AP Lang Test 1.28.19 MC Practice

Keller: Th e strongest shift in the passage occurs in the following line

"But the roses—they were loveliest of all"

Keller: Th e imagery of paragraph one appeals to the sense(s) of:

I and III

Keller: Th e second sentence of paragraph two uses the rhetorical device(s) of:

I, II, III

boswell: All of the following are displayed as benefi cial to the art of biography by the writer except: (A) minute particulars (B) idle talk (C) table talk (D) a chronological series of actions (E) anecdotes

a chronological series of actions

carlyle: the rhtorical funcion of the line is best described as

acknolwdeing and responding to possible coutnerargument

boswell: 55. In context, the word "apothegm" in line 40 most nearly means:

adage

Keller: Th e purpose of the passage is to:

aint a picture of life before the writer lost her senses of sight and hearing

boswell: the bulk of this argument is made up of

appeal to various authorities

carlyle: line laws of grativation uses all of the following rheotircal techniques except

apposition

boswell: Th e passage as a whole uses the following mode of composition:

argument

Keller:Th e primary mode of composition of the passage as a whole is:

cause and effect

carlyle: primary mode of comp for paragraph four

cause and effect

Keller: All of the following grammatical changes would be preferable exce

changing "them" to "it" in line 39

carlyle: the style can be characterized by its use of all o fhte following except

colloquialism

carlyle: querulously means

complaining

boswell: Th e style of the passage can best be described as

complex and reasoned

carlyle: the second sentence is this typ

complez

boswell: Th e tone of the passage can best be described as:

confident

boswell: Th e second paragraph begins its argument with the use of: (A) counterargument (B) claim (C) evidence (D) warrant (E) logical fallacy

counterargument

carlyle:the primary mode of composiiton of the first paragraph is

definition

carlyle: the two fold purpose is

defnie what a king should be

Keller: Th e primary mode of composition of paragraph one is:

description

boswell: Th e passage as a whole relies mostly on an appeal to: I.

ethos

carlyle: rheotorical function of extended metaphor of briclayer is

illustrating the disastrous results

Keller: Th e line, "One brief spring, musical with the song of robin and mockingbird, one summer rich in fruit and roses, one autumn of gold and crimson sped by and left their gifts at the feet of an eager, delighted child," uses all of the following rhetorical devices except:

metaphor

boswell: line 12, the pronoun "it" refers to: (A) objections (B) minuteness (C) occasions (D) details (E) conversation

minuteness

boswell:Th e major claim of the passage is best stated in the following line:

of one thing i am certain...

Keller: Th e tone of the passage can best be described as:

solemn

carlyle: the major claim is stated in which of the following lines?

the ablest maan, he means also the tuest hearted

Keller: Th e style of the passage can best be characterized by all of the following except:

understatement