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WorksheetsAP Lang Practice Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 58mins
1. What is a claim?
the central argument
quotes and paraphrases you pull directly from the text in order to support your argument
explains to the reader why and how the quotes and paraphrases that were used helps prove the claim to be true
What is evidence?
the central argument
quotes and paraphrases you pull directly from the text in order to support your argument
explains to the reader why and how the quotes and paraphrases that were used helps prove the claim to be true
What is commentary?
the central argument
quotes and paraphrases you pull directly from the text in order to support your argument
explains to the reader why and how the quotes and paraphrases that were used helps prove the claim to be true
The speech states, “... one day right here in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers” (King).
This sentence is:
Evidence
Commentary
Neither
Both
The statement “black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as brothers and sisters” means that he wants them to be able to work together without the judgement of skin color (King).
This sentence is:
Evidence
Commentary
Neither
Both
King uses the allusion to the Emancipation Proclamation to emphasize his point that even though slavery was outlawed, racism still existed.
This sentence is:
Evidence
Commentary
Neither
Both
Dr. King uses imagery to make people see a picture inside their head.
This sentence is:
Evidence
Commentary
Neither
Both
At the beginning of the speech, Dr. King directly alludes to the Emancipation Proclamation "in whose symbolic shadow we stand today" to describe the current moment as more similar to the past and place it in contrast with the ideal vision he later describes.
This sentence is:
Evidence
Commentary
Neither
Both
The correct ratio of evidence to commentary is:
1 evidence : 1 commentary
1 evidence : 2 commentary
2 evidence : 1 commentary
2 evidence : 2 commentary
Term to describe word choice is:
syntax
colloquial diction
diction
slang
Syntax can best be defined as...
word choice
rhetorical question
sentence structure
how we build argument
“I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years” is an example of...
Ethos
Pathos
Anaphora
Hyperbole
There should always be more analysis than summary.
True
False
Which of the following appeals to logic?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Which of the following appeals to credibility?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Which of the following appeals to emotion?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
The AP Language and Composition Exam is comprised of two sections: Multiple Choice and Free Response (Essay) Questions.
True
False
How much is the Multiple Choice section worth?
55%
Some %
45%
Ugh... This is AP Lang, Teacher. You're making it AP Lame!
How much is the Free Response section worth?
55%
45%
More %
Ugh... 22/7
How long do you have to read and annotate the synthesis sources?
55 minutes
40 minutes
15 minutes
Not enough time
For the synthesis essay, you must cite at least three sources.
True
False
Students will be given 40 minutes per essay to write a well-developed response.
True
False
What part of the rhetorical situation represents the catalyst for the communication?
Message
Exigence
Purpose
Audience
Define rhetoric?
The sentence structure
Effective or persuasive speaking or writing
The purpose of the text
The authors attitude towards the subject
Define argument
Something that shows whether something is true or false
Act of causing people to believe something
Claim supported by reasons and evidence
An opinion, attitude, or judgement
______________ is opinion that an author tries to prove or defend
Claim
Reasons
Evidence
Credibility
What inspires, provokes or stimulates the creation of a text?
persona
ethos
kairos
exigence
The term that describes what the text is about.
Purpose
Subject
Rhetorical Situation
Constraints
The term that describes how the speaker feels about his/her subject.
Speaker
Subject
Audience
Tone
Identify the primary appeal in this statement: "You should believe my diagnosis because I have 20 years of experience as a medical doctor."
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Identify the primary appeal in this statement: "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." (Eisenhower's Speech to the troops before D-Day)
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Identify the primary appeal in this statement: "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal."
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
What the speaker hopes to accomplish by delivering their communication to their direct audience:
Subject
Occasion
Rhetorical Situation
Purpose
What should the audience and the speaker share? Check all that apply.
Values
Beliefs
Morals
Biases
What is the claim?
Educators are fearful that grammar and punctuation rules will change.
Schools have been teaching punctuation incorrectly.
Punctuation is no longer necessary in formal, written English.
People should be careful when using punctuation in texts.
What is the claim?
Medication helps people control their thoughts and emotions.
Schools should teach their students mindful meditation.
Punctuation is no longer necessary in formal, written English.
People of all ages could benefit from mindfulness training.
Is the following conclusion correct? A scientist observed a bumble bee in a large field. The bumble bee landed only on pink flowers. The scientist concluded that all bumblebees prefer pink flowers
It is incorrect because there are no pink flowers
it is correct because I know all about bees
It is incorrect because it is not logical to draw conclusions about all bees after observing just one.
it is correct because i have done research on bees
"We understand that English is the common language of this country and the one most often heard in international-business circles from Peru to Norway. We know that, to get ahead here, one must learn English."
Why does Marquez write this?
Marquez is trying to be ironic in an effort to show that English isn't really as necessary as people claim.
She's appealing a sense of patriotism (pathos) from citizens who might've immigrated from places like Peru and Norway.
She wants people to understand that English is only really needed in business circles, so people should be empowered to use their own language everywhere else.
