This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented. When a multiple-choice question asks for an inference to be drawn from a passage, the most direct, most reasonable inference is the safest answer choice. If an inference is implausible, it's unlikely to be the correct answer.'? A) Inference/infer. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference/infer. 2. Are you in earnest? What does it mean when you ask someone this? A) Are you being serious?. B) Are you in trouble?. C) Are you satisfied now?. D) Are you laughing at me?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are you being serious?. 3. Giving non-human objects human characteristics A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. What is the primary purpose of anaphora in writing? A) To create ambiguity in the meaning of a passage. B) To repeat the same expression at the beginning of sentences. C) To juxtapose contrasting ideas intentionally. D) To refer indirectly to something presumably known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To repeat the same expression at the beginning of sentences. 5. He went to the store, to the game, and to his house all in one night. This is an example of ..... A) Syntax. B) Paradox. C) Allusion. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 6. What should you do if a source is not useful or credible? A) Summarize it briefly. B) Quote it extensively. C) Use it strategically. D) Use it anyway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use it strategically. 7. Where should I put my cellphone when I enter the room A) In the cellphone pockets at the charging station. B) In my bookbag. C) In my pants pocket. D) Under my leg in my desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the cellphone pockets at the charging station. 8. "Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us." -John F. Kennedy A) Imperative sentence. B) Periodic sentence. C) Hortative sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hortative sentence. 9. The appeal to emotion is also called A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 10. Which operating system is NOT supported for accessing Canvas? A) Windows 7. B) Mac OSX 10.6. C) Linux-Chrome OS. D) Windows XP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Windows XP. 11. When the writer says, "But I ask ..... will help" (lines 57-60), he is using which of the following approaches to persuade his audience? A) Reasoning and logic. B) Emotion and personal character. C) Facts and figures. D) Moral and ethical claims. E) Analysis and inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotion and personal character. 12. Choices about which specific words or phrases to use, made by an author in consideration of their audience and purpose. A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Genre. D) Imagery. E) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 13. What is the main focus of the questions in the reading multiple choice section? A) Reflect the writer's argument or thesis. B) Mark out any words that do not answer part of the question. C) Group the options into like words. D) Summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflect the writer's argument or thesis. 14. Fill in the blank:The combination of circumstances that affect a piece of writing or communication is known as the ..... A) Context. B) Syntax. C) Grammar. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context. 15. Giving human-like qualities to something that is inanimate. A) Metaphor. B) Parody. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. Fill in the blank: ..... is the emotional atmosphere of a work. A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 17. The author's attitude toward the subject is referred to as ..... A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. Regarding the synthesis essay, which is one of the questions the writer needs to ask? A) How should I use my 15 minute reading time?. B) What position pro/con does the author hold?. C) What if the scorers don't like my writing?. D) Should I present my own opinion?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What position pro/con does the author hold?. 19. When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another; when two or more different senses are in the same image. Ex:the sight of red ants makes you itch. A) Sarcasm. B) Synesthesia. C) Theme. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synesthesia. 20. Which of the following is not a choice in syntax? A) Repetition or anaphora. B) Parallelism. C) Rhetorical questions. D) Analogies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogies. 21. In the context of AP English Language, what is the primary purpose of a rhetorical analysis essay? A) To summarize the content of a text. B) To evaluate the effectiveness of an argument. C) To analyze the use of rhetorical strategies in a text. D) To compare two different texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To analyze the use of rhetorical strategies in a text. 22. What is the 8th part of speech? A) Preposition. B) Conjunction. C) Article. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interjection. 23. Another word for counterargument A) Juxtaposition. B) Ambiguity. C) Ethos. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 24. PASSAGE 2Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence ('A country ..... a problem')? A) It makes a claim that the passage goes on to defend. B) It introduces evidence that the passage goes on to analyze. C) It summarizes a conclusion that the author attributes to others. D) It contradicts an argument that the author believes to be erroneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It makes a claim that the passage goes on to defend. 25. Fill in the blank: ..... is a humorous imitation of a serious work. A) Parody. B) Tragedy. C) Biography. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parody. 26. True/False:A classroom is a rhetorical situation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. When creating a text, a writer would likely want to consider all of the following about their target audience EXCEPT (Select all correct answers.) A) Their values and beliefs. B) How much they know about the topic. C) Their background. D) Their ability to answer multiple choice questions about the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their ability to answer multiple choice questions about the text. 28. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre; for example, they differentiate an essay and journalistic writing or an autobiography and political writing. On the AP language exam, try to distinguish the unique features of a writer's work from those dictated by convention.'? A) Generic conventions. B) Rhetorical shift. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generic conventions. 29. What is the Greek word for persuade/argue/debate? A) Pythagoras. B) Socrates. C) Archimedes. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetoric. 30. A belief or judgment about something given by a specialist or someone with expertise on the subject matter is called ..... A) Ethos. B) Testimony. C) An expert opinion. 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