This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Ap > Ap Language And Composition – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ap Language And Composition Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dangerously unstable A) Precarious. B) Bolster. C) Uniform. D) Aesthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precarious. 2. At a team meeting, Daniel spoke in a way that showed arrogant pride and a sense of superiority over his colleagues. Which word best describes the tone Daniel used? A) Haughty. B) Coarse. C) Admonitory. D) Droll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haughty. 3. Miser A) Joking. B) Gloominess; negativity. C) Someone who hoards money; greedy person. D) Extremely wasteful; wildly extravagant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who hoards money; greedy person. 4. Daunt A) Tending toward one direction. B) Shallow; on the surface only. C) To intimidate; to discourage. D) Dangerously unstable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To intimidate; to discourage. 5. What is included in a concluding paragraph? A) Restated argument, evidence and call to action. B) Restated argument and call to action. C) Restated argument, restated claims and call to action. D) Summary and call to action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restated argument, restated claims and call to action. 6. In the TARP acronym for building an analytical thesis, what does the 'P' stand for? A) Purpose. B) Perspective. C) Punctuation. D) Position. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. 7. Incontrovertible evidence is: A) Debatable and controversial. B) Subject to change and interpretation. C) Absolutely undeniable and indisputable. D) Superficial and unconvincing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolutely undeniable and indisputable. 8. The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk. A) Literal language. B) Figurative language. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 9. Which type of appeal is used to establish a writer's credibility? A) Pathos. B) Logos. C) Ethos. D) Exigence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethos. 10. What is antithesis and how is it expressed? A) A contrast of ideas expressed in parallel structure. B) A brief reference to a well-known person, place, or event. C) Using sensory details to create a vivid picture. D) An appeal to credibility or character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A contrast of ideas expressed in parallel structure. 11. The tone of Reverend Hale's line, 'There is a prodigious fear of this court in the country-' can be best described as: A) Defiant and accusatory. B) Cynical and mocking. C) Cautious and cautionary. D) Optimistic and hopeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cautious and cautionary. 12. A question asked soley to produce an effect and not to elicit a reply. A) Interrogative sentence. B) Refutation. C) Rhetorical question. D) Imperative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question. 13. When generating evidence to support your position, the CHORES acronym includes 'R' for what type of sources? A) Research studies. B) Reading (nonfiction and fiction). C) Rational arguments. D) Recorded interviews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading (nonfiction and fiction). 14. What is a bridge? A) The response to the counterclaim. B) The response to the claim. C) A statement that connects evidence to the claim. D) A conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement that connects evidence to the claim. 15. Hasty, not thorough A) Cursory. B) Miser. C) Fracas. D) Caricature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cursory. 16. What is commentary? A) Restatement of a thesis. B) A transition in your argument. C) Info that clarifies and connects details. D) A concluding sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Info that clarifies and connects details. 17. Joking A) Jocular. B) Perceptive. C) Immune. D) Lucid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jocular. 18. Perspicacity A) Laziness. B) Foolishness. C) Keen insight, sharpness. D) Cruelty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keen insight, sharpness. 19. A despotic leader is one who is: A) Democratic and fair. B) Tyrannical and oppressive. C) Passive and uninvolved. D) Inspirational and visionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tyrannical and oppressive. 20. Commentary should happen in the ..... A) Introduction paragraph. B) Body paragraph. C) Conclusion. D) After Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Body paragraph. 21. Emma writes a letter to her friends, warning them to avoid a dangerous hiking trail. What tone is Emma using in her letter? A) Coarse. B) Admonitory. C) Haughty. D) Bantering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admonitory. 22. In AP Language and Composition, what is the primary purpose of a synthesis essay? A) To summarize a single source. B) To compare and contrast two texts. C) To combine information from multiple sources to form a coherent argument. D) To narrate a personal experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To combine information from multiple sources to form a coherent argument. 23. When John Proctor asks Danforth, 'Is the accuser always holy now?, ' he is challenging the court's use of which rhetorical premise? A) That the testimony of women is inherently unreliable. B) The court's implicit reliance on the accusers' unquestionable Ethos. C) The use of emotional appeals (Pathos) to establish guilt. D) The doctrine of infallibility as a principle of colonial law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The court's implicit reliance on the accusers' unquestionable Ethos. 24. A comparison of one thing as if it were another A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 25. The initial conflict between the Parris and Proctor factions over the Reverend's salary and golden candlesticks is a form of microcosm for the play's larger thematic argument concerning: A) The necessity of economic equality in a Puritan society. B) The tension between spiritual piety and worldly materialism. C) The importance of strong local governance. D) The impossibility of compromise in a legal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tension between spiritual piety and worldly materialism. 26. To intimidate; to discourage A) Uniform. B) Perceptive. C) Daunt. D) Bolster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daunt. 27. Choose the best describing synonym for each vocabulary word. Word:Opulent A) Wealthy. B) Plain. C) Poor. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wealthy. 28. Persona= A) The art of finding ways to persuade an audience. B) The atmosphere surrounding a text. C) The "mask" the speaker shows to his or her audience. D) Does not concede that the oppositions opinions have merit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The "mask" the speaker shows to his or her audience. 29. A comparison to a directly parallel case; the process of drawing a comparison between two things based on a partial similarity of like features. A) Anticipating audience response. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 30. Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 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