This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the writer says, "But I ask ..... will help" (lines 57-60), he is using which of the following approaches to persuade his audience? A) Reasoning and logic. B) Emotion and personal character. C) Facts and figures. D) Moral and ethical claims. E) Analysis and inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotion and personal character. 2. Choices about which specific words or phrases to use, made by an author in consideration of their audience and purpose. A) Style. B) Genre. C) Syntax. D) Diction. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 3. What is the main focus of the questions in the reading multiple choice section? A) Group the options into like words. B) Mark out any words that do not answer part of the question. C) Summarize the main idea of each paragraph. D) Reflect the writer's argument or thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflect the writer's argument or thesis. 4. Fill in the blank:The combination of circumstances that affect a piece of writing or communication is known as the ..... A) Grammar. B) Style. C) Syntax. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Context. 5. Giving human-like qualities to something that is inanimate. A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Fill in the blank: ..... is the emotional atmosphere of a work. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 7. The author's attitude toward the subject is referred to as ..... A) Setting. B) Tone. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 8. Regarding the synthesis essay, which is one of the questions the writer needs to ask? A) How should I use my 15 minute reading time?. B) What if the scorers don't like my writing?. C) What position pro/con does the author hold?. D) Should I present my own opinion?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What position pro/con does the author hold?. 9. When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another; when two or more different senses are in the same image. Ex:the sight of red ants makes you itch. A) Sarcasm. B) Thesis. C) Synesthesia. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synesthesia. 10. Which of the following is not a choice in syntax? A) Repetition or anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Rhetorical questions. D) Analogies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogies. 11. In the context of AP English Language, what is the primary purpose of a rhetorical analysis essay? A) To compare two different texts. B) To analyze the use of rhetorical strategies in a text. C) To evaluate the effectiveness of an argument. D) To summarize the content of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To analyze the use of rhetorical strategies in a text. 12. What is the 8th part of speech? A) Preposition. B) Conjunction. C) Interjection. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interjection. 13. PASSAGE 2Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence ('A country ..... a problem')? A) It contradicts an argument that the author believes to be erroneous. B) It summarizes a conclusion that the author attributes to others. C) It introduces evidence that the passage goes on to analyze. D) It makes a claim that the passage goes on to defend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It makes a claim that the passage goes on to defend. 14. Fill in the blank: ..... is a humorous imitation of a serious work. A) Parody. B) Biography. C) Tragedy. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 15. True/False:A classroom is a rhetorical situation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. When creating a text, a writer would likely want to consider all of the following about their target audience EXCEPT (Select all correct answers.) A) Their values and beliefs. B) How much they know about the topic. C) Their background. D) Their ability to answer multiple choice questions about the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their ability to answer multiple choice questions about the text. 17. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre; for example, they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. On the AP language exam, try to distinguish the unique features of a writer's work from those dictated by convention.'? A) Diction. B) Rhetorical shift. C) Generic conventions. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generic conventions. 18. What is the Greek word for persuade/argue/debate? A) Socrates. B) Pythagoras. C) Archimedes. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 19. A belief or judgment about something given by a specialist or someone with expertise on the subject matter is called ..... A) A claim. B) An expert opinion. C) Ethos. D) Testimony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An expert opinion. 20. Fill in the blank:The word 'circumspect' means ..... A) Indifferent. B) Careless. C) Cautious or prudent. D) Reckless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cautious or prudent. 21. The AP Lang multiple choice section is worth ..... of your total exam score. A) 15%. B) 45%. C) 75%. D) 35%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45%. 22. A comparison between two different things that shows their relationship A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Pathos. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 23. To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. A) Inference. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 24. The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the feeling of a word. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Clause. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 25. Which of the following is NOT a classroom rule? A) Be on time and in your seat busy with bellwork when the bell rings. B) Brings all needed materials to class. C) Pay attention and follow directions right away. D) Text my friends when the teacher is not looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text my friends when the teacher is not looking. 26. What happens if a student receives a poor grade on an assignment? A) They will be given extra credit. B) They can make corrections for a better grade. C) They will have to redo the entire assignment. D) They cannot make corrections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can make corrections for a better grade. 27. Which rhetorical term refers to the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work? A) Clause. B) Atmosphere. C) Colloquialism. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atmosphere. 