This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To take advantage of someone or something, for one's own selfish purpose A) Exploit. B) Tyrannize. C) Misconception. D) Modest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exploit. 2. Which screen reader is supported for Macintosh in Canvas? A) JAWS. B) NVDA. C) ChromeVox. D) VoiceOver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VoiceOver. 3. Which feature LEAST contributes to coherence? A) Consistent focus. B) Clear organization. C) Pedantic diction. D) Logical transitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pedantic diction. 4. Which choice is LEAST effective in establishing credibility? A) Acknowledging limitations. B) Maintaining a formal tone. C) Citing a credible source. D) Using absolute claims. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using absolute claims. 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 A) Compound sentence. B) Periodic sentence. C) Hortative sentence. D) Cumulative (loose) sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulative (loose) sentence. 6. The examples "Only batman fights crime" and "Batman only fights crime" differ in A) Syntax, sematics. B) Rhetorical devices, semantics. C) Semantics, synecdoche. D) Imagery, figurative language. E) Figurative language, syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax, sematics. 7. A manner of description in which the subject of the sentence has the actions done to it. A) Objective Voice. B) Metonymic Voice. C) Passive Voice. D) Secular Voice. E) Active Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passive Voice. 8. The exigence of a text refers to A) The tone or mood of the text. B) The background of the writer. C) The intended audience. D) The reason or need that prompts the writer to speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reason or need that prompts the writer to speak. 9. Within the context of a rhetorical situation, what does exigence mean? A) It is the counterargument that the writer or speaker rebuts or refutes. B) It is the sense of urgency with which the writer or speaker makes his or her argument. C) It is the part of a rhetorical situation that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers or speakers to create a text or speech. D) It is the evidence that supports a writer's or speaker's main argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the part of a rhetorical situation that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers or speakers to create a text or speech. 10. In what essay(s) is it appropriate to use personal information as textual evidence? A) Synthesis. B) Open-ended. C) Rhetorical analysis. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 11. The implied meaning of a word or phrase A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Synthesis. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 12. Fill in the blank:The word 'apprise' means ..... A) To entertain or amuse. B) To ignore or neglect. C) To confuse or mislead. D) To inform or notify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To inform or notify. 13. What is the primary function of alliteration in writing? A) To symbolize abstract ideas. B) To unify ideas and supply a musical sound. C) To refer indirectly to something presumably known. D) To juxtapose contrasting ideas intentionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To unify ideas and supply a musical sound. 14. What rhetorical device is being used?A boss tells his worker that they have been "let go" instead of saying "you're fired" A) Eulogy. B) Epitaph. C) Exposition. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 15. What is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend? A) Euphemism. B) Paradox. C) Metonymy. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 16. What type of passages are most commonly used in the multiple-choice section of the AP English Language and Composition Exam? A) Nonfiction prose from various time periods. B) Poems. C) Science fiction stories. D) Personal letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonfiction prose from various time periods. 17. An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text), with which the reader is supposed to be familiar. A) Alliteration. B) Aphorism. C) Antimetabole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 18. What is the writer primarily talking about in the first paragraph of the passage? A) The composition of the filet-o-fish. B) The background of McDonald's. C) The rise in popularity of fast food in China. D) Her experiences versus others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her experiences versus others. 19. Which of the following is an example of 'Invective'? A) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. B) He's no fool. C) I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin. D) The White House declared a new policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin. 20. Exaggerated statement or claim (a) A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) A. hyperbole. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. hyperbole. 21. A word or phrase that links different ideas. A) Transition. B) Wit. C) Tone. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transition. 22. PASSAGE 2In the final sentence ( "But what ..... stand" ), the author indicates the relationship between the "two age-old American concepts" by employing A) A question mark to imply that one of the two concepts must be false. B) Subordination to suggest an inequality between the two concepts. C) Quotation marks to highlight the origins of the two concepts. D) Coordination to suggest a balance between the two concepts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coordination to suggest a balance between the two concepts. 23. What is the purpose of qualifying a claim? A) To deny the validity of an opposing argument. B) To suggest a course of action. C) To generate numerical data or statistics. D) To provide insights into a problem or help to develop ideas or hypotheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide insights into a problem or help to develop ideas or hypotheses. 24. If I am absent, I don't have to worry about the work I missed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Speakers appeal to reason by offering clear rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 26. What should you look for when tracing the main idea of the passage? A) Repeating words. B) Historical references. C) Mathematical equations. D) Geographical locations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeating words. 27. Which method should you use if your audience needs to visualize or experience? A) Description. B) Narration. C) Cause and Effect. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 28. A sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position. A) Theme. B) Thesis. C) Synesthesia. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thesis. 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? A) Theme. B) Thesis. C) Transition. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 30. Which fallacy involves using someone as an "expert" who is not actually an expert? A) Appeal to false authority. B) Non sequitur. C) Faulty analogy. D) Red herrings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to false authority. 31. In the first paragraph, the speaker suggests that "the man of lettered leisure" (sentence 1) has a A) Choice regarding his attitude toward involvement. B) Tendency to avoid conflict. C) Desire to become better than he is. D) Valid reason to hold himself apart from others. E) Fundamental altruism that influences his actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choice regarding his attitude toward involvement. 