This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language And Composition – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language And Composition Quiz 17 (9 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use source material that illustrates the points you make and cite them appropriately and consistently ..... either use the "Source A, Source B ..... " citation or the descriptions in parentheses. Don't go back and forth. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What is a rebuttal in the context of an argument? A) Accepting all or part of a competing claim as correct. B) A sub-claim that justifies an argument's claim. C) A contrasting perspective on the evidence or claims of an opposing argument. D) The writer's change of perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A contrasting perspective on the evidence or claims of an opposing argument. 3. During a team meeting, Aiden often makes light jokes that are not meant to be taken seriously. What is the tone of Aiden's comments? A) Choleric. B) Facetious. C) Caustic. D) Callous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facetious. 4. Which of the following is an example of Epistrophe? A) "The government of the people, by the people, for the people". B) "To be or not to be, that is the question". C) "I came, I saw, I conquered". D) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The government of the people, by the people, for the people". 5. Which term fits the following definition? An expression that has a meaning that has little to do with the words that compose it (create it). A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 6. Appealing to the audience's shared values A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Refutation. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 7. Obdurate A) Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action; resistant to persuasion. B) Easily influenced or swayed by others' opinions. C) Willing to compromise and adapt to new ideas. D) Quick to change one's mind based on new information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action; resistant to persuasion. 8. Choose the correct group of synonyms for "incontrovertible" : A) Dubious, questionable, uncertain. B) Unquestionable, undeniable, irrefutable. C) Speculative, hypothetical, debatable. D) Superficial, shallow, trivial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unquestionable, undeniable, irrefutable. 9. What does personification mean? A) An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. B) A comparison of two unrelated objects using like or as. C) Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human. D) An effect that results from the difference between an argument's claim and the readers' expectations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAp Language And Composition Quiz 1Ap Language And Composition Quiz 2Ap Language And Composition Quiz 3Ap Language And Composition Quiz 4Ap Language And Composition Quiz 5Ap Language And Composition Quiz 6Ap Language And Composition Quiz 7Ap Language And Composition Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books