This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language And Composition – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language And Composition Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then dropping it. A) Literal laguage. B) Figurative language. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 2. "Chocolate was her Achilles' heel." A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Assonance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 3. The representation of an animal or object that has the personality, actions, or emotions of a human A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. During a school assembly, Liam stands up and speaks to the principal in a tone that is openly disrespectful and scornful toward authority. Which word best describes Liam's tone? A) Didactic. B) Bantering. C) Insolent. D) Dejected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insolent. 5. The subject of the text is: A) What the text is about. B) The group or person who creates the text. C) Includes pictures, political cartoons, fine art, fashion, cultural trends and much more. D) Is the goal the speaker wants to achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What the text is about. 6. During a team meeting, Oliver keeps making jokes and not taking the discussion seriously, even when important topics are being addressed. What is the best word to describe Oliver's tone? A) Flippant. B) Admonitory. C) Conventional. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flippant. 7. What is NOT a characteristic of assonance? A) Occurs in successive or proximate words. B) Repetition of consonant sounds. C) Repetition of vowel sounds. D) Involves different consonants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition of consonant sounds. 8. A timeworn expression that through overuse has lost its power to evoke concrete images A) Process analysis. B) Irony. C) Cliche. D) Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cliche. 9. The central conflict between Elizabeth and John Proctor over the dinner table in Act II is characterized by: A) A clear, rational debate over his continued attraction to Abigail. B) Evasive diction and charged silence, reflecting a lack of trust and emotional repression. C) A powerful appeal to Pathos on both sides to justify their actions. D) The successful use of Syllogism to reach a moral conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evasive diction and charged silence, reflecting a lack of trust and emotional repression. 10. What is antimetabole? A) Repetition of words in reverse order. B) Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. C) The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. D) A compact paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of words in reverse order. 11. Which type of fallacious reasoning is most heavily employed by Deputy Governor Danforth to defend his past and future execution decisions? A) Ad Hominem (attacking the person). B) Slippery Slope (claiming one step inevitably leads to disaster). C) Appeal to Tradition and Consistency (justifying an action because it has been done before). D) Appeal to Ignorance (a claim must be true because it hasn't been proven false). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery Slope (claiming one step inevitably leads to disaster). 12. Claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluation A) Grounds. B) Claim of policy. C) Claim of definition. D) Claim of value. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim of value. 13. Choose the sentence that uses the vocabulary word correctly.23. Factious A) The factious chair was carved from oak. B) The factious dinner tasted delicious. C) He factioused the dog's leash. D) The factious committee split into two angry groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The factious committee split into two angry groups. 14. For the synthesis essay, you must cite at least three sources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia? A) Gurgle and babble. B) Flow and flower. C) Serve and protect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gurgle and babble. 16. What type of figurative device is the following line? His tears fell like raindrops in a storm. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. Your thesis statement must include the points you'll discuss. At least how many should you have in your essay? A) Three. B) One. C) Four. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three. 18. True or False:For the synthesis essay, you must cite at least three sources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. In the context of AP Language and Composition, what is the primary purpose of rhetorical analysis? A) To summarize the content of a text. B) To evaluate the effectiveness of an argument. C) To identify grammatical errors. D) To provide a personal opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evaluate the effectiveness of an argument. 20. What is an anaphora in the context of rhetorical strategies? A) A method of development that explains how something works. B) A syntactical device to compel the audience to pause and reflect. C) Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more successive phrases, clauses or sentences. D) The strategic and intentional decisions a writer makes to achieve specific effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more successive phrases, clauses or sentences. 21. Choose the correct group of synonyms for "propitious" : A) Questionable, uncertain, doubtful. B) Unlucky, unfavorable, unfortunate. C) Neutral, insignificant, unimportant. D) Favorable, auspicious, promising. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Favorable, auspicious, promising. 22. Which quote support the claim that we should stop using screens for a week? A) "Screens cause students to be distracted and they cannot learn as well.". B) "Screens allow students to find information quickly and efficiently.". C) "Technology has become more advanced in the past ten years.". D) "Screens on cell phones have become larger in the past few years.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Screens cause students to be distracted and they cannot learn as well.". 23. When John Proctor tears up his signed confession, he is primarily making an argument based on: A) Pragmatism:Confessing is practically useless if he is to be hanged anyway. B) Ethical Principle:His good name and integrity are worth more than his life. C) Syllogistic Logic:All confessions are lies, and therefore his confession is a lie. D) Historical Precedent:No man of honor in history has ever allowed his confession to be posted publicly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethical Principle:His good name and integrity are worth more than his life. 24. The recurrence of initial consonant sounds-rubber baby buggy bumpers A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Synecdoche. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 25. Which of the following best describes the exigence of the passage? A) The need to preserve cultural heritage. B) The author's nostalgia for Chinatown. C) The financial benefits of Chinatown. D) The declining population in Chinatown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The need to preserve cultural heritage. 26. Constant; without variety A) Expository. B) Uniform. C) Lucid. D) Daunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uniform. 27. Which of the following is NOT an effective test-taking strategy? A) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. B) Anticipation. C) Substitution. D) Using context. E) Educated Guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. 28. Luna told a story at the party that everyone found amusingly odd and wryly humorous. Which word best describes the tone of Luna's story? A) Coarse. B) Insolent. C) Droll. D) Belligerent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Droll. 29. ..... establishes that a speaker is credible and trustworthy to speak on the given topic A) Ethos. B) Persona. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 30. The tone of the stage direction 'He is forced to lay hands on her' (referring to Proctor and Mary Warren) suggests: A) Proctor's gentle, guiding mentorship of Mary Warren. B) The mutual understanding and respect between them. C) Proctor's despair, the conflict of wills, and the necessity of coercion. D) A calm, logical step in the due process of the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proctor's despair, the conflict of wills, and the necessity of coercion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAp Language And Composition Quiz 1Ap Language And Composition Quiz 2Ap Language And Composition Quiz 3Ap Language And Composition Quiz 4Ap Language And Composition Quiz 5Ap Language And Composition Quiz 6Ap Language And Composition Quiz 7Ap Language And Composition Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books