This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a sentence called where the main clause is at the beginning and then more is added on? A) Imperative. B) Cumulative. C) Hortative. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulative. 2. If you have a disability and need to self-identify, who should you contact? A) Your classmates. B) Your site coordinator or building principal. C) Your teacher. D) The IT department. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your site coordinator or building principal. 3. In the last sentence of the fourth paragraph, the author's focus shifts from A) The turbulent nineteenth century to the peaceful present. B) The Oglala Lakota to the other six Lakota groups. C) Crazy Horse to General Crook and Lieutenant Colonel Custer. D) Euro-American history to Lakota cultural memory. E) Crazy Horse's reputation among the Lakota to his place in history books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euro-American history to Lakota cultural memory. 4. How does understanding audience help you become a more effective communicator? A) It helps you choose the right words and strategies to reach your intended readers or listeners. B) It makes your writing longer. C) It allows you to avoid editing your work. D) It is only important for speeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps you choose the right words and strategies to reach your intended readers or listeners. 5. Which term is defined as a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident? A) Allusion. B) Anecdote. C) Antithesis. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 6. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level, imagery uses terms related to the five senses; we refer to visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory imagery. On a broader and deeper level, however, one image can represent more than one thing.'? A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 7. Which sentence type contains one independent clause and one dependent clause? A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Cumulative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 8. The speaker employs an analogy in lines 43-46 to A) Illuminate the disregard society has for children's tendencies to share. B) Argue that the desire of the young to help others is not cultivated. C) Indicate her dismay at society for disregarding the advice of educators. D) Emphasize the fact that society ignores the innate abilities of children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argue that the desire of the young to help others is not cultivated. 9. If your material involves multiple subjects to be related, which method should you use? A) Compare and Contrast. B) Cause and Effect. C) Narration. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare and Contrast. 10. In the first passage, the speaker engages the attention of the audience with which of the following types of statement? A) A solemn oath. B) A traditional formula. C) A cautionary recommendation. D) A candid confession. E) A skeptical apology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cautionary recommendation. 11. What is a claim of value? A) Suggests a course of action as a result of claims of fact and value. B) Asserts something is good or bad, right or wrong, or is a cause or effect. C) Based on personal experience, observations, or general knowledge. D) Accessed through research, reading, and investigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asserts something is good or bad, right or wrong, or is a cause or effect. 12. Did most AP Lang students read their summer novels in 2018? A) They read an extra one, in fact. B) Hell yes!. C) Probably not. D) Absolutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Probably not. 13. An event or situation that catches the writer's attention and triggers a response A) Persuasion. B) Coronation. C) Attribution. D) Occasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occasion. 14. Which method should you use if your audience needs to make a choice or understand distinctions? A) Cause and Effect. B) Compare and Contrast. C) Narration. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare and Contrast. 15. In Bradstreet's poem, she references the Bible, which is a form of ..... A) Imagery. B) Figurative language. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 16. In the context of crafting persuasive written arguments, what is the role of a thesis statement? A) To provide a detailed summary of the document. B) To state the main argument or position of the writer clearly and concisely. C) To list all the sources that will be used in the argument. D) To entertain the reader with a humorous anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To state the main argument or position of the writer clearly and concisely. 17. What does the author suggest doing with the main ideas of paragraphs? A) Discuss them with a partner. B) Write them down in one to three words. C) Ignore them in favor of details. D) Focus only on the first and last paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write them down in one to three words. 18. What is the primary purpose of creating flashcards for AP English Language study? A) To replace the need for extensive reading. B) To avoid scrambling for definitions of literary devices and rhetorical techniques on test day. C) To share with friends during study groups. D) To improve handwriting skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To avoid scrambling for definitions of literary devices and rhetorical techniques on test day. 19. The use of the same language again and again A) Diction. B) Repetition. C) Exigence. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 20. What is the 'Mood' in literary terms? A) A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things. B) A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense. C) The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. D) The grammatical and rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. 21. How long is the multiple-choice section of the AP English Language and Composition Exam? A) 30 minutes. B) 120 minutes. C) 90 minutes. D) 60 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 60 minutes. 22. The use of similar grammatical structures is called: A) Parallelism. B) Imagery. C) Diction. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 23. The art of persuasive use of language. A) Argumentation. B) Imagery. C) Rhetoric. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetoric. 24. Which rhetorical device is most frequently used to refer to an incident in the life of a person? A) Allegory. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 25. What will doom your synthesis essay? A) Mixing in personal information with the sources. B) Using more than 3 sources. C) Analyzing your sources with a unique perspective. D) Summarizing and only summarizing your sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summarizing and only summarizing your sources. 26. The movie SCREAM is a ..... of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. A) Paradox. B) Parody. C) Point of view. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parody. 27. The narrator is not within the story. A) Third Person Omniscient. B) Third Person Limited. C) First Person Narrator. D) Third Person Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third Person Narrator. 28. Fill in the blank:The manner in which words are arranged into sentences is called ..... A) Syntax. B) Phonology. C) Morphology. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 29. The E in SPACECAT stands for A) Evidence. B) Eloquence. C) Exigence. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exigence. 30. Passage 1- "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963) Martin Luther King Jr. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. The rhetorical appeal most evident in this passage is A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Kairos. 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