Let us focus on alignment so you can focus on creating an engaging and memorable course. Since its first edition, Literature & Composition was designed specifically for the AP® English Literature course. Its unique structure of skill-building opening chapters combined with an engaging thematic anthology provides the flexibility you need to plan your year and differentiate based on your students’ needs. In this edition, the book you know and love now fully aligns to the new AP® Course and Exam Description. Chapters 1-3 cover the reading and writing skills key to success in the course and on the AP® Exam. Chapters 4-9 are anthology chapters arranged by the timeless themes, such as Identity and Culture, that help bring our readings to life. Each of these thematic chapters offers a wide variety of classic and contemporary writing – including fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, visual texts, and several full-length works – with guidance and support to help students think critically and write insightfully about great literature.