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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Reading for commonalities A) Requires making note of the common issues in each source. B) May look like this: "A, D, and E all support the notion that ". C) Helps you determine which sources you will use. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Buzz, hiss, roar, and woof are all examples of- A) Symbols. B) Consonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 3. This takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. "Men sell the wedding bells" . A) Consonance. B) Diction. C) Assonance. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 4. Select the group of synonyms for "nascent" : A) Emerging, developing, budding. B) Established, proven, accomplished. C) Declining, fading, deteriorating. D) Outdated, irrelevant, obsolete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emerging, developing, budding. 5. Something insipid is: A) Exciting and engaging. B) Complex and mysterious. C) Boring and flavorless. D) Harsh and grating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boring and flavorless. 6. A capricious person is often: A) Fickle and impulsive. B) Stable and predictable. C) Thoughtful and considerate. D) Rigid and unyielding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fickle and impulsive. 7. When Elizabeth Proctor is asked about her husband's infidelity, her equivocation (lying to protect him) is an example of: A) A successful appeal to Logos. B) A moral failure that leads directly to his death. C) Dramatic Irony and a thematic statement about the destructive power of a lie. D) A Red Herring used to distract the judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony and a thematic statement about the destructive power of a lie. 8. What is the main goal of a writer when using a rhetorical question? A) To persuade the audience with a strong argument. B) To compel the audience to pause and reflect rather than respond with a literal answer. C) To narrate a story using detailed storytelling. D) To repeat a word or phrase for emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To compel the audience to pause and reflect rather than respond with a literal answer. 9. How is thesis defined? A) An arguable statement. B) A factual statement. C) An opinionated statement that is not arguable. D) A summary of the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An arguable statement. 10. When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable A) Generalization. B) Declarative sentence. C) Claim of value. D) Exemplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Meter. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. 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. 17. 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.". 18. Gloominess; negativity A) Profligate. B) Fracas. C) Reprove. D) Pessimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pessimism. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. Claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluations of things A) Claim of value/judgement. B) Claim of definition. C) Claim of value. D) Warrant. 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