AP: Joy Luck Club

The final sentence of the first paragraph (lines 6-7) is unusual in the way it uses a

• first person pronoum

• verb tense

• plural noun

• dangling participle

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The function of the first paragraph is to

• explain the purpose of the passage

• define the relationship between literary language and everyday speech

• describe the author's writing process

• characterize the author and her interests

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In context, "carefully wrought" (line 21) suggests both

• beauty and permanence

• simplicity and perfection

• nervousness and self-control

• technical mastery and craftsmanship

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word "burdened" (lines 21-22) modifies

• "things" (line 18)

• "intersection" (line 18)

• "aspect" (line 19)

• "speech" (line 20)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

During the talk described in paragraph 2, the author responds to her mother's presence by

• altering the vocabulary and syntax she had been using to express her ideas to the group

• regretting that there are certain interests she does not share with her mother

• thinking about how audience determines the appropriateness of a style

• deciding that her mother does not need to learn academic English

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The third paragraph provides

• a concrete example of how writers transform personal experience into art

• a series of assertion about the nature of language

• a rationale for the author's shifting allegiances

• an anecdote that reinforces ideas expressed in the previous paragraphs

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following is true of the mother's quoted speech (lines 52-67) ?

• The author expects the speech to be comprehensible enough to enable her to make a point about her mother's use of language.

• The author uses the speech as an example of the way her mother talked when the author was young, not the way her mother talks now.

• The author wants to suggest that it is her mother's accent, not her syntax, that makes her English difficult to understand.

• The author is more interested in what her mother says in the speech than in the way she says it.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The effect of using the second pronoun in lines 40 and 68 is to

• emphasize the author's awareness of an audience

• illustrate the effectiveness of using informal diction when speaking publicly

• indicate a shift in focus from the personal to the impersonal

• echo the style of the author's talk described in paragraph two

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The first two sentences in the last paragraph (lines 68-73) do which of the following?

• Define ambiguous terns

• Explain convoluted reasoning

• Resolve disagreements

• Present contrasts

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

In the last paragraph, the author insists on the

• importance of an expressive command of standard English

• sophistication of some of her mother's English language skills

• need for language learners to practice on a wide variety of written materials

• value of reading as a means of improving the language skills of nonnative speakers

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2