AP English Exam Review
What is the central in p.5?
"Grapes of Wrath" and "Dick and Jane"
All of the following statements characterize the author's struggle to become a writer EXCEPT?
"The family peace was not broken by the scratching of a pen" (p.1)
Which of the following statements from the passage has the most negative connotation?
"They really hate you--really hate you because in their eyes (and they're right) you stand between them and life." (p.7)
Which of the following is an example of a gendered "linguistic particle" (p.9)?
"ette" (p.11)
Which of the following lines establishes ethos for the speaker?
"i was bilingual child, a certain kind--socially disadvantaged--the son of working class parents, both Mexican immigrants."
As the passage progresses, the speaker's focus shifts from?
Analysis of public issues to application of personal experience
What form of parallelism is used throughout paragraph 14 in the list of injustices King presents?
Anaphora
Paragraph 3 includes all of the following rhetorical strategies EXCEPT?
Antithesis
What epitomizes the speaker's main argument of the essay?
Bilingual education hinders student's abilities to become individuals in society
In the second sentence of paragraph 14, King uses figurative language to?
Contrast the modern political progress being made on other continents with the old-fashioned status of civil rights in America
It can be reasonably inferred that the primary purpose of this selection is to?
Criticize scientific work that interpreted data to support common prejudices
Which of the following best describes the pattern of development present in paragraph 9-11?
Definition of an established concept, following by a novel application of it
In the first paragraph, the writer's primary purpose is to?
Downplay her accomplishments to create a humble, trustworthy persona
The long list of injustices and brutalities in paragraph 14 primarily provides?
Evidences for King's claim that the civil rights movement is an urgent matter and cannot wait
Alexie's shift to speaking of himself in third person in p.5 suggests that?
He feels an internal division
When the author says, "For a few seconds I will hear it with pleasure, for it is now the sound of my society...," the "my" in the statement implies which of the following?
He has finally been able to accept the language that caused so much strife when he was younger
What is Baldwin's implication when he sates that, "When I was living in Europe, for example, one of the worst revelations to me was the way Americans walked around Europe buying this and buying that and insulting everybody--not even out of malice, just because they didn't know any better. Well, that is the way they have always treated me. They weren't cruel; they just didn't know you were alive. The didn't know you had any feelings"?
He is implying that Americans are ignorant and don't always realize when they are being disrespectful and insulting
What PRIMARY example of irony does the reader see in regards to the speaker learning English?
He was embarrassed that his parents could not speak English well, yet he later became the embarrassment of his parents when he could not speak Spanish well
All of the following characterize Alexie's process of learning to read EXCEPT?
He was inspired by other Indian writers
Why did DiMaggio get angry at "the man"?
He was invading DiMaggio's rights
In the expert from Topinard's work (p.5), which of the following is not an assumption Topinard makes?
Hunting requires large brains because men must outsmart its prey to survive
Gould's use of he quote from Broca stating that "there is no faith, however respectable, no interest, however legitimate, which must not accommodate itself to the progress of human knowledge and bend before the truth" (p.3) is primarily an example of?
Irony
What does James Baldwin's choice of words in "A Talk to Teachers" show about his beliefs?
It shows he is somewhat biased and closed-minded
Paragraph 21 appeals to which of the following?
Judeo-Christian beliefs and patriotism
What is the speaker's attitude toward middle-class ethnics who do not want to assimilate?
Judicious disapproval
The specific clothing descriptions in paragraph 14 illustrate which of the following claims?
Men can choose to dress in unmarked styles
In context, the author's claim that clothes that are "not sexy" are "lent meaning by the knowledge that they could have been" (p.19) most directly implies which of the following?
Not wearing sexy clothing is seen as an overt rejection of sexuality rather than a neutral style choice
In context, "sinister" (p.7) means
Ominous
In p.40, Prose writes, "[B]y concentrating on the student's own history, they [teachers] narrow the world experience of what's in the book, for starters." What does Pros believe the reader should do in response to the above lines?
Prose believes the reader should focus on the context of the book rather than the interpretation of the book
What is the main point of "I Know Why a Caged Bird Cannot Read"?
Prose states that students should have developed a poor attitude toward reading due to the fact that books have not been taught properly
Which is NOT person DiMaggio banned from Marilyn Monroe's funeral?
Robert Kennedy
What was Gould's ultimate conclusion about Broca's claims?
Setting a biological value upon groups is irrelevant and highly injurious
In the second paragraph, Woolf distinguishes herself from other professionals women in that?
She purchases luxury items rather than necessities with her earnings
Though the mention of "The Angel in the House" (p.3) Woolf suggests that?
Societal expectations for woman impede a women's ability to write honestly
What PRIMARY counterargument does the speaker give in his essay?
That "while one suffers a diminished sense of private individuality by becoming assimilated into public society
What is the purpose of the rhetorical questions Prose uses consistently towards the end of her essay?
They are used to cause the reader to think through what she is asking
The tone of paragraph 5 can best be described as?
academic and forceful
Which of the following lines shows a tone of fear?
all of these
King's use of the first person plural serves primarily to?
allow him to identify with both civil rights activists and Americans as a whole
The phrase "To hold up [I know why the caged bird sings] as a paradigm of memoir, of thought--of literature--is akin to inviting doctors convicted of malpractice to instruct our medical students" is what kind of figurative language?
analogy
Which of the following is the prinicipal method of development in p.3?
analogy
In paragraph 8, the sentences "We were the people with the noisy dog. The people who raised pigeons and chickens. We were the foreigners on the block" contains an example of?
anaphora
The rhetorical device most in evidence in paragraphs 3 and 4 is
anecdote
The overall organization of this passage can be described as an?
argument supported by personal experience and analytical commentary
When Prose refers to the "lemming-like fevor" (p.4) of universities, she means that the administration at these universities?
blindly and enthusiastically follow one another
What DOMINANT strategy does talse use in paragraph 48 when he says, "he was tired of publicity, she was thriving on it; he was intolerant of tardiness, she was always late."?
compare/contrast
The style of this passage as a whole is most accurately characterized as
complex and reasoned
The author's tone in paragraph 22 can best be described as
controlled anger
The overall tone of this passage is?
emotional yet analytic
What is Alexie's attitude toward the "sullen and already defeated Indian kids" described in p.8?
empathy
The PRIMARY rhetorical effect of paragraph 6 is that it
establishes credibility
The primary rhetorical function of the quotation from Alfre Woddard (p.11) is to?
exemplify the broader claim that appears in the subsequent sentence
What method does Gould employ in his essay "Women's Brains" in using George Eliot's quote at the beginning?
framing
By "full individuality" the speaker means?
having a unique identity
