AP Lang MC - Individual

The “recent book-club guides” (end of paragraph 2) tend to emphasize

• how book clubs need to be structured and regular in order to succeed

• how difficult it is to start a book club in New York

• how often even the best book clubs fail

• the variety of reasons that people have for starting book clubs

• the challenges of selecting books for discussion

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The organization of the passage can best be described as

• personal narrative followed by analysis

• empirical data followed by conjecture

• nonjudgmental explanation of a current phenomenon followed by a question

• descriptive analysis followed by a final judgment

• condemnation of a practice followed by partial acceptance

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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

In context, the author places the term “book club” in quotation marks (twice in the first paragraph) in order to

• show that these are humorous examples

• highlight how formal some of these clubs are

• reveal that the book clubs that appear online or on television are unsatisfactory

• suggest that the term is being broadened beyond its original meaning

• imply that many book club members do not like the term

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

the first paragraph serves to

• explain why the author enjoys one way of reading

• describe the extension of a particular activity into nontraditional areas

• make generalizations that will be developed later

• explore ways in which people can structure free time

• detail the power of media and mass marketing to censor

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the third sentence of paragraph 2, Stephanie Nolen’s primary criticism of book clubs is that they

• are too programmed

• do not offer enough variety

• cause readers to be anxious

• overlook many classics

• forego quality for quantity

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The last paragraph marks a shift from

• popular to academic contexts

• supported to unsound generalizations

• impersonal to personal examples

• subtle irony to explicit sarcasm

• neutral to negative characterization of book clubs

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The function of the second sentence of paragraph 3 (“Yet despite . . . abstractions”) is to

• argue for the value of a particular literary theory

• explain how important it is not to make abstract judgments

• point out a discrepancy between teaching practices and literary theory

• highlight the demand for a way to measure emotional responses to texts

• explore the author’s views about reading in isolation

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The final sentence of the passage serves to

• conclude an argument begun in the first paragraph

• suggest a probable cause for an ongoing phenomenon

• argue that publishers need to pay more attention to book clubs

• offer a final analysis of the phenomenon described in the second paragraph

• explain why the author has chosen a particular field of study

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2