Trained in NYU's Accelerated MAT program for Secondary English, Jennifer knows the AP Lang exam inside and out — from rhetorical analysis essays to the synthesis prompt's demand for integrating multiple sources into a cohesive argument. She teaches students to identify an author's strategic choices ...

AP Lang is ultimately about argument — how writers build it, how readers evaluate it, and how students construct their own on exam day. Ariel unpacks rhetorical strategies like ethos, logos, and kairos in published essays, then applies those same principles when coaching students through synthesis, ...

AP Lang is ultimately about argument — dissecting how writers use evidence, tone, and structure to persuade, then doing it yourself under timed conditions. Molly's experience editing for newspapers sharpened her ability to evaluate rhetorical choices quickly, and she walks students through synthesis...

Rhetoric is everywhere, and AP Lang is the class that finally makes students see it — in speeches, editorials, even advertisements. Jack's dual background in theatre and economics means he can unpack both the emotional persuasion of a Kennedy address and the logical structure of an economic policy a...

The AP Lang exam lives at the intersection of rhetoric and writing — two things Maddy has been immersed in since college, where she studied American literature and wrote an honors thesis analyzing cultural criticism. She digs into how authors use tone, diction, and structural choices to persuade, th...

AP Lang is really a course in argument — identifying how writers use rhetorical strategies and then deploying those same moves in your own essays. Eric's combination of deep reading habits and formal writing experience means he can dissect a passage's use of ethos, logos, and tone shifts, then coach...

Theater training at Northwestern taught Merav something most AP Lang students struggle to learn on their own: how to read a text for its performative dimension — the way a writer's pacing, word choice, and tonal shifts are calculated to produce a specific response in an audience. She brings that per...

AP Lang is fundamentally an argumentation course, and Richard's Government major at Harvard means he spends most of his academic life analyzing rhetorical strategies in political speeches, policy briefs, and persuasive essays. He teaches students to dissect how authors deploy ethos, logos, and patho...

AP Lang is fundamentally an argumentation course — every rhetorical analysis and synthesis essay demands that students identify how writers build persuasive cases. Jonathan's background as a competitive debater at the University of Chicago sharpened exactly that skill, and his extensive coursework i...

Scoring well on AP Lang means recognizing how writers construct arguments — the difference between an anecdote used as evidence and one used as an emotional hook, or why a concession strengthens rather than weakens a claim. Kirstie unpacks rhetorical strategies like ethos, logos, and kairos through ...