This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The narrator is not within the story and presents the thoughts and emotions of just one character, and actions of any or all characters. A) Third Person Omniscient. B) Third Person Narrator. C) First Person Narrator. D) Third Person Limited Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third Person Limited Omniscient. 2. Hotspur represents an example of A) "the same sordid figure in the pages of history" (paragraph 2, sentence 6). B) "a cynic, or fop, or voluptuary" (paragraph 2, sentence 6). C) "the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion" (paragraph 2, sentence 7). D) "the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder" (paragraph 2, sentence 7). E) "the young lord" (paragraph 2, sentence 9). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder" (paragraph 2, sentence 7). 3. Which of the following is a reason to use narration in writing? A) To confuse the reader. B) To avoid emotional engagement. C) To provide unrelated facts. D) To illustrate a point with a specific example or anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To illustrate a point with a specific example or anecdote. 4. A rhetorical appeal that uses logic to support an argument A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Dipthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 5. In the context of the AP English Language and Composition exam, what does the term 'synthesis' refer to? A) Creating a fictional story from a given prompt. B) Analyzing a single text in depth. C) Summarizing a passage in your own words. D) Combining multiple sources to form a coherent argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Combining multiple sources to form a coherent argument. 6. How many sections are on the AP English Language and Composition Exam? A) One. B) Two. C) Four. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 7. If you encounter a question on the exam that you do not know the answer to, what is the best course of action? A) Leave it blank. B) Make an educated guess and move on. C) Spend all your time on that question. D) Skip the rest of the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make an educated guess and move on. 8. True or False: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. 9. What term refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness, and is important for describing an author's style? A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Syntax. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 10. Which organizational pattern alternates between subjects for each point of comparison? A) Block Method. B) Point-by-Point Method. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point-by-Point Method. 11. PASSAGE 1The tone of the last two sentences of paragraph 1 is best described as A) Ominous. B) Remorseful. C) Empathetic. D) Resigned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominous. 12. He is a fish in the water. This is an example of ..... A) Point of view. B) Metaphor. C) Personifciation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. What does the term "ethos" refer to in rhetorical situations? A) Appeals to logic and reason. B) Appeals to emotions. C) Appeals to the audience's trust in the speaker's character. D) Appeals to the speaker's tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeals to the audience's trust in the speaker's character. 14. The final step of close reading involves making connections to broader cultural and historical contexts. This is part of: A) The first read. B) It is not part of the close reading process. C) The third read. D) The second read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The third read. 15. Fill in the blank:The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it is is called ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 16. Which type of sentence exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action? A) Hortative. B) Cumulative. C) Simple. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hortative. 17. Fill in the blank:The persona adopted by the author to deliver his or her message to the audience is called the ..... A) Style. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 18. What is a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Extended Metaphor. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended Metaphor. 19. If your material is a complex or contested concept, which method should you use? A) Definition. B) Narration. C) Description. D) Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definition. 20. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'A second type of subject complement-a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. It, like the predicate adjective, follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence.' A) Predicate nominative. B) Predicate adjective. C) Appositive. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate nominative. 21. In the context of AP English Language, what does 'syntax' refer to? A) The choice of words. B) The arrangement of words and phrases. C) The meaning of words. D) The sound of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The arrangement of words and phrases. 22. A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; opposite of hyperbole. Ex:Not a bad idea, not many, it isn't very serious, "I have this tiny little tumor on my brain" . A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Litotes. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 23. Placing two very different things together for effect. A) Juxtaposition. B) Irony. C) Anaphora. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 24. The ideas or feelings evoked by a word in addition to its literal meaning. A) Juxtaposition. B) Association. C) Explanation. D) Connotation. E) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 25. What is the minimum percentage correct we want to receive on the multiple choice section? A) 35%. B) 50%. C) 25%. D) 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50%. 26. The primary idea that you must have to score a point in column A of the AP Lang rubric A) Evidence. B) Thesis. C) Sophistication. D) Commentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thesis. 27. What is the purpose of looking for relationships between sources? A) To write a longer essay. B) To seek connections and nuances. C) To ignore the sources. D) To find quotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To seek connections and nuances. 28. The 'P' in SPACE stands for: A) Purpose. B) Problem. C) Persuasion. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. 29. What is the term for a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept, often used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement? For example:saying 'earthly remains' instead of 'corpse.' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 30. Define anaphora? A) Specific word choice. B) The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. C) When your dog impregnates your fish. D) Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. 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