logically will be beneficial.

Content Description: You’ll explore the range of perspectives around a topic and how various arguments can relate and respond to one another.

Prior Knowledge Required: Comfortable analyzing multiple viewpoints on a topic and understanding how arguments can relate to one another. Prior knowledge of comparing and contrasting different perspectives is essential.

Content Description: You’ll examine how a writer makes choices about methods of developing arguments, introductions, and conclusions.

Prior Knowledge Required: Solid grasp of how to craft introductions and conclusions in writing, as well as familiarity with different methods of argument development. Prior experience with writing essays or structured arguments will be useful.

Content Description: You’ll focus on the very specific and minute choices a writer makes to bring all the parts of an argument together.

Prior Knowledge Required: A detailed understanding of how to construct a coherent argument, paying attention to transitions and the flow of ideas. Prior knowledge of revision and editing techniques will be important.

Content Description: You’ll work to understand the difference between position and perspective, how to consider bias, and how to integrate and address multiple perspectives in an argument.

Prior Knowledge Required: Understand the difference between personal opinions and objective perspectives, and how to identify bias in writing. Prior experience with integrating multiple viewpoints into their writing will be crucial.

Content Description: You’ll consider the breadth and complexity of arguments around a topic and what makes each successful or unsuccessful.

Prior Knowledge Required: Able to evaluate the effectiveness of different arguments and understand what makes an argument persuasive or not. Prior knowledge of rhetorical strategies and logical fallacies is recommended.

Content Description: You’ll explore the stylistic choices a writer can make and how those choices affect the argument.

Prior Knowledge Required: Familiar with various stylistic elements in writing, such as tone, diction, and syntax, and understand how these choices impact the effectiveness of an argument. Prior experience with creative or analytical writing will be beneficial.

Content Description: You’ll consider a wide range of perspective as you develop a complex argument.

Prior Knowledge Required: Ability to synthesize multiple perspectives into a well-developed, nuanced argument. Prior knowledge of advanced writing techniques and critical thinking skills will be important.