AP exam
An example of parallel structure is found in which of the following lines taken from the passage?
"In either case he renders the real world coherent and meaningful; even if only bits of it, and even if that coherence and meaning reside only inside small texts."
In paragraph 3, in the sentence beginning with "The real world...," the word "there" refers to
"the real world"
In the fifth sentence, "There are many other useful things that might be said to him, but I have come to the end of my article, and can only touch them as I pass," the pronoun "him" refers to
"youthful aspirant"
Which of the given footnotes is a primary source?
4
The footnote that most likely reflects a specific bias is found in
8
Based on a careful reasoning of the first paragraph the reader can conclude that the author blames the death of the "novel of idea" on
Artificiality
Which rhetorical technique does the author employ to focus the reader's attention in the specific topic of the passage?
Beginning each paragraph with the same subject
A critical reader of this passage should ask all of the following questions about footnote 7 except:
How many estimates were actually constructed?
What can the reader infer based upon the sentence found in the middle of paragraph 1 that begins with "I was disappointed..." and ending with "and the housekeeper"?
Teaching was not considered a worthy profession.
The shift in the focus of the piece occurs in which line?
The first sentence of paragraph 3
According to the fourth sentence, the word "axiom" can best be defined as
a rule of thumb
In the sentence beginning with "Wendell Phillips says..." in the middle of paragraph 2, Lucy Stone develops her point using
a syllogism
The reader may infer from the last two sentences that the writer
admires the welfare programs of countries other than the United States
The tone of the passage can best be described as
admiring and hyperbolic
Stone develops her speech using all of the following except:
an ad hominem argument
In terms of her position on her subject, the author can best be categorized as
an advocate
In the seventh sentence, "The danger that he has in mind is rather, I imagine, that of particularizing." The word "rather" establishes
an antithesis
This passage can best be classified as an example of an argument based on
analogy
Also in the middle of the passage is a sentence beginning with "All life belongs..." and ending with "the truth of things." The metaphor, "this heavenly messenger," contained in this sentence refers to
art
Near the end of the third paragraph, Dillard states, "The essayist does what we do with our lives; the essayist thinks about actual things. He can make sense of them analytically or artistically." The most probable reason for the author choosing to write two separate sentences rather than constructing a single, longer sentence using a listing, is
both subjects are of equal importance, although separate processes.
Melville retells the Native American legend of how the island was settled in order to
bring a mythic quality to the subject
The primary rhetorical strategy the author uses to develop the first paragraph is
cause and effect
Another effective means of presenting the statistical material found in this passage would most probably be a(n)
chart or graph
The tone of the passage can best be described as
confident and informative
The primary rhetorical strategy the author uses to develop the second paragraph is
contrast and comparison
In the last two sentences, the author's bias/agenda is most clearly evidenced through
diction and syntax
The overall tone of the passage can best be described as
didactic and exhortative
From the opening of the passage, it is clear that the author's attitude toward the creation of a work of art is
elitist
The most probable reason for repeating and italicizing "There" in the middle of paragraph 4 at the beginning of two main clauses in the same sentence is to
emphasize the sense of placeThis answer is correct.
The speaker's purpose is most probably to
exhort
Melville describes Nantucketers as all of the following except:
exploiters of the Native American claims
The tone of the passage can best be described as
factual
The contrast between the short story writer and the essayist is based on which of the following?
fundamental reality
The purpose of the passage is most probably to
honor the indomitable spirit of the Nantucketers
The subtle humor of the first paragraph is dependent upon
hyperbole
In the second half of the passage, if the student follows the logic and advice of James in the set of sentences beginning with "This freedom is a splendid..." and ending with "the truth of things," that student would have to
ignore James' advice
The tone of the passage can best be described as
indignant and argumentative
According to James, beauty and truth are directly related to
intelligence
In light of the passage, how can the following sentence near the end of the first paragraph best be characterized? "It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer."
ironic and paradoxical
Based on a careful reading of the passage, one can assume that the speaker
is disappointed with her female contemporaries
The thesis of the passage is best expressed in
paragraph1, sentence 7 ("In education...")
In the middle of the passage, the sentence "'Enjoy it as it deserves,' I should say to him; 'take possession of it, explore it to its utmost extent, publish it, rejoice in it,'" includes an example of
parallel structure
The first paragraph contains an extended example of
parallel structure
The last sentence of the passage continues the analogy between
sea and land
The controlling analogy of the passage is
sea to land
The development of paragraph 3 is structured around
selection of incremental details
The organizational pattern of the passage is
specific to general
The argument presented in this passage is based on
statistical data
Based on a careful reading of footnote 5, the reader can correctly assume that Winship and Jencks are
students
James draws a distinction between the purpose of the novel and
the mind of the producer
One may conclude from the information contained in paragraph 3 that "Himmalehan, salt-sea Mastedon" refers to
the whale
Melville uses thus twice in this passage: once in the second paragraph to begin the Native American legend about the island being settled. All of the following are reasons for using thus in the first sentence of paragraph 4 except
to reinforce the formality of his presentation
A major hypothesis presented by the speaker is that
women and African Americans are on the same level
According to Henry James, the freest form of art is
writing