AP Lang Final Exam
POEM: In context, the word "sport" (line 15) is best interpreted to mean
entertainment
WOMEN: In the opening paragraph, the author contrasts a hypothetical rhetorical situation with her own primarily to
illustrate the double standards for men and women in the political realm
POEM: The author's tone in lines 42-45 ("Now why . . . the insulter") can best be described as
exasperated
MARS: the primary rhetorical strategy in the passage is the
exemplification of key concepts and ideas
POEM: The author uses the pronoun "we" throughout the passage to
highlight norms of adult behavior
POEM: One contrast presented in the first paragraph (lines 1-5) is between
formal and informal learning
BEN FRANK: "They" in Paragraph 2 of the passage refers to people who
have reservations about Franklin's values
THE MAN: The speaker uses the word "impossible" twice at the beginning of the final paragraph in order to
highlight the strong feelings that the subject engenders
THE MAN: The speaker uses Paragraph 2 ("I could not ... largely excluded") primarily to
emphasize the effects of racism by cataloging his experiences
BRIT GUY: In the context of Paragraph 2, "Self-consciousness" means
introspection
MARS: one important purpose of the passage is to
suggest that ecological conservation is a beneficial enterprise
NASA: In the fourth paragraph (sentences 10-11), the writer wants to expand on the concession that converting to the metric system may seem difficult. Which of the following claims would best achieve this purpose?
It would be extremely costly as well as confusing for the United States to manage the overwhelming task of converting everything from road signs to measuring cups to the metric system.
WOMEN: Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage?
The limited resources available to women for changing existing power structures
MARS: In the passage, italics are used to highlight
The major points of the author's argument
POEM: In the sixth paragraph (lines 42-56), the author advances her argument by
offering and then eliminating potential explanations
RANDOM: The speaker's primary purpose in the passage is to
portray an unusual character
POEM: In the course of the second paragraph (lines 6-21), the focus of the argument shifts from
adults' language acquisition to children's learning in general
NASA: The writer wants to add the following sentence to the third paragraph to provide additional explanation
after sentence 6
BEN FRANK: The final paragraph functions as
an authorial judgment about a preceding discussion
THE MAN: The speaker's tone might best be described as
civil but angry
THE MAN: The speaker's primary purpose in the passage is to
convey the psychological impact of a system of segregation
THE MAN: As used in Paragraph 4, "gainsay" is best interpreted to mean
deny
THE MAN: The series of phrases in Paragraph 1 ("in muscles ... become divine") suggests the
many ways that class structure was maintained
BEN FRANK: Which of the following sentences best represents the author's main point in the passage?
"Franklin has a particular resonance in twenty- first century america" (paragraph 1
NASA: In the fourth paragraph (sentences 10-11), the writer wants to provide further evidence to rebut the claim that converting to the metric system might be difficult. Which of the following pieces of evidence would best achieve this purpose?
A description of the successful adoption of the metric system by Great Britain, which had previously used the imperial system
NASA: the writer wants to add more information to the third paragraph to support the main argument of the paragraph. All the the following pieces of evidence help achieve this purpose EXCEPT which one?
A quote from Thomas Jefferson's eighteenth-century proposal for a new decimal system to standardize weights and measures
WOMEN: In the second paragraph, which of the following best characterizes the author's position on the relevance of her topic for American women?
Although American women are perceived as "well off" (paragraph 2, sentence 1), they should nonetheless consider adopting the methods described by the author.
The writer wants to add a phrase at the beginning of sentence 5, adjusting the capitalization as needed, to set up a comparison with the idea discussed in sentence 4.
By contrast
MARS: The primary purpose of the first paragraph is to
Call attention to the decline of a significant field of study
In sentence 3, which of the following versions of the underlined text best establishes the writers thesis in the passage
needs to adopt the metric system
NASA: in sentence 9, the writer wants to provide a convincing explanation for why switching to the metric system would benefit US industries
Industries: those with products in both domestic and international markets would no longer need to design
POEM: Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the third paragraph (lines 22-25)?
It restates the author's argument at a transitional place in the passage.
MARS: the author uses the word "obscure" in the first sentence of paragraph 3 to mean?
not well known
NASA: Which of the following sentences, if placed before sentence 1, would both capture the audiences interest and provide the most effective introduction to the topic of the paragraph?
On September 23,1 999, NASA officials were aghast when $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter vanished as it prepared to enter the red planets orbit.
BEN FRANK: The misunderstanding discussed in Paragraph 3 is that many who study Franklin
The misunderstanding discussed in Paragraph 3 is that many who study Franklin
POEM: In the passage as a whole, the author contrasts which of the following?
The treatment of children and the treatment of adults
MARS: In the context of sentence 7, the words "one is retired" are best described as.
a detail that makes a critical situation even more precarious
POEM: According to the author, "the obvious ground" (lines 46-47) can be ruled out because it
cannot be generalized to other similar situations
THE MAN: The effectiveness of the final paragraph is primarily a result of its
use of specific example
NASA: In sentence 2 the writer wants an effective transition from the introductory paragraph to the main idea of the passage.
as it is now
MARS: The author's tone is best described as
concerned yet hopeful
POEM: The analogies presented in line 59 ("like a machine-top") and in lines 60-61 ("as the cat plays with her kittens") serve to
exemplify a difference between how people typically treat children and how they should strive to treat children
WOMEN: In the third paragraph, the author criticizes the logic of those who dismiss the methods of British feminists as "irrational" (paragraph 3, sentence 2) on the grounds that they have
misconstrued the feminists' reasons for employing the strategies they have chosen to employ
BEN FRANK: The rhetorical purpose of Paragraph 1 ("And we ... values") is to
prompt the reader to feel kinship with Franklin on the basis of the challenges he faced