AP lang quizzes Assignment

In the sentence “At that time nearly all professional sci-fi writers were white men. As much as I liked sci-fi and fantasy, what was I doing?” (lines 8)

-- the speaker employs all of the following EXCEPT:

• That sci-fi wasn’t the best genre for her to write

• As a black female writer, she feels as if she has to work harder to receive recognition

• White men had an automatic upper hand in the writing industry.

• The current writing scene isn’t appreciative of her work

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The primary audience of the piece could be described as… ?

• Writers

• Authors struggling with writers blocks

• Black female writers

• Black writers

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

"you really might be inferior--not quite bright enough, not quite quick enough, not quite good enough to do the things you want to do. Though of course you do wonder. You're supposed to know you're as good as anyone. And if you don't know, you aren't supposed to admit it (line 6)".

--The author's primary purpose in this paragraph is to ​

• is to express to the audience how the author feels about being a writer

• is to show the reader insight into the authors mind as a writer

• is to reveal the challenges the author faced as a writer

• is to reveal the author is insecure in her work

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

“ I muttered and complained and quit jobs and found new ones and collected more rejection slips. One day in disgust I threw them all away. Why keep such useless, painful things?”

The speaker's rhetorical strategy is to….?

• Pathos

• Logos

• Ethos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5