AP English Midterm Review
Dissent vs. Disagreement Argument
-Boortin asserts that dissent is negative and relates to minorities while disagreement is connected to the majority and is good for societal growth -Less of a difference between the two -Dissension is merely a harsher form of disagreement -Industrial era labor unions help to bring about safer work environment (consequence) -Abolitionists= minority view... was that cancer for America
In the final two paragraphs of the passage ("The environmental . . . diversity"), the author integrates Ray Hilborn's arguments primarily to critique the practice of...
A. adopting farming methods to restore wild fish populations
In the tenth paragraph, the author appeals twice to "our values" in order to...
A. claim that her family's experiences run counter to shared national ideals
The author italicizes the term "recent" (paragraph 2, sentence 2) primarily to emphasize that the End-Cretaceous mass extinction...
A. did not occur as long ago as most people think
In the context of the second paragraph, the author describes dinosaurs as "the most charismatic characters in the fossil record" primarily to...
A. explain why only one of several mass extinctions has received coverage in the popular media
Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage?
B. The impact of government policies on undocumented immigrant families
In the third paragraph, the author discusses the role of asteroid strikes in mass extinctions primarily to...
B. challenge a generalization made by certain astronomers
In the last paragraph, the author insists on the...
B. sophistication of some of her mother's English language skills
A central concept in the passage is the notion that...
B. speakers use different forms of language for different purposes
The word "burdened" (Paragraph 2) modifies...
D. "speech"
Which of the following best explains the author's decision to place the sentence, "A more qualitative way . . . Armageddon," at the end of the first paragraph?
E. It allows the author to justify the description before introducing it.
The first two sentences in the last paragraph do which of the following?
E. Present contrasts
In the final paragraph, the clause set off by dashes ("and especially . . . rose") relates to the rest of the sentence by...
E. highlighting a subset of the cases referenced by the rest of the sentence
In the ninth paragraph, the author relates the story of her niece ("When my . . . support her") primarily to...
E. illustrate the negative effects of family fragmentation on children
In the fourth paragraph, the author discusses diseases in wild salmon primarily to...
E. present evidence that calls into question the benefits of large-scale aquaculture
In context, "carefully wrought" (Paragraph 2) suggests both...
E. technical mastery and craftsmanship
The function of the first paragraph is to...
D. characterize the author and her interests
In the sentence "Their efforts . . . rescue" (paragraph 10), the author integrates a line of reasoning adopted by "industry supporters" into his own argument primarily to...
C. present a view of aquaculture that he seeks to dispute
In the passage as a whole, the author recounts her and her family's experiences to support the thesis that...
A. improving the immigration system would benefit the entire country
In the second paragraph, the sentences "Throughout my childhood . . . never helped" primarily serve to appeal to the audience's...
E. respect for the rule of law: these lines show that the author's parents made a genuine effort to legally navigate a burdensome immigration process
In the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, the author describes her "rocky existence" during high school in order to...
A. support the claim that her parents' absence affected her during her adolescence
In the context of his treatment of mass extinctions earlier in the passage, the author's remarks toward the middle of the fourth paragraph ("Rather . . . homegrown") offer a perspective that is...
C. somewhat ironic
In order to strengthen her argument, the author references which of the following contemporary circumstances?
D. An unfulfilled pledge by a political leader
In the eighth paragraph, the author's statement that "My story is all too common" serves which of the following purposes?
D. It asserts the relevance of her personal experience within a wider political debate.
In the passage, the author presents a narrative of her parents' deportation in order to...
C. illustrate her point that existing immigration policy is broken
During the talk described in paragraph 2, the author responds to her mother's presence by...
C. thinking about how audience determines the appropriateness of a style
Dissent vs. Disagreement Argument Examples
-Example One: For those in the industrial sector, organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. The labor movement led efforts to stop child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to workers who were injured or retired. -Example Two: Civil Rights Movement... Hunger strikes, sit-ins or sit-downs, the Freedom Rides, and marches have all be effective displays of civil disobedience in American history. ... One of the most famous sit-ins in American history took place in a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February of 1960.
