This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language And Composition – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language And Composition Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Repetition of interior vowel sounds: "Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 2. When one line of poetry runs into the next-when a line ends without end punctuation and the sentence continues onto the next line. A) Stanza. B) Couplet. C) Enjambment. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjambment. 3. True or False:Students will be given 40 minutes per essay to write a well-developed response. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Choose the best describing antonym for each vocabulary word. Word:Ephemeral A) Eternal. B) Temporary. C) Fleeting. D) Short-lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eternal. 5. Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Meter. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 6. Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24 hour shift was finally over. A) Literal language. B) Figurative language. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 7. Which of the following is an example of an aphorism? A) "Absolute power corrupts absolutely.". B) "Once upon a time in a faraway land ". C) "The theory of relativity is complex.". D) "The sun rises in the east.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Absolute power corrupts absolutely.". 8. Gloominess; negativity A) Profligate. B) Fracas. C) Reprove. D) Pessimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pessimism. 9. Reprove A) To scold; to find fault with. B) Gloominess; negativity. C) Joking. D) Extremely wasteful; wildly extravagant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To scold; to find fault with. 10. The SPACECAT acronym is used for understanding the rhetorical situation and choices. What does the 'E' represent? A) Evidence. B) Effect. C) Exigence. D) Explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exigence. 11. Insipid A) Lacking flavor, vigor, or interest; dull or bland, often used to describe literature or art that fails to engage. B) Highly exciting and engaging; full of flavor and interest. C) A term used to describe something that is very colorful and vibrant. D) A word that means to be very complex and intricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacking flavor, vigor, or interest; dull or bland, often used to describe literature or art that fails to engage. 12. Reverend Hale attempts to use Logos in Act I by: A) Threatening the villagers with eternal damnation if they do not confess. B) Appealing to the Bible as a supreme text of moral Ethos. C) Relying on his academic books and established scholarly procedures to diagnose witchcraft. D) Questioning Parris's financial motivations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relying on his academic books and established scholarly procedures to diagnose witchcraft. 13. What is the term for a rhetorical device that involves a direct address to an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction? A) Metonymy. B) Apostrophe. C) Synecdoche. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 14. What is alliteration used for? A) Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis. B) A brief reference to a well-known person, place, or event. C) An appeal to emotion. D) Creating musicality, drawing attention, or reinforcing tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creating musicality, drawing attention, or reinforcing tone. 15. Claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluations of things A) Claim of value/judgement. B) Claim of definition. C) Claim of value. D) Warrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim of value/judgement. 16. A narrative in which character, action, and setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning ..... A) Syllogism. B) Allegory. C) Metonymy. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 17. What is a hook, or lead? A) The sentence that is the main idea of an essay. B) The sentence that ends the paper. C) A sentence that gets the reader's attention$_{. }$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sentence that gets the reader's attention$_{. }$. 18. Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason A) Attitude. B) Canon. C) Appeals to emotion, authority, logic . D) Begging the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeals to emotion, authority, logic . 19. Which sentence from the play best demonstrates the power of Pathos to create mass hysteria? A) 'A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it.'. B) 'I say-I say-God is dead!'. C) 'Look, look, uncle, it is a bird! I am faint, I am faint!'. D) 'The girl, sir, the girl is a whore.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Look, look, uncle, it is a bird! I am faint, I am faint!'. 20. The evidence offered in support of a claim A) Warrant. B) Claim policy. C) Qualifier. D) Grounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grounds. 21. The primary logical fallacy committed by the girls' dramatic performance in the courtroom (pretending to be attacked by spirits) is a form of: A) Ad hominem (attacking the person). B) Red Herring (diverting attention from the real issue). C) Hasty Generalization (drawing a conclusion from insufficient evidence). D) False Dilemma (presenting only two choices when more exist). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasty Generalization (drawing a conclusion from insufficient evidence). 22. Extreme exaggeration: "I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week!" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 23. Repeated consonant sounds at the ends of wordsOn the top of the step he will tip his cap. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 24. What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words? A) Consonance. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 25. What does the introduction of an argument do? A) It provides a sequence of reasons for the argument. B) It takes a side on the subject of an argument. C) It engages the audience, establishes the writer's purpose, and provides context for the subject. D) It offers a contrasting perspective on the evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It engages the audience, establishes the writer's purpose, and provides context for the subject. 26. What are the synonyms for "spurious" ? A) Fake, counterfeit, false. B) Real, authentic, legitimate. C) Meaningless, irrelevant, trivial. D) Dramatic, bold, ambitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fake, counterfeit, false. 27. Which of the following is NOT a type of evidence for an argument? A) Anecdote. B) Detail. C) Hypothesis. D) Statistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 28. Substitutions of an inoffensive, indirect, or agreeable expression for a word or phrase perceived as socially unacceptable or harsh A) Euphemism. B) Exemplifaction. C) Satire. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 29. Clear; easy to understand; right-minded A) Inclined. B) Lucid. C) Fracas. D) Jocular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucid. 30. Danforth's assertion, 'While I speak God's law, I will not crack its voice with fear, ' is a powerful example of the rhetorical use of connotation by suggesting: A) His true fear of God's wrath and judgment. B) The court's unyielding strength and determination in the face of public dissent. C) His willingness to listen to dissenting opinions and compromise. D) That he is a hypocrite and will eventually change his mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The court's unyielding strength and determination in the face of public dissent. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAp Language And Composition Quiz 1Ap Language And Composition Quiz 2Ap Language And Composition Quiz 4Ap Language And Composition Quiz 5Ap Language And Composition Quiz 6Ap Language And Composition Quiz 7Ap Language And Composition Quiz 8Ap Language And Composition Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books