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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A statement that indicates the force of the argument A) Qualifier. B) Narration. C) Description. D) Exemplification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Qualifier. 2. Which of the following is an example of anadiplosis? A) "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.". B) "To be or not to be, that is the question.". C) "I came, I saw, I conquered.". D) "All's well that ends well.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.". 3. When you write a synthesis essay, your focus should be on "synthesizing" provided source material in order to support your own opinion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The constant mention of the Devil in the proceedings best represents the rhetorical strategy of reification by: A) Turning the abstract concept of evil into a tangible, personalized scapegoat. B) Using a simple vocabulary to reach an uneducated audience. C) Providing the court with irrefutable, logical evidence (Logos). D) Undermining the Ethos of the court through satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turning the abstract concept of evil into a tangible, personalized scapegoat. 5. What is a euphemism? A) A direct and harsh word. B) A less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word. C) A synonym for a pleasant word. D) A type of metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word. 6. A quote should ..... A) Build links between your ideas and the ideas of the text. B) Help advance your argument. C) Flow in a sentence. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Abigail Williams's power in the court escalates primarily because she masters the rhetorical strategy of: A) Appealing to Logos by providing verifiable evidence against her victims. B) Establishing a strong Ethos as a victim of corruption and abuse. C) Exploiting Pathos by using sensational, fear-inducing, and dramatic testimony. D) Employing Complex Syntax to make her arguments seem learned and sophisticated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exploiting Pathos by using sensational, fear-inducing, and dramatic testimony. 8. Explanatory A) Daunt. B) Bolster. C) Expository. D) Immune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expository. 9. What two paragraphs in your essay should look similar? A) Body and Conclusion. B) Body and Introduction. C) Introduction and Conclusion. D) Body Paragraph 1 and Body Paragraph 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduction and Conclusion. 10. "You hit the nail on the head." is an example of- A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) A metaphor. D) An idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An idiom. 11. What is the primary purpose of the synthesis essay in the AP Language and Composition exam? A) To create a fictional narrative. B) To combine information from multiple sources to support an argument. C) To describe a personal experience. D) To analyze a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To combine information from multiple sources to support an argument. 12. Which of the following is an example of a parody? A) Saturday Night Live. B) National Geographic. C) The New York Times. D) BBC News. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saturday Night Live. 13. During a heated debate at a team meeting, Henry's tone was marked by hostility and eagerness to fight. Which word best describes his tone? A) Droll. B) Belligerent. C) Facetious. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belligerent. 14. Repeated vowel soundsThey roam the lonesome roads and never go home. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 15. Ask a question A) Interrogative sentence. B) Imperative sentence. C) Exclamatory sentence. D) Declarative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrogative sentence. 16. Which of the following essay types will you not be asked to compose on the AP exam? A) Synthesis. B) Argument. C) Rhetorical Analysis. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Description. 17. Incorrigible A) Capable of being easily corrected or improved. B) Incapable of being corrected, reformed, or improved; often used to describe a person or behavior that is resistant to change. C) Willing to change and adapt to new situations. D) Having a tendency to follow rules and regulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incapable of being corrected, reformed, or improved; often used to describe a person or behavior that is resistant to change. 18. An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. A) Idiom. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 19. A pair of consecutive lines that rhyme: "Nature's first green is gold, /Her hardest hue to hold" (Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" ) A) Stanza. B) Couplet. C) Enjambment. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 20. Having more than one meaning; vague A) Ambiguous. B) Fervent. C) Indifferent. D) Stagnant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambiguous. 21. Dangerously unstable A) Precarious. B) Bolster. C) Uniform. D) Aesthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precarious. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← 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