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The Key to Success
on the Exam: Ideas
Decades of experience as writing teachers
and AP exam leaders showed the authors
®
of Ideas in Argument that one secret
ingredient was both key to success on
the exam and often missing in lower
scoring essays: ideas.

It’s not enough to just discuss a topic;
students need to express an idea about
that topic. That’s why ideas are at the core
of every unit in this book. After the Big Idea
workshops come two Ideas in American
Culture sections that explore some of the
ideas and contexts that inform our cultural
conversation. These include two sets of
paired texts that ask students to explore
those ideas, as well as practice their
rhetoric, argument, and style analysis skills.

Step-by-Step Instruction in
Composition and FRQ Skills

What makes AP English Language so special
®
is that every technique students analyze in
professional writing is then applied to their own
writing. To put that idea into action, each unit in
Ideas in Argument includes a guided Composition
Workshop where students are coached
step-by-step through the process of applying
the skills of the unit in their own writing. Then,
a special section on writing AP Free Response
®
essays gives students detailed insight into how
to write successful essays on the exam.

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