This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What rhetorical device is being used?"We will pass the STAAR test! We will achieve commended! We will celebrate by eating donuts!" A) Anecdote. B) Alliteration. C) Paradox. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 2. What is an aphorism? A) A figure of speech that addresses an absent or imaginary person. B) A terse statement expressing a general truth or moral principle. C) A grammatical unit containing a subject and a verb. D) The emotional mood created by a literary work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A terse statement expressing a general truth or moral principle. 3. The AP Multiple Choice portion tests ..... A) How well you can read. B) How well you can analyze passages for their use of rhetoric. C) How well you can write an essay. D) How well you can understand spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How well you can analyze passages for their use of rhetoric. 4. Which of the following tone words could NOT be a synonym for happy? A) Amiable. B) Amicable. C) Ecstatic. D) Artificial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artificial. 5. Weirdly normal A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 6. What does the term 'antecedent' refer to in grammar? A) A word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. B) A rhetorical device involving repetition. C) A comparison between two different things. D) A short narrative detailing an interesting episode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. 7. Which term describes the repetition of words in reverse order? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Antimetabole/Chiasmus. D) Asyndeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antimetabole/Chiasmus. 8. What is 'rhetorical question'? A) Appealing to emotion. B) A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute. C) A question presented by the author that is not meant to be answered. D) An apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A question presented by the author that is not meant to be answered. 9. Fill in the blank:Logos is the appeal to ..... and reason. A) Logic. B) Emotion. C) Authority. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logic. 10. A score of '3' on an AP Exam typically means a student is: A) Not qualified for college credit. B) Possibly qualified for college credit. C) Qualified for college credit at many schools. D) Extremely well qualified for college credit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Qualified for college credit at many schools. 11. A sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast is called a ..... (Example:George Orwell: "If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought." ) A) Balanced sentence. B) Loose sentence. C) Periodic sentence. D) Cumulative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balanced sentence. 12. Fill in the blank: ..... is a conclusion based on premises or evidence. A) Inference. B) Assumption. C) Prediction. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 13. Sensory details or figurative language used to describe or arouse emotion and appeals to the reader or audience's senses. A) Imagery. B) Inference. C) Irony. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 14. A sentence with two or more principal clauses and one or more subordinate clauses is called a ..... A) Compound-complex sentence. B) Simple sentence. C) Complex sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound-complex sentence. 15. The writer wants to add the following sentence to the third paragraph (sentences 6-9) to provide additional explanation.This means that the United States must convert to metric units whenever it is dealing with the rest of the world.Where would the sentence best be placed? A) Before sentence 6. B) After sentence 6. C) After sentence 7. D) After sentence 8. E) After sentence 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After sentence 6. 16. What do we call timed writing number 1? A) Synthesis. B) Rhetorical analysis. C) Argument. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synthesis. 17. Many stories begin with this to supply the reader with essential background information. A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Classification. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 18. Chose the device that matches the definition.Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone A) Epitaph. B) Eulogy. C) Elegy. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epitaph. 19. A personal story told within a narrative A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Antecedent. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 20. Which rhetorical device is used in the example 'It was the best of times; it was the worst of times'? A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 21. Which rhetorical device is used in the example 'They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money'? A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 22. In AP English Language and Composition, which term refers to the author's choice of words? A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 23. Which term refers to the implied or contextualized meaning that underlies the main meaning of a word? A) Denotation. B) Repetition. C) Connotation. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 24. An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant is called a ..... A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 25. "Five years have passed;Five summers, with the length ofFive long winters! and again I hear these waters ..... "-William Wordsworth "Tintern Abbey" A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 26. What does a concession in an argument usually involve? A) Denial of the validity of an opposing argument. B) An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. C) Suggesting a course of action. D) Making a claim about quantities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. 27. When evaluating the effectiveness of an argument in a sample essay, what should you focus on? A) Your personal opinion about the topic. B) The quality and relevance of the evidence and reasoning. C) The number of sources cited. D) The use of humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The quality and relevance of the evidence and reasoning. 28. How does the use of irony contribute to a persuasive argument? A) It clarifies the argument by presenting facts straightforwardly. B) It undermines the argument by confusing the audience. C) It enhances the argument by highlighting contradictions or absurdities. D) It distracts from the main argument by introducing unrelated humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It enhances the argument by highlighting contradictions or absurdities. 29. Which term refers to the speaker's attitude toward the subject as revealed by their choice of language? A) Style. B) Tone. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 30. What is the term for omitting some parts of a sentence to give the reader a chance to fill the gaps? A) Jargon. B) Ellipsis. C) Repetition. D) Colloquialism. 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