This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What term refers to the consideration of style as the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices, and also involves the classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors? A) Style. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 2. How does the author of the practice passage view McDonald's? A) As a symbol of Western culture. B) Indifferently, focusing only on the food. C) Negatively, due to its fast-food nature. D) As a connection to her Chinese upbringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a connection to her Chinese upbringing. 3. Speakers appeal to emotion to motivate their audience. A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Exigence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 4. A respectable, reliable source of evidence A) Doctor. B) Authority. C) Fact. D) Genius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Authority. 5. What is the definition of 'Analogy'? A) A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. B) A statement that contradicts itself. C) A figure of speech that uses exaggeration. D) A word that imitates a sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. 6. Which rhetorical term is defined as:'The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.' A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 7. Fill in the blank: ..... is intentional exaggeration to create an effect. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. In the first paragraph, the speaker introduces an argument that criticizes A) "emotions and beliefs" (sentence 1). B) "all that is great and lofty" (sentence 4). C) "noble effort" (sentence 4). D) "intellectual aloofness" (sentence 5). E) "the stern strife of living" (sentence 6). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "intellectual aloofness" (sentence 5). 9. What is an effective strategy for evaluating the strength of an argument? A) Counting the number of arguments made. B) Assessing the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence provided. C) Determining the length of the argument. D) Checking the font size used in the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assessing the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence provided. 10. How does Mr. Gianotti feel about his AP students and their dedication to his class and LHS? A) He doesn't care about students. B) Kids today don't know what hard work is. C) He wishes his students would just vanish, poof, but he could still get paid. D) He is very proud of his students. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is very proud of his students. 11. What order do you have to write the essays in on the AP exam? A) Synthesis first. B) Rhetorical analysis first. C) Open-ended first. D) You write them in the order that you want to write them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You write them in the order that you want to write them. 12. A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification. A) Analogy. B) Metonymy. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 13. Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights, usually humorous, articulate, and ingenious at the same time. A) Tone. B) Transition. C) Understatement. D) Wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wit. 14. In paragraph six, how does the writer contribute to the author's argument? A) By explaining the cultural significance of the filet-o-fish. B) By discussing the popularity of McDonald's in China. C) By highlighting the unique qualities of the author's order. D) By emphasizing the sacrifices the author's parents have made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By emphasizing the sacrifices the author's parents have made. 15. Which rhetorical term creates an implied association or brings the reader into a world of experience outside the limitations of the text itself, assuming that readers will recognize the original sources and relate their meaning to the new context? A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 16. Which of the following is an example of 'Hyperbole'? A) I have a ton of homework to do. B) The leaves danced in the wind. C) The sun smiled down on us. D) The stars were like diamonds in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a ton of homework to do. 17. What signals a shift in the main idea of a passage? A) Repeating words or phrases. B) A paragraph without a main idea. C) A change in the time period. D) The introduction of a new character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repeating words or phrases. 18. PASSAGE 2In the second sentence of the first paragraph ( "No man ..... physically" ), which of the following best describes the author's perspective on John Donne's position? A) He endorses it by adopting it. B) He explains it by elaborating on it. C) He rebuts it by offering a counterexample. D) He elevates it by relating it to America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He rebuts it by offering a counterexample. 19. Which of these is the best definition of a speaker's purpose? A) Why something is being done. B) What the speaker is hoping to accomplish by publishing their text. C) The background that defines the speaker. D) How the speaker persuades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the speaker is hoping to accomplish by publishing their text. 20. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant. A) Imagery. B) Inference. C) Irony. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 21. The blue car drove swiftly down the winding road during a hurricane. The high winds blew the car from side to side, but it safely made it to the storm shelter. A) Comparison and contrast. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Description. 22. The passage is most likely excerpted from which of the following? A) A Lakota folk tale that encourages youth to emulate an important elder. B) A cultural analysis that reveals the mythology of Lakota warrior society. C) A Lakota author's account of his ancestral culture's history and values. D) An attempt to reconcile the different values expressed in Lakota society. E) An instructional guide that teaches readers the Lakota path to humility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Lakota author's account of his ancestral culture's history and values. 23. The speed a text moves along. A) Pacing. B) Paradox. C) Narration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacing. 24. It can be inferred when the speaker states, "literature is full of portrayals of these glimpses" (lines 15-16) that the author is referring to A) The "forlorn feeling" (line 1). B) The sinking feeling of the heart mentioned in line 6. C) The sense of a "common humanity" (line 10). D) The man who brings in breakfast in line 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sense of a "common humanity" (line 10). 25. Will your essay be scored if you don't finish it? Even if you just write a thesis statement that takes a position? A) Yes. B) No. C) Katy Perry. D) Miley Cyrus. 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