This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap English Language – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap English Language Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of sentence consists of two independent clauses joined with a conjunction? A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compound. 2. What comprises the textual evidence for the rhetorical analysis timed writing? A) Sources. B) Passage. C) CHORES. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passage. 3. What is the primary characteristic of colloquial language? A) It is formal and academic. B) It uses slang and informalities. C) It omits conjunctions for effect. D) It reverses the order of words or phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It uses slang and informalities. 4. According to your notes, what should you do during your first read of a text? A) Analyze literary devices and patterns. B) Note connections to cultural contexts. C) Identify the main idea and circle unknown words. D) Write a summary and generate questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identify the main idea and circle unknown words. 5. A contradicting statement that doesn't seem to make sense but possesses a hidden truth A) Exigence. B) Juxtaposition. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 6. What is the key to doing well in this class? A) Motivation. B) Sleeping in class. C) Putting off assignments until the night before they are due. D) Playing games on my computer during class time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motivation. 7. All of the following signal a shift in argument EXCEPT A) However. B) Although. C) For example. D) Nevertheless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For example. 8. What is the main idea of the second third of the passage? A) The composition of the filet-o-fish. B) The writer's family's view of McDonald's. C) The popularity of fast food in China. D) The writer's unique order at McDonald's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The composition of the filet-o-fish. 9. Fill in the blank:The combination 'Description + Narration' is used to create ..... storytelling. A) Vivid. B) Dull. C) Abstract. D) Confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vivid. 10. The acronym SPACE is used to analyze the rhetorical situation. What does the 'A' stand for? A) Analysis. B) Author. C) Audience. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audience. 11. 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. 12. 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?. 13. Giving non-human objects human characteristics A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. "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. 19. The appeal to emotion is also called A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. Giving human-like qualities to something that is inanimate. A) Metaphor. B) Parody. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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