AP English Language

AP English Language

12th Grade

15 Qs

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AP English Language

AP English Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.11-12.4, RI.11-12.5, RF.3.3B

+16

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The appeal to ethics is also called 

pathos

ethos

logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following would be a technique that implements logos?

Using pictures of a hurt child

Including research 

Having someone credible who agrees with you

Making people laugh

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers.

Ethos 

Pathos

Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its______.

connotation

denotation

acronym

homonym

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Refers to the feelings and associations created by a word.

synonym

denotation

connotation

acronym

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the sentence below. What is the denotation of the word superior?
My old computer kept running out of batteries. My new one is superior.

better

worse

positive

negative

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the sentences. What is the difference between the words mortified and embarrassed?
Sam was mortified when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.
Sam was embarrassed when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.

Mortified is the antonym of embarrassed.

Embarrassed is more intense and has more negative connotation than mortified.

Mortified is more intense and has a more negative connotation than embarrassed.

Mortified and embarrassed have different denotations.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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