This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language And Composition – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language And Composition Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A propitious moment is one that is: A) Unfortunate and ill-timed. B) Favorable and promising. C) Neutral and insignificant. D) Doubtful and uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Favorable and promising. 2. Repetition of initial consonant sounds: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. Choose the part of speech for each vocabulary word. Word:Ephemeral is a ..... A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 4. The constant mention of the Devil's book and the required signatories in Act IV is an example of: A) A persuasive logical argument against the existence of witchcraft. B) The pervasive use of non sequitur in the court's thinking. C) A satirical critique of bureaucracy and the perversion of legal process. D) An emotional appeal (Pathos) to the citizens' desire for public transparency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pervasive use of non sequitur in the court's thinking. 5. After losing an important game, Jackson sat quietly, his shoulders slumped and his eyes downcast. Which word best names a tone showing sadness and low spirits after a setback? A) Insolent. B) Audacious. C) Dejected. D) Facetious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dejected. 6. When a speaker offers clear, reasonable and rational ideas to an audience and backs them up with facts, statistics or expert testimony; he or she is using- A) The appeal of pathos. B) His or her persona. C) The appeal of logos. D) The appeal of ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The appeal of logos. 7. What does juxtaposition achieve in writing? A) Establishes trust, expertise, or moral authority. B) Creates contrast, emphasizes meaning, or reveals unexpected relationships. C) Explains, informs, or analyzes ideas. D) Uses specific examples to clarify an idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creates contrast, emphasizes meaning, or reveals unexpected relationships. 8. What is the term for a rhetorical device that involves a direct address to an absent or imaginary person, or to a personified abstraction? A) Oxymoron. B) Synecdoche. C) Apostrophe. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 9. A figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second A) Chiasmus. B) Antithesis. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 10. Shallow; on the surface only A) Immune. B) Lucid. C) Superficial. D) Aesthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superficial. 11. How long will you have to write your three essays? A) 2 hours 15 minutes. B) 3 hours. C) 2 hours. D) 4 hours 30 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 hours 15 minutes. 12. In which part of the argumentative essay will you include your evidence? A) Conclusion. B) Hook. C) Body Paragraph. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Body Paragraph. 13. Choose the part of speech for each vocabulary word. Word:Rectify is a ..... A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 14. In order to score at least a 4 on the AP rubric, you MUST cite how many different sources? A) 3 sources. B) All of them. C) 5 sources. D) 2 sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 sources. 15. Choose the best describing antonym for each vocabulary word. Word:Factious A) United. B) Divided. C) Quarrelsome. D) Chaotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United. 16. A reference to something outside of a literary work, like a Bible story or verse. A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. How do you start your call to action? A) I want you to know . B) You should know . C) Everyone should . D) You will . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everyone should . 18. What does "diction" refer to? A) The sensory, emotional, or cultural associations of a word. B) The specific word choices writers make to convey their ideas. C) The part of a rhetorical situation that provokes a writer. D) The presentation of two things as similar based on common attributes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The specific word choices writers make to convey their ideas. 19. Which of these is NOT a good way to use commentary in an essay? A) Anecdote. B) Restate the quoted material. C) Hypothetical detail. D) Analysis of a quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restate the quoted material. 20. The three parts of the Aristotelian triangle are: A) Speaker, audience, subject. B) Ethos, pathos, logos. C) Speaker, audience, context. D) Audience, occasion, subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaker, audience, subject. 21. What does dialect reveal in rhetorical analysis? A) Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis. B) A brief reference to a well-known person, place, or event. C) An appeal to emotion. D) Voice, cultural identity, or the author's purpose in character depiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voice, cultural identity, or the author's purpose in character depiction. 22. A claim that negates or disagrees with the thesis/claim. A) Metaphor. B) Eponym. C) Counterclaim. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counterclaim. 23. Juxtaposition is the act of: A) Combining similar items. B) Placing two contrasting things close together for comparison. C) Ignoring differences between things. D) Separating items into distinct categories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Placing two contrasting things close together for comparison. 24. In the context of AP Language and Composition, what does the term 'rhetorical analysis' refer to? A) Studying the historical context of a text. B) Analyzing the plot of a story. C) Evaluating the moral lessons in a text. D) Examining how an author uses language to achieve a purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Examining how an author uses language to achieve a purpose. 25. Which of the following is a common type of essay on the AP Language and Composition exam? A) Narrative essay. B) Descriptive essay. C) Synthesis essay. D) Expository essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesis essay. 26. A narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction. A) Aphorism. B) Alliteration. C) Attitude. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 27. All pertain to audience except: A) The listener. B) Can have a persona. C) Most texts have multiple audiences. D) The viewer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can have a persona. 28. Choose the best describing synonym for each vocabulary word. Word:Boor A) Scholar. B) Gentleman. C) Hero. D) Jerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jerk. 29. A formula for presenting an argument logically. In its simplest form, it consists of three divisions:a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. A) Metonymy. B) Anecdote. C) Syllogism. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syllogism. 30. To weaken; to wear the foundation of A) Undermine. B) Revere. C) Stagnant. D) Ambiguous. 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