28. When you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its ..... A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Acronym. D) Homonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 29. True/False:Die Hard is a Christmas movie. A) True. B) False. C) I've never seen Die Hard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. An exaggeration of overstatement A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 31. When an author groups two contradictory terms together. A) Irony. B) Paradox. C) Parallelism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 32. A paradox made up of two seemingly contradictory words. A) Satire. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 33. When events turn out the opposite of what was expected; when what the characters and reader's think should happen, but does not happen. A) Situational Irony. B) Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 34. You have about 40 minutes to write each essay. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. What should you mark out when analyzing the options? A) Words that are repeated in the passage. B) Words that do and do not answer each part of the question. C) Words that are unrelated to the passage. D) Words that are difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words that do and do not answer each part of the question. 36. Fill in the blank:The 'why' or 'what happens next' is more important than ..... or 'how it looks' when choosing cause and effect over other methods. A) 'what it is'. B) 'when it happened'. C) 'who did it'. D) 'where it is'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'what it is'. 37. How much is the Multiple Choice section worth? A) Ugh, Math!. B) 55%. C) 45%. D) Some %. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 45%. 38. What is 'extended metaphor'? A) Tone; instructional, designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson. B) Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words. C) Differs from a regular metaphor in that several comparisons similar in theme are being made. D) The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differs from a regular metaphor in that several comparisons similar in theme are being made. 39. When two words, phrases, images, or ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast, it is called: A) Metaphor. B) Mood. C) Oxymoron. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 40. When a writer uses an appeal to pathos, they are attempting to engage the audience's: A) Sense of logic and reasoning. B) Trust in the speaker's authority. C) Values, beliefs, and emotions. D) Understanding of complex historical timelines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Values, beliefs, and emotions. 41. Which term describes a repeating symbol throughout a text? A) Epithet. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 42. A description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 43. Which of the following best explains why critiquing the human element of texts is valuable? A) It helps you understand the emotional and ethical dimensions of communication. B) It is only necessary for fiction. C) It makes essays more difficult to write. D) It is not part of AP English Language and Composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps you understand the emotional and ethical dimensions of communication. 44. PASSAGE 1It can be inferred that "the few" (paragraph 2) refers most specifically to A) Dissenters. B) Courtiers. C) Tyrants. D) Monarchs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissenters. 45. Which of these is NOT a rhetorical appeal? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Topos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topos. 46. There will be between ..... questions on the test. A) 505-510. B) 95-100. C) 5-10. D) 50-55. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50-55. 47. True or False:Grammar and mechanics play a huge role in the score you receive on a timed writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Deriding the status quo is A) Parodying a obscure essay. B) Harmfully impacting a utilitarian proposal. C) Mocking the current status of affairs. D) Adhering to gender roles. E) Speaking out against ones detractors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mocking the current status of affairs. 49. Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue? Father:We are going to Disney World! Son:Yay!!!! A) Ecstatic. B) Annoyed. C) Uninterested. D) Irritated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecstatic. 50. What is the primary claim Brown makes in this passage, and what evidence supports it? A) Claim:Vulnerability is weakness; Evidence:People avoid it to stay strong. B) Claim:Vulnerability is courage; Evidence:Interviews with wholehearted people. C) Claim:Joy is impossible to achieve; Evidence:Research shows shields block it. D) Claim:Creativity requires isolation; Evidence:Studies of personal experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim:Vulnerability is courage; Evidence:Interviews with wholehearted people. 51. Fill in the blank: ..... is an appeal to reason or logic. A) Kairos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 52. At the end of the semester, I will take the AP English ..... Language exam and NOT an exam created by Mr. Ray A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or an idea. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 54. What are the two types of questions on the AP English Language exam? A) Essay and Short Answer. B) Grammar and Vocabulary. C) Listening and Speaking. D) Reading and Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reading and Writing. 55. The use of language that can either be bitter and cruel or witty and insightful, may contain irony, can be meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. A) Thesis. B) Synesthesia. C) Theme. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarcasm. 56. PASSAGE 1In context, "headsmen" is best understood to mean A) Philosophers. B) Courtiers. C) Censors. D) Executioners. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Executioners. 57. True or False:A speaker must choose among ethos, pathos, and logos when deciding how best to persuade their audience. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 59. What rhetorical device does the following quote exemplify: "Because they know what is coming. They know that if there is no assault weapons ban passed, then we will vote them out. They know that if there is not tightening of the background checks, we will vote them out. They know that if there is no shrinking of magazine capacity, then we will vote them out." Delaney Tarr A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Parallelism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 60. What does column B on the AP English Language rubric score? A) Thesis. B) Evidence/commentary. C) Sophistication. D) None of the above. 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