Ap English Language Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. To take advantage of someone or something, for one's own selfish purpose
2. Which screen reader is supported for Macintosh in Canvas?
3. Which feature LEAST contributes to coherence?
4. Which choice is LEAST effective in establishing credibility?
5. "The radiators put out lots of heat, too much, in fact, and old-fashioned sounds and smells came with it, exhalations of the matter that composes our own mortality, and reminiscent of the intimate gases we all diffuse." -Saul Bellow More Die of Heartbreak
6. The examples "Only batman fights crime" and "Batman only fights crime" differ in
7. A manner of description in which the subject of the sentence has the actions done to it.
8. The exigence of a text refers to
9. Within the context of a rhetorical situation, what does exigence mean?
10. In what essay(s) is it appropriate to use personal information as textual evidence?
11. The implied meaning of a word or phrase
12. Fill in the blank:The word 'apprise' means .....
13. What is the primary function of alliteration in writing?
14. What rhetorical device is being used?A boss tells his worker that they have been "let go" instead of saying "you're fired"
15. What is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend?
16. What type of passages are most commonly used in the multiple-choice section of the AP English Language and Composition Exam?
17. An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text), with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
18. What is the writer primarily talking about in the first paragraph of the passage?
19. Which of the following is an example of 'Invective'?
20. Exaggerated statement or claim (a)
21. A word or phrase that links different ideas.
22. PASSAGE 2In the final sentence ( "But what ..... stand" ), the author indicates the relationship between the "two age-old American concepts" by employing
23. What is the purpose of qualifying a claim?
24. If I am absent, I don't have to worry about the work I missed.
25. Speakers appeal to reason by offering clear rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up.
26. What should you look for when tracing the main idea of the passage?
27. Which method should you use if your audience needs to visualize or experience?
28. A sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position.
29. What is the central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life, usually unstated in fictional works but may be directly stated in nonfiction?
30. Which fallacy involves using someone as an "expert" who is not actually an expert?
31. In the first paragraph, the speaker suggests that "the man of lettered leisure" (sentence 1) has a
32. What kind of texts are primarily used in the AP English Language course?
33. What is the word (with any accompanying phrases) or clause that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes, the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it?
34. Fill in the blank:The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words, is known as .....
35. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'A device used to produce figurate language. Many compare dissimilar things. Figures of speech include apostrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, and understatement.'?
36. What is the main idea of the conclusion of the passage?
37. How many passages should you expect to see in the reading multiple choice section?
38. What does cause and effect development examine?
39. What is the definition of 'Absolute'?
40. Which term refers to deliberate exaggeration?
41. Which of the following best defines an anecdote?
42. What does column C on the AP English Language rubric score?
43. What is the seventh largest city in the state of Indiana?
44. Reflecting serious thought, usually marked by some sadness
45. Opposition or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction.
46. 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. Question:King's phrase "inescapable network of mutuality" primarily emphasizes
47. The primary purpose of sentences 4 and 5 of thesecond paragraph ( "Among ..... actually are" )in the speaker's line of reasoning is to
48. In the context of AP English Language, what is the primary purpose of a synthesis essay?
49. His car suffered a severe stroke in the middle of the road, and refused to move forward.
50. PASSAGE 4In sentence 13, the writer wants to add an adjective before the word "traits" in order to improve the clarity of the claim. Which of the following adjectives would best modify the word "traits" to reinforce the passage's perspective on soft skills?
51. In AP English Language and Composition, what is the purpose of analyzing an author's use of syntax?
52. How many multiple choice questions will you be asked to answer?
53. Choose description over other methods when:
54. Which is better, ice cream or gelato?
55. Which is NOT an essay assessed by AP College Board AP English Language and Composition exam?
56. How does Carson organize her argument to develop her reasoning?
57. How can the skills learned in AP English Language help students in real life?
58. In includes the speaker, audience, and purpose of an argument
59. The perspective from which a story is told.
60. Which of the following tone words is negative?