32. What kind of texts are primarily used in the AP English Language course? A) Classic novels and plays. B) Non-fiction and visual texts. C) Epic poems and ancient myths. D) Biographies of famous authors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-fiction and visual texts. 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? A) Direct object. B) Subject complement. C) Predicate adverb. D) Indirect object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject complement. 34. Fill in the blank:The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words, is known as ..... A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 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.'? A) Figure of speech. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figure of speech. 36. What is the main idea of the conclusion of the passage? A) The writer's proclivity for the filet-o-fish and its unusual qualities. B) The changes in the filet-o-fish over time and the writer's nostalgia. C) The sacrifices the writer's parents made for her and their love for the sandwich. D) The writer's reflection on the past and present of the filet-o-fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sacrifices the writer's parents made for her and their love for the sandwich. 37. How many passages should you expect to see in the reading multiple choice section? A) Four passages with 11-14 questions each. B) Two passages with 11-14 questions each. C) Three passages with 11-14 questions each. D) One passage with 11-14 questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two passages with 11-14 questions each. 38. What does cause and effect development examine? A) The relationship between events, actions, or conditions and their results. B) The similarities between events. C) The differences between actions. D) The outcomes of unrelated events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship between events, actions, or conditions and their results. 39. What is the definition of 'Absolute'? A) A word free from limitations or qualifications ("best, " "all, " "unique, " "perfect"). B) A word that always refers to a physical object. C) A word used only in mathematical equations. D) A word that describes a temporary state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word free from limitations or qualifications ("best, " "all, " "unique, " "perfect"). 40. Which term refers to deliberate exaggeration? A) Maxim. B) Imagery. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 41. Which of the following best defines an anecdote? A) A literary device used to compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as". B) A long, narrative poem that tells the story of a heroic figure. C) A short, interesting, or amusing story about a real person or incident. D) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A short, interesting, or amusing story about a real person or incident. 42. What does column C on the AP English Language rubric score? A) Thesis. B) Evidence/commentary. C) Sophistication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sophistication. 43. What is the seventh largest city in the state of Indiana? A) Hammond. B) Shelby. C) Schneider. D) Lowell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hammond. 44. Reflecting serious thought, usually marked by some sadness A) Earnest. B) Disgruntled. C) Diplomatic. D) Pensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pensive. 45. Opposition or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction. A) Juxtaposition. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 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 A) Human selfishness. B) Collective responsibility. C) Political division. D) Spiritual equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collective responsibility. 47. The primary purpose of sentences 4 and 5 of thesecond paragraph ( "Among ..... actually are" )in the speaker's line of reasoning is to A) Argue for the importance ofself-government. B) Describe the conditions under which it ispossible to act. C) Identify the reasons why men choose thecloistered life. D) Distinguish different types and degrees ofuselessness. E) Explain the motivation of the man of action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distinguish different types and degrees ofuselessness. 48. In the context of AP English Language, what is the primary purpose of a synthesis essay? A) To analyze the rhetorical strategies of a text. B) To narrate a personal experience. C) To summarize multiple sources. D) To argue a position using multiple sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To argue a position using multiple sources. 49. His car suffered a severe stroke in the middle of the road, and refused to move forward. A) Personification. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 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? A) Desirable. B) Interesting. C) Generous. D) Routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desirable. 51. In AP English Language and Composition, what is the purpose of analyzing an author's use of syntax? A) To understand the plot. B) To evaluate the author's argument. C) To appreciate the author's style. D) To memorize vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evaluate the author's argument. 52. How many multiple choice questions will you be asked to answer? A) 45. B) 60. C) 30. D) 120. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 45. 53. Choose description over other methods when: A) Physical or sensory details are central to your point. B) Readers need to experience something vicariously. C) Setting or atmosphere is important context. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. Which is better, ice cream or gelato? A) Ice cream. B) Gelato. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gelato. 55. Which is NOT an essay assessed by AP College Board AP English Language and Composition exam? A) Synthesis essay. B) Research Documented Essay. C) Persuasive argument essay. D) Argumentative essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Research Documented Essay. 56. How does Carson organize her argument to develop her reasoning? A) A. She lists unrelated facts to confuse the reader about pesticides. B) B. She moves from a broad historical context to a specific example of harm. C) C. She repeats the same point about DDT to emphasize its danger. D) She contrasts human and animal perspectives on nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. She moves from a broad historical context to a specific example of harm. 57. How can the skills learned in AP English Language help students in real life? A) By improving their ability to write fictional stories. B) By encouraging them to read more poetry. C) By helping them memorize historical facts. D) By teaching them how to identify manipulative marketing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By teaching them how to identify manipulative marketing. 58. In includes the speaker, audience, and purpose of an argument A) Rhetorical triangle. B) Rhetorical question. C) Rhetorical analysis. D) Rhetorical strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical triangle. 59. The perspective from which a story is told. A) Repetition. B) Point of View. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 60. Which of the following tone words is negative? A) Friendly. B) Supportive. C) Artificial. D) Ecstatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artificial. ← 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 7Ap English Language Quiz 8Ap English Language Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books