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AP English Language and Composition flashcards

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Written against: College Board AP English Language and Composition Course and Exam Description (rhetorical-analysis and argument skills). Updated 2026-10-10.

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Learn · 1 deck · 79 cards

Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.

Rhetoric and Argument The rhetorical situation, appeals, claims, evidence and commentary, line of reasoning, argument types and fallacies, rhetorical devices and syntax, synthesis, and what the three essays reward — mostly applied to short original examples. 10 free · 79 cards in the app

Practice · 1 deck · 50 questions

Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.

Practice Questions Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on the rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, synthesis, line of reasoning, fallacies, style and revising drafts. 6 free · 50 questions in the app

Study guide

Topics covered

The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.

  • Rhetorical Situation 23
    • Elements 14
    • Appeals 9
  • Claims and Evidence 31
    • Claims and Thesis 13
    • Evidence and Commentary 10
    • Synthesis and Source Use 8
  • Reasoning and Organization 36
    • Line of Reasoning 14
    • Argument Types 8
    • Fallacies 14
  • Style 30
    • Rhetorical Devices 16
    • Syntax and Diction 14
  • Free-Response Tasks 9

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About these cards

Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

Checked against:

  • Topic order follows the big ideas and skill categories of the College Board AP English Language and Composition Course and Exam Description (effective Fall 2024), used as a skills outline only (no text copied).
  • Rhetorical and logical terms checked against Aristotle's Rhetoric (W. Rhys Roberts translation, public domain) and the Purdue Online Writing Lab (reference only; no text copied). All example sentences are original.
  • Terms also checked against Silva Rhetoricae (Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University; CC BY 3.0), Merriam-Webster.com and the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and the free-response cards against the College Board's AP English Language exam page and its scoring rubrics (reference only; no text copied).
  • Topic coverage follows the big ideas and skill categories of the College Board AP English Language and Composition Course and Exam Description (effective Fall 2024), used as a skills outline only (no text copied).
  • Rhetorical and logical terms checked against Aristotle's Rhetoric (W. Rhys Roberts translation, public domain) and the Purdue Online Writing Lab (reference only; no text copied).
  • Rhetorical terms and word senses also checked against Silva Rhetoricae (Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University; CC BY 3.0) and Merriam-Webster, and the thesis and commentary items against the College Board's AP English Language free-response scoring rubrics (reference only; no text copied).

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