AP English Final

(Man) which of the following phrases may be seen as rhetorically similar to "books are to be tasted... Chewed and digested"

"Natural abilities... Need pruning by study","like as diseases...have appropriate exercises

(America) which of the following would not be considered an aphorism

"Not a place up on earth might be so happy as America " (lines 61-62)

(Man) stylistically, the sentence "reading maketh a full man... Writing an exact man "is the closest in structure to

"To spend too much time... The humor of a scholar"

(Hockey) in the sentence "but he had time... Fresh passion and fresh triumph with " (line 35-39), The words "recklessly, heedlessly, successfully" modify!

"expendable" (line 37)

(America) The authors main purpose in the essay can be best described as

A patriotic call to duty and action

(Man) The word "humor " (line 14), Can be best defined as

Aspiration

(America) this essay appears to be addressed to

americans

(Book) All of the following rhetorical features appear in the passage EXCEPT

irony

(Hockey) The qualities of the hockey game that most impressed this speaker are it's

movement and finesse

(America) as seen in lines 61 - 75, The author feels that in an ideal world, America's role in relation to the rest of the world would be

only one of commerce

(Man) A prominent stylistic characteristic of the sentence "read not to... weigh and consider " (lines 25- 29) is

parallel construction

(Book) The last sentence of the fourth paragraph "Such books...onto screens" contains an example of...

personification

(Book)In the last sentence of the last paragraph, the phrase "sorrier pursuit" can be best understood to mean

poorer occupation

(America) The "God" That the author refers to can be characterized as

principled

(Hockey) in the passage, One Prominent characteristic of the speaker style is the

stringing together of several adjectives and adverbs

(America) which of the following rhetorical devices is not one of the authors tools?

understatement

(America) Which of the following does the author not group with the others?

Coward

(Book) this passage and it's entirety is best described as about the....

Differences between writing and film

(Book) which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

Five paragraphs with the first and last about writing, the third about film and the fourth both film and writing

(Man) according to the passage, which of the following are reasonable uses for ones studies?

For private enjoyment, for intelligent conversation, for sound judgment

(Hockey) In the first paragraph, the ice is described with adjectives that seem to

Give it personality

(Book) With which of the following statements would the author of this passage be most likely to disagree?

Good books will appeal to those who do not like to read as well as to those who do

(Hockey) in lines 49- 50, The reference to "the European rapier or the frontier pistol" serves which of the following purposes?

It suggests that violence in hockey is allied with skill and daring

(Book) Which of the following terms can be used to describe the imagery of the last sentence in the first paragraph? "An ordinary...and softs"

Metaphor and Synthesthetic

(America) According to the author, freedom should be considered

One of the most valuable commodities in heaven

(Man) according to the passage, reading is beneficial when supplemented by

Personal experience

(America) The rhetorical mode that the author uses can best be classified as

Persuasion

(Man) Which of the following does the author imply is the greatest error a reader can commit

Reading without thinking

(Hockey) throughout the passage, the speaker uses which of the following most often

Simile and metaphor

(Man) The audience that might benefit the most from the authors ideas is likely to be those who

Think studies are unnecessary

(America) Which of the following best describes the authors purpose in the sentence "the heart that feels not now is dead.." (lines 76-80)

To encourage support by an emotional appeal to all men

(Hockey) The sentence "he hadn't noticed... The will " (lines 43-51) is based in part on which of the following assumptions?

Woman appreciate well and passion more than they do size and brawn

(Book) In the second paragraph of the passage, the author employs...

a cause and effect relationship

(Hockey) The passage describes the response of

a first time spectator

(Book) In the fourth paragraph, the argues that...

action scenes are better in films than books, novels written with an eye on future film adaptation stink

(America) The authors purpose in using the phrase "with as pretty a child... as I ever saw" (lines 47-49) is most likely to

add emotional appeal to his argument

(Man)Which of the following ideas is contradicted in the essay

all books should be read in the same manner

(Book) The "nine-foot handsome face" (lines 31-32) refers to

an image in the movies

(America) The author style realize on heavy use of

aphorism and emotional appeal

(Book) According to the passage, literature is likely to be characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

colloquial language

(Book) The sentences "The written word is weak" (line 1), "An ordinary reader... a thing" (lines 14-16), and "the printed word...should not" (lines 44-66) have in common that they

concede a limitation of the written word

(America) all of the following rhetorical devices are particularly effective in the last paragraph of the essay EXCEPT

deliberate ambivalence

(Hockey) In the passage one goal of the speaker is to

discover meaning in apparent confusion

(Hockey) The activity described in the second paragraph is best characterized as moving from

disorder to order to disorder

(Man) in context, the word "observation" (line 25) is analogous to

experience

(Hockey) which of the following are respectively, the antecedents for "it" (line 11), "it" (line 12), and "it" (line 24) ?

ice, motion, design

(Book) In the last paragraph, the phrase "a poor thing, but our own" is adapted from Shakespeare's "a poor...thing, sir, but mine own." The change from singular to the plural pronoun is made in order to

include all readers of this passage who prefer literature

(Hockey) in relation to the passage as a whole, the first paragraph functions in which of the following ways?

it establishes the scene for the actions described, it conveys a mood that contrasts with that of the rest of the passage

(Hockey) Do use of sentences beginning with "then" in lines 11, 15 and 25 has which of the following effects

it provides a rhetorical parallelism that emphasizes the changes in the scene and in the speakers reaction

(Man)The word "wait "as it is used in Line 60, can be interpreted to mean

mind, intelligence

(Hockey) in lines 34-39, The speaker implies that Laprade is a

talented but aging player who must husband his resources

(Man) this sentence " very perfect nature... By experience" (lines 15-20) Most probably mean that

that everything one learns in books cannot necessarily be applied directly to real life situation

(Book) Which of the following best describes how the second and third paragraphs are related?

the second paragraph describes a situation that is paralleled in the third paragraph

(Hockey) In the third paragraph, which of the following is true about the description of Richard and Geoffrion?

they mix adjectives that have positive and negative connotations

(Man) what paradox about studies does the author present

those who are too consumed by studies become indolent

(America) when the author addresses the "summer soldier and the sunshine patriot" he is most likely referring to

those who support the revolution only when convenient

(Hockey) The quality of Richard that the author seeks to evoke in the third paragraph is most likely his

uncanny, dangerous swiftness

(Man) In contrast the phrase "not curiously" means

without much scrutiny