This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an effective strategy for evaluating the strength of an argument? A) Counting the number of arguments made. B) Assessing the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence provided. C) Determining the length of the argument. D) Checking the font size used in the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assessing the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence provided. 2. How does Mr. Gianotti feel about his AP students and their dedication to his class and LHS? A) He doesn't care about students. B) He is very proud of his students. C) He wishes his students would just vanish, poof, but he could still get paid. D) Kids today don't know what hard work is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is very proud of his students. 3. What order do you have to write the essays in on the AP exam? A) You write them in the order that you want to write them. B) Open-ended first. C) Synthesis first. D) Rhetorical analysis first. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You write them in the order that you want to write them. 4. A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metonymy. D) Metaphor. E) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Analogy. 5. Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights, usually humorous, articulate, and ingenious at the same time. A) Wit. B) Transition. C) Understatement. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wit. 6. In paragraph six, how does the writer contribute to the author's argument? A) By explaining the cultural significance of the filet-o-fish. B) By emphasizing the sacrifices the author's parents have made. C) By highlighting the unique qualities of the author's order. D) By discussing the popularity of McDonald's in China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By emphasizing the sacrifices the author's parents have made. 7. Which rhetorical term creates an implied association or brings the reader into a world of experience outside the limitations of the text itself, assuming that readers will recognize the original sources and relate their meaning to the new context? A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 8. Which of the following is an example of 'Hyperbole'? A) I have a ton of homework to do. B) The stars were like diamonds in the sky. C) The sun smiled down on us. D) The leaves danced in the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a ton of homework to do. 9. What signals a shift in the main idea of a passage? A) The introduction of a new character. B) A change in the time period. C) Repeating words or phrases. D) A paragraph without a main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeating words or phrases. 10. PASSAGE 2In the second sentence of the first paragraph ( "No man ..... physically" ), which of the following best describes the author's perspective on John Donne's position? A) He elevates it by relating it to America. B) He rebuts it by offering a counterexample. C) He endorses it by adopting it. D) He explains it by elaborating on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He rebuts it by offering a counterexample. 11. Which of these is the best definition of a speaker's purpose? A) The background that defines the speaker. B) What the speaker is hoping to accomplish by publishing their text. C) Why something is being done. D) How the speaker persuades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the speaker is hoping to accomplish by publishing their text. 12. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. A) Imagery. B) Litotes. C) Inference. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 13. The blue car drove swiftly down the winding road during a hurricane. The high winds blew the car from side to side, but it safely made it to the storm shelter. A) Comparison and contrast. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Description. 14. The passage is most likely excerpted from which of the following? A) A Lakota folk tale that encourages youth to emulate an important elder. B) A cultural analysis that reveals the mythology of Lakota warrior society. C) A Lakota author's account of his ancestral culture's history and values. D) An attempt to reconcile the different values expressed in Lakota society. E) An instructional guide that teaches readers the Lakota path to humility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Lakota author's account of his ancestral culture's history and values. 15. The speed a text moves along. A) Narration. B) Paradox. C) Hyperbole. D) Pacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacing. 16. It can be inferred when the speaker states, "literature is full of portrayals of these glimpses" (lines 15-16) that the author is referring to A) The sense of a "common humanity" (line 10). B) The man who brings in breakfast in line 7. C) The sinking feeling of the heart mentioned in line 6. D) The "forlorn feeling" (line 1). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sense of a "common humanity" (line 10). 17. Will your essay be scored if you don't finish it? Even if you just write a thesis statement that takes a position? A) Miley Cyrus. B) No. C) Yes. D) Katy Perry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 18. A text that distorts or exaggerates distinctive features of the original text. A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parody. 19. A statement made by a speaker or writer that requires a defense is called ..... A) Reasoning. B) A claim. C) Logos. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A claim. 20. The rhetorical situation is often analyzed using the acronym SPACE. What does the 'S' in SPACE stand for? A) Speaker. B) Situation. C) Subject. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker. 21. Which method of development should you choose to prove relationships? A) Definition. B) Narration (as evidence). C) Cause/Effect. D) Compare/Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause/Effect. 22. Fill in the blank:The word 'acuity' means ..... A) Confusion. B) Blurriness. C) Dullness. D) Sharpness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharpness. 23. A figure of speech that uses deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. A) Figurative Language. B) Figure of Speech. C) Generic Conventions. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 24. Which of the following best describes the scoring breakdown of the AP English Language and Composition Exam? A) Multiple-choice:25%, Free-response:75%. B) Multiple-choice:60%, Free-response:40%. C) Multiple-choice:50%, Free-response:50%. D) Multiple-choice:45%, Free-response:55%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiple-choice:45%, Free-response:55%. 25. Fill in the blank: ..... is the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner. A) Alchemy. B) Botany. C) Geometry. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 26. One of the assignments we will do is to compose and deliver a speech in front of our class. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Mistaken thought, idea, or notion A) Exploit. B) Modest. C) Misconception. D) Tyrannize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misconception. 28. Which is better, cake or pie? A) Cake. B) Pie. C) Trick question because they're equally wonderful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trick question because they're equally wonderful. 29. Which sentence BEST serves as evidence rather than commentary? A) The author wants reform. B) This trend is deeply concerning. C) The data reveals declining participation. D) The policy is clearly ineffective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The data reveals declining participation. 30. What does the rhetorical situation include? A) Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence. B) Tone, Style, Diction, Syntax. C) Ethos, Pathos, Logos. D) Archaic language, Alliteration, Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAp English Language Quiz 1Ap English Language Quiz 2Ap English Language Quiz 3Ap English Language Quiz 4Ap English Language Quiz 5Ap English Language Quiz 6Ap English Language Quiz 7Ap English Language Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books