APEL Final
The effectiveness of the final paragraph is primarily a result of its...
C, use of specific example
Which of the following sentences best represents the author's main point in the passage?
A, "Franklin has a particular resonance in twenty-first century America"
As used in line, "gainsay" is best interpreted to mean...
A, deny
The speaker uses lines ("I could not... largely excluded") primarily to...
A, emphasize the effects of racism by cataloging his experiences
In relation to the rest of the passage, the first paragraph provides...
A, historical information that illuminates the speaker's own circumstances
The main purpose of the footnote is to...
A, introduce readers to an ongoing discussion
The second line of the footnote most probably indicates the...
A, page of the Weekly Standard on which the reference appears
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Line 7 proves an example of...
B, alliteration
The misunderstanding discussed is that many who study Franklin...
B, confuse Franklin's public statements with his private beliefs
The device used to convey Franklin's character is...
B, hypothetical example
In the last sentence of the footnote, the word "it" refers to...
B, meritocracy
The primary imagery of the passage is that of...
C, confinement
The series of phrases in lines 12-14 ("in muscles... became divine") suggests the...
C, many ways class structure was maintained
Which of the following is an accurate reading of the source for the quotation in the last sentence of the footnote: "social order that follows the principle of careers open to talents"?
D
This passage is most probably excerpted from...
D, a biography of Franklin intended for a general audience
The speaker's primary purpose in the passage is to...
D, convey the psychological impact of a system of segregation
The first paragraph characterizes people in the contemporary United States primarily as...
D, genial yet self-interested
"They in line 21 of the passage refers to people who...
D, have reservations about Franklin's values
The word "education" refers to...
D, learning obtained through experience
The speaker's tone might best be described as...
E, civil but angry
In lines 7-8 of the footnote, the author uses the phrase "somewhat ironically" primarily to...
E, comment on the apparent disparity between an author's views and his social rank
The speaker uses the word, "impossible" twice at the beginning of the final paragraph in order to...
E, highlight the strong feelings that the subject engenders
The rhetorical purpose of lines is to...
E, prompt the reader to feel kinship with Franklin on the basis of the challenges he faced
In context, the phrase "sleepless vigilance" suggests...
E, the determined enforcement of a system
Deceitful
deceiving or misleading others
Deplore
feel or express strong disapproval
Diatribe
forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
Decry
publicly denounce
Self-effacing
retiring and modest
The second paragraph is significant in that the speaker...
B, makes use of the power of personal experience
The final sentence of the passage moves from...
B, relating an incident of decrying its implications
The final paragraph functions as...
C, an authorial judgment about a preceding discussion
Essay
rhetorical questions hypothetical situation parallelism/parallel syntax: nostalgic, connects to same-age readers as "We"
