AP English Language and Composition introduces students to rhetorical terms and structures as a means of analyzing authorial intentions and effects. Building upon readings in TAA and MWA, AP ELC provides students with an intensive study of genres of nonfiction, including creative nonfiction and visual rhetoric. Students write many genres of essays and present formal oral arguments, allowing them to experiment with varied authorial personas and to master multiple argumentative structures. By the end of the course, students routinely formulate compelling, unexpected theses, and their essays are executed at the college level.