This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many sections are on the AP English Language and Composition Exam? A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 2. If you encounter a question on the exam that you do not know the answer to, what is the best course of action? A) Leave it blank. B) Make an educated guess and move on. C) Spend all your time on that question. D) Skip the rest of the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make an educated guess and move on. 3. True or False:You have about 40 minutes to write each essay. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What term refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness, and is important for describing an author's style? A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 5. Which organizational pattern alternates between subjects for each point of comparison? A) Block Method. B) Point-by-Point Method. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point-by-Point Method. 6. PASSAGE 1The tone of the last two sentences of paragraph 1 is best described as A) Remorseful. B) Ominous. C) Empathetic. D) Resigned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ominous. 7. He is a fish in the water. This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personifciation. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. What does the term "ethos" refer to in rhetorical situations? A) Appeals to logic and reason. B) Appeals to emotions. C) Appeals to the audience's trust in the speaker's character. D) Appeals to the speaker's tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeals to the audience's trust in the speaker's character. 9. The final step of close reading involves making connections to broader cultural and historical contexts. This is part of: A) The first read. B) The second read. C) The third read. D) It is not part of the close reading process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The third read. 10. Define aphorism A) A comparison that point out similarities between two dissimilar things. B) A character or force in a work of literature that, by opposing the protagonist produces tension or conflict. C) A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment. D) A rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment. 11. Fill in the blank:The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it is is called ..... A) Understatement. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 12. Which type of sentence exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action? A) Imperative. B) Hortative. C) Cumulative. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hortative. 13. Fill in the blank:The persona adopted by the author to deliver his or her message to the audience is called the ..... A) Voice. B) Tone. C) Style. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voice. 14. What is a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences? A) Metaphor. B) Extended Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended Metaphor. 15. If your material is a complex or contested concept, which method should you use? A) Definition. B) Narration. C) Description. D) Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definition. 16. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'A second type of subject complement-a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. It, like the predicate adjective, follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence.' A) Predicate nominative. B) Predicate adjective. C) Appositive. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predicate nominative. 17. In the context of AP English Language, what does 'syntax' refer to? A) The choice of words. B) The arrangement of words and phrases. C) The meaning of words. D) The sound of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The arrangement of words and phrases. 18. A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; opposite of hyperbole. Ex:Not a bad idea, not many, it isn't very serious, "I have this tiny little tumor on my brain" . A) Imagery. B) Inference. C) Irony. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Litotes. 19. Placing two very different things together for effect. A) Juxtaposition. B) Irony. C) Anaphora. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 20. The ideas or feelings evoked by a word in addition to its literal meaning. A) Association. B) Juxtaposition. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. E) Explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 21. What is the minimum percentage correct we want to receive on the multiple choice section? A) 25%. B) 35%. C) 40%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 50%. 22. The primary idea that you must have to score a point in column A of the AP Lang rubric A) Thesis. B) Evidence. C) Commentary. D) Sophistication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thesis. 23. Caricature A) A satiric portrait or representation (satiric-humorous yet witty). B) To intimidate; to discourage. C) Shallow; on the surface only. D) To support; to prop up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A satiric portrait or representation (satiric-humorous yet witty). 24. What is the purpose of looking for relationships between sources? A) To write a longer essay. B) To seek connections and nuances. C) To ignore the sources. D) To find quotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To seek connections and nuances. 25. The 'P' in SPACE stands for: A) Purpose. B) Period. C) Problem. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. ← 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