This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of annotating actively? A) To avoid reading the text. B) To mark up texts with thoughts and connections. C) To impress the teacher. D) To make the text colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To mark up texts with thoughts and connections. 2. How many Multiple Choice Questions are on the AP English Language and Composition Exam? A) 55. B) 45. C) 40. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45. 3. How many minutes will you have to write all three essays? A) 120. B) 135. C) 150. D) Time is an abstract concept that doesn't really exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 135. 4. What is the minimum number of points that we want to earn on the 3 FRQs? A) 24. B) 18. C) 12. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 5. The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. A) Atmosphere. B) Bathos. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 6. An expression that evokes a picture or describes a scene relying on the five senses. A) Figurative language. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 7. Which method of development should you choose to show change over time? A) Compare/Contrast. B) Definition. C) Cause/Effect. D) Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare/Contrast. 8. What does it mean to "contextualize" an argument in a persuasive essay? A) To conclude the argument. B) To provide background information that sets up the argument. C) To use complex vocabulary to describe the argument. D) To argue against the main thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide background information that sets up the argument. 9. Speakers use this appeal to demonstrate that they are credible or trustworthy. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethos. 10. If your material is a story or sequence of events, which method should you use? A) Narration. B) Description. C) Cause and Effect. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narration. 11. What is the primary function of antithesis in writing? A) To create ambiguity in the meaning of a passage. B) To juxtapose contrasting ideas intentionally. C) To repeat the same expression at the beginning of sentences. D) To refer indirectly to something presumably known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To juxtapose contrasting ideas intentionally. 12. What is 'paradox'? A) Placing two or more things side by side for comparison or contrast. B) An apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. C) Reasoning that moves from specific observations to broader generalizations and theories. D) A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. 13. What is 'Litotes'? A) A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units. B) A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense. C) A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. D) A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite. 14. Similar to anecdote, but is a story that doesn't have to be personal A) Description. B) Exposition. C) Explanation. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative. 15. The grouping of apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Ex:jumbo shrimp, crazy beautiful, cruel kindness A) Metaphor. B) Mood. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 16. What is the part of a rhetorical situation that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create a text? A) Audience. B) Tone. C) Purpose. D) Exigence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exigence. 17. The sentence '"Although the initiative gained support, its implementation remained inconsistent, " emphasizes A) Humor. B) Neutrality. C) Praise. D) Limitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limitation. 18. Which of the following is NOT a reason to use definition in your writing? A) Clarifying a complex or contested term. B) Establishing a specific meaning for your argument. C) Writing a bibliography. D) Exploring the nuances of an important concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing a bibliography. 19. A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. A) Complex sentence. B) Hortative sentence. C) Periodic sentence. D) Imperative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex sentence. 20. What is the penalty for submitting late assignments? A) No penalty. B) 25% deduction per week. C) 10% deduction per week. D) 5% deduction per week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10% deduction per week. 21. Narration is useful for engaging readers emotionally through storytelling. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. A kind of reasoning that moves from specific facts to a generalization is called ..... A) Qualified. B) Deduction. C) Induction. D) Argumentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Induction. 23. Fill in the blank: ..... is a comparison of two things using "like, " "as, " or other specifically comparative words. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. What is the literal, dictionary definition of a word called? A) Denotation. B) Ellipsis. C) Jargon. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 25. The passage as a whole claims that the learned cynic's core failings are A) Indecision and procrastination. B) Poor health and bad manners. C) Vanity and rude language. D) Cowardice and inauthenticity. E) Indiscretion and ill-temper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cowardice and inauthenticity. 26. A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. A) Paradox. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 27. Exposition, argumentation, persuasion, and description are ..... A) Types of appeals. B) Rhetorical modes. C) Figurative language. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical modes. 28. What does the term 'explicit' mean? A) Clearly stated and shown directly. B) Implied but not directly stated. C) A type of abstract noun. D) The reason for writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clearly stated and shown directly. 29. True or false:You should include a thesis statement. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. The grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity A) Loose sentence. B) Narrative. C) Parallelism. D) Invective. 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