Acknowledging the value of English helps to show that her argument isn't about resisting English but actually about embracing individual cultures.
If I were to select a single sentence from the passage that BEST represents her larger claim and purpose, which sentence should I pick?
"In this century, Latin American immigrants and others, such as Puerto Ricans whose U.S. citizenship is automatic by nature of that island's commonwealth status, have fought for this country in U.S.-led wars. They have participated fully in this nation's democracy by voting, holding political office and paying taxes. And they have watched their children and grandchildren become so "American" that they resist speaking in Spanish."
Being an American, to those of us who dare to speak Spanish among ourselves in public, has very little to do with what language we use during our free time in a free country.
For me and most of the bilingual people I know, it's a matter of respect for our parents and comfort in our cultural roots.
Instead, we should all be encouraged to embrace the cultural roots of our family’s history – language included.
Throughout this nation's history, most immigrants - whether from Poland or Finland or Italy or wherever else - kept their language through the first generation and, often, the second.
“If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
Using vivid imagery to fully describe a character in a narrative.
disrupting the usual grammar or syntax of a sentence
Expanding on an original statement by using repetition in order to increase the original statement's intensity.
repeating initial vowel and consonant sounds to draw attention to a specific element
Yoda said, "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
Which of the following best describes the rhetorical technique he used there?
Balancing a positive with a negative
Over-exaggerating a statement
placing opposite elements next to each other to draw a comparison
purposefully repeating the end of one sentence or clause at the beginning of the next sentence or clause
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
Which of the following is the best description of the rhetorical strategy used?
providing a logical conclusion
balancing of a negative with a positive
comparing two direct opposites
emotional appeal
"I know what you’re thinking—that sounds really complicated! But bear with me, because it’s actually quite simple."
Here, the speaker is...
anticipating the reader's agreement with his/her statement
personifying the bear to show that they really do have feelings
anticipating an objection and easing the thoughts of the reader
replacing an unpleasant statement with an easier word
This ad is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage?
"It is not easy to write a familiar style. Many people mistake a familiar for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random. On the contrary, there is nothing that requires more precision, and, if I may so say, purity of expression, than the style I am speaking of. It utterly rejects not only all unmeaning pomp, but all low, cant phrases, and loose, unconnected, slipshod allusions. It is not to take the first word that offers, but the best word in common use; it is not to throw words together in any combination we please, but to follow and avail ourselves of the true idiom of the language.
It makes an appeal to authority.
It restates the thesis of the passage.
It expresses the causal relationship between morality and writing style.
It presents a misconception that the author will correct.
In the passage, “common speech’’ refers to?
" To write a genuine familiar or truly English style, is to write as any one would speak in common conversation, who had a thorough command and choice of words, or who could discourse with ease, force, and perspicuity, setting aside all pedantic and oratorical flourishes. Or to give another illustration, to write naturally is the same thing in regard to common conversation, as to read naturally is in regard to common speech. It does not follow that it is an easy thing to give the true accent and inflection to the words you utter, because you do not attempt to rise above the level of ordinary life and colloquial speaking"
metaphorical language
current slang
unaffected expression
regional dialect
Which of the following words is grammatically and thematically parallel to “tone’’ (line 21)?
“solemnity’’ (line 21)
“pulpit’’ (line 21)
“liberty’’ (line 22)
“venture’’ (line 22)
In the passage, which of the following rhetorical devices is most in evidence?
Appeals to authority
The massing of factual information
The use of abstract generalizations
The use of anecdote
Lines 11-14 contain which of the following?
Elaborate metaphor
Parallel syntax
A compound subject
) Subordinate clauses
In line 23, “bearing’’ modifies
“Imperial China’’ (line 21)
“primitive islands’’ (line 23)
“riches’’ (line 23)
“strangers’’ (line 22)
The point of view expressed in “They . . . men’’ (lines 24-27) is that of
the author
eighteenth-century Chinese
eighteenth-century British merchants
present-day historians
The tone of lines 18-20 (“It is . . . creations”) can best be described as
disbelieving
uncertain
objective
exasperated
Asked more to make a point and evoke a specific response of the reader, than to get an answer.
rhetorical question
parallelism
hyperbole
metaphor
Allusion is defined as
a brief and indirect reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea
the embellishment of a topic by adding more information to increase its importance and understandability
a comparison of two very different ideas, places, characters, or actions
"Oprah? Yeah, I've heard she has some money" is an example of...
appositive
allusion
understatement
"Now is the time to lift our nation from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice" is an example of...
juxtaposition
understatement
allusion
"I remember the sounds of the fireworks, I remember the smell of the ocean, I remember the sight of the glowing moon" is an example of...
anaphora
allusion
juxtaposition
Implied meaning rather than literal meaning.
Connotation
Denotation
Jargon
Vernacular
After taking this test, do you feel like you have put the most effort you could into preparing yourself for the AP Lang Exam? (Yes or No)
(a)
