Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (or AP English Language and Composition, AP Lang and Comp, AP English III, AP Lang) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.
AP English Language and Composition is a course in the study of rhetoric taken in high school and often followed by the AP English Literature and Composition course. It has been suggested by the College Board that it would be more prudent to have students take AP English Literature and Composition their junior year as they have been analyzing literature their entire academic careers. AP English Language is better suited for seniors as it prepares them to write on nonliterary topics. This makes it a more suitable preparation for their transition into college, in contrast to AP English Literature which continues to focus on literature and poetry.