AP LIT FINAL STUDY GUIDE PRT 1

in the second paragraph the author develops a contrast between

The parents smug views and the speakers implied disapproval of them

in the second paragraph the speaker characterizes the parents primarily

by describing their attitudes

the speaker is best described as

curious investigator

"invariably" and "as always" contribute to the

development of the passage: I, II, III, they characterize the speaker as an experienced observer, they introduce a sense of continuity, and provide a indirect comment on the description

the parent are characterized in 26-34

implications about the nature of their lives

the order of the objects presented in paragraph one is

large to small

the technique of the first paragraph is

lists

in the 1st paragraph the speaker characterizes the students by describing their

possessions

who is the speaker of the passage

resident of a college town

the best description of the organization of the passage is that

specific description leads to a generalization

in context brilliant is interpreted as

splendid

in line 35 they refers to

the parents

the students and parents are characterized by

their social physical and financial lives

the primary rhetorical purpose of the passage is

to characterize a group of people