AP English Language & Composition Quiz

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AP English Language & Composition Quiz - Unit 4

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Hello everyone! All of you may know why I am here today, since “we must reap what we sow.” Fear not, I am not here to point out your mistakes but to only offer some insight into how you can prevent them from happening again. I won’t be mentioning the incident itself--all of you already know what has transpired since our last meeting. It has come to my attention that there needs to be a change in the way we conduct our class experiments from hereon. The excerpt above consists of the rhetorical device __________ directed toward an audience of ________ . *

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Diction: medium word choice, young adults

Aphorism, school children

Imagery, retired old people

Parallelism, teenagers

Which of the following information about an audience would most likely be taken into consideration when making rhetorical choices within an argument? *

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Clothing style (casual, formal, hip)

Political beliefs

Moral values

Favorite school subject

In 1986, U.S president Ronald Reagan gave a speech to the nation after the tragic events that transpired when a space shuttle, Challenger, which carried seven civilians including a schoolteacher, burst into flames after takeoff. Millions across America, including school children, watched as the shuttle burst into flames on their TV screens. Which of the following can we assume about the audience? *

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They may be traumatized by the events they witnessed on television

They are people of all age groups

They are enraged and are calling for the end of space exploration

All of the above

Which most accurately defines the relationship between the exigence and occasion? *

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The exigence directly relates to a speaker’s motivation to come up with a speech (inspiration, concerns), and the occasion answers questions of “why an audience is listening to the speech.”

Exigence is what a speaker goes through in the process of writing, whereas the occasion is what the speaker is talking about.

A speaker’s will to write their speech is exigence, while the occasion is related to the event they are speaking at.

An audience’s motive for listening to a speech is exigence; the speaker’s motive for their speech is the occasion.

You are a part of your school orchestra. During the orientation for new students joining orchestra, you will be giving an introductory speech including why students should choose to join the orchestra and an overview of what the ensemble has to offer. Which of the following could be an exigence for the speaker (you) in the scenario above? *

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You wish to meet with one of the students and show them an instrument

You want to entertain the students with some light-hearted jokes

You want to incorporate into your speech an idea you heard from a violinist in an interview

You play a piece of music for the children to get an idea of what string instruments sound like

All of the following are purposes that a writer/speaker would want to achieve through text EXCEPT *

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A writer wants to encourage young people to take time off of social media

A speaker mentions a personal anecdote and asks the audience what their favorite food is

A writer presses for educational reform and makes people reflect on the current situation

A speaker moves the audience to tears with a retelling of a popular tragic story

Which is an example of an author establishing the meaning or purpose of a piece of writing? *

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Using multiple sources of evidence to support a claim

Incorporating counterarguments against each of their claims

Making use of rhetoric to emphasize a situation

Creating stories that have no connection to the main topic

All of these are examples of ways to start developing a position in your writing EXCEPT *

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Restating the main idea of the prompt in your own words

Discussing the topic from your own established perspective

Sharing a personal anecdote that relates to the topic

Talking about the topic in regard to its ethical implications

Nowadays, it has become more and more common to speak out about our political opinions. This isn’t just limited to the scope of policy support but has extended to a discussion criticizing opposing views. Although it is helpful to share various perspectives about political issues, this can have some downsides--namely, extremist takes on situations can lead to groupthink--which can lead to bullying against an opposing side.Which of the following would be a suitable first sentence of the conclusion to the topic above? *

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In conclusion, politics has become an extreme “right or wrong” game.

Extremist takes can lead to groupthink, which in turn can lead to extreme bullying.

The olden days were much different, with various perspectives being able to be brought to the table without fear of outspoken judgment from someone with an opposing view.

Within ourselves, it all boils down to our tolerance for other opinions which can influence a person who is internally debating whether they should speak out or not to do so.

In a rhetorical analysis (an essay that analyzes the rhetoric of a writer’s piece), what are the two main ideas that you should include in your thesis? *

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Where the writer is speaking and how they arrive at their speaking place

What the writer’s point is and how they establish their point in the passage

How the writer’s main idea is written and where it is stated in the passage

Who the writer is and what their significance is to the passage

Consider the literal meaning of this paragraph: The little hedgehog finally ceased its long night of running along with the wheel. It has not the slightest idea of why it should be doing such activity but simply does it--for an unusually long time. When it grows old, it may start to run less and less, until it finally decides to rest.Which of the following could be a figurative meaning of the hedgehog’s life? *

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Just like the hedgehog, other animals may show signs of the same behavior if they are not out in the wild.

Similar to the hedgehog, the rain decides to pour down at random times, which could be heavy rainfall or just a slight drizzle.

People’s daily lives are like that of the hedgehogs; routine, but one day may end up changing after a realization occurs.

It takes years until someone can overcome an obstacle, one that is engraved in their life.

Which of the following could BEST serve as a thesis statement for a synthesis/argumentative essay? *

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The life of a content creator is very chaotic: they have to deal with constant feedback from their audience, edit videos in a consistent manner, and oftentimes may not receive compensation for their hard work.

Writers usually go through writer’s block at least twice a week for many reasons.

It makes sense to say that a normal human reaction to life-threatening events would be shock, fear, or embarrassment, but these emotions can vary from person to person.

Not all matter is living matter, but most matter on Earth is living.

Prompt: Should schools adopt a dress code? Choose the thesis statement that best suits the prompt above. *

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School dress codes are often targeted towards young girls.

Some students are against the implementation of dress codes, while others don’t care.

Dress codes should exist in schools.

Schools should adopt school dress codes, but they shouldn’t be too strict with it.

Develop your position on the benefits(or downsides) of learning a new language. Thesis: Learning a new language can be a rewarding experience for many people.Sara wants to upgrade her thesis statement so that it makes use of qualifiers. Which of the following options successfully does this? *

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Although it takes a lot of time and effort, taking on a new language could upgrade one’s cognitive abilities.

New languages are undeniably hard to learn, but maybe you’ll learn something new.

Taking on a new language can increase self-discipline.

Self-studying a language is the best way one can improve their learning skills.

All of the following is true about comparison-contrast (method of development) EXCEPT *

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It is a common method used among many writers

Comparison-contrast must apply to any prompt

The structure of compare-contrast in a passage won’t always be the same

It provides a structure to follow along with to find the author’s reasoning

What are the differences between definition and description? *

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I only

I and II

I, II, III

None of the above

An ambition for something comes from within the heart. It is the motivation someone has to achieve their long-term goals or something as simple as getting out of bed early. Back when I was a middle-schooler, I had no ambition to do anything. Left and right adults were asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I was unable to give them a clear answer. Why do they care anyway? It’s not like ambitions will get me anywhere since my “ambitions” were considered as “useless liberal art activism” in the eyes of the STEM-obsessed aunties.The excerpt above begins to use which of the following methods of development? *

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Comparison-contrast

Narrative

Description and definition

There is no method of development

All of the following are questions that an essay should answer EXCEPT *

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What are you saying?

Where is your evidence?

So what?

How do you know?

When could comparison-contrast be used during the process of writing an essay? *

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Brainstorming

Outline

Rough draft

All of the above

I wore my green socks to the game last night, and the team that I supported won! That wasn’t the only time though, as they’ve been winning ever since I started wearing my green socks to their games. Three weeks back, I didn’t wear them due to the weather and they had lost by a whopping 7 points! I won’t let them lose ever again.Is this an example of cause-effect or not? Why or why not? *

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Yes, it describes how one event led to another. The writer wore lucky socks which helped the team win their game.

No, it is merely a coincidence that the author happened to be wearing those socks when the team won, which isn’t cause-effect.

Yes, the teams’ effort to win was only because of the author with the green socks.on 3

No, the team did not win because of the lucky socks. They won because of their efforts.

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