This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action. A) Imperative sentence. B) Cumulative (loose) sentence. C) Imperative sentence. D) Hortative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hortative. 2. Fill in the blank: ..... is the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses. A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 3. What is the title of this course? A) AP English Language and Composition. B) AP English Literature and Composition. C) AP Statistics. D) AP Human Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AP English Language and Composition. 4. Which choice BEST improves logical flow? A) Adding a new example. B) Repeating the claim. C) Adding a transition that clarifies relationship. D) Shortening the paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adding a transition that clarifies relationship. 5. When you examine the 'history of money in a society' to understand a text, you are analyzing which type of context? A) Socio-economic. B) Cultural. C) Historical. D) Biographical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socio-economic. 6. A figure of speech in which something is presented as less important, dire, urgent, good, and so on, than it actually is, often for satiric or comical effect. A) Hyperbole. B) Satire. C) Irony. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 7. Writing or speech not intended to carry literal meaning; usually meant to be imaginative and vivid. A) Figurative Language. B) Figure of Speech. C) Generic Conventions. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 8. Which method of development should you choose to evaluate options? A) Compare/Contrast. B) Definition (of criteria). C) Narration. D) Cause/Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare/Contrast. 9. A type of writing used to explain a topic. A) Argumentation. B) Narration. C) Description. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 10. What is the difference between an analogy and a simile? A) An analogy is a comparison for an argument; a simile is a comparison for description. B) They're the same thing. C) An analogy is an explicit comparison; a simile is an implicit comparison. D) An analogy is a short story; a simile is a comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An analogy is a comparison for an argument; a simile is a comparison for description. 11. What is the main focus of the reading multiple choice questions? A) Narrative storytelling. B) Rhetorical analysis. C) Argumentative essays. D) Descriptive writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical analysis. 12. Which rhetorical term is defined as a question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply because the answer is assumed, subtly influencing the reader/audience to ponder the question and arrive at the desired answer on their own? A) Rhetorical Question. B) Anecdote. C) Paradox. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical Question. 13. Which of the following tone words is positive? A) Amicable. B) Accusing. C) Aggravate. D) Apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amicable. 14. Although the war ended, and as people tend to have short memories, the city's people were still divided over its impact. A) Cumulative (loose) sentence. B) Compound sentence. C) Hortative sentence. D) Complex sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex sentence. 15. What is the primary purpose of using a counterargument in a persuasive essay? A) To confuse the reader. B) To strengthen the writer's position by addressing opposing viewpoints. C) To introduce a new topic. D) To summarize the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To strengthen the writer's position by addressing opposing viewpoints. 16. Rhetoric is ..... A) The way a writer writes. B) The characteristic of selecting facts, words, or emphasis to achieve a preconceived intent. C) A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. D) The art of using persuasive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The art of using persuasive language. 17. Word choice used by the author for a specific purpose. A) Denotation. B) Clause. C) Connotation. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 18. A sentence that includes two independent clauses. A) Complex sentence. B) Imperative sentence. C) Cumulative (loose) sentence. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound sentence. 19. A neutral, measured tone is MOST effective when a writer wants to A) Provoke emotional outrage. B) Appear credible and reasonable. C) Entertain the audience. D) Emphasize personal experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appear credible and reasonable. 20. A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. A) Apostrophe. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 21. What is a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct? A) Metaphor. B) Maxim. C) Paradox. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim. 22. A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses is called a ..... sentence. A) Loose. B) Periodic. C) Compound. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loose. 23. How many minutes will you receive to answer the multiple choice questions on the AP Lang exam? A) 30. B) 60. C) 90. D) 943. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60. 24. You cannot feel arrogant (about the exam), but you must feel you are capable of handling the test. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What can you do for homework if you are picking all the wrong answers on this review? A) Sleep it off. B) Apply your superpowers to get a good grade. C) Skip studying wait until 7AM to look at the list for the first time this week. D) Study and look up examples for these terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Study and look up examples for these terms. ← 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 6Ap English Language Quiz 7Ap English Language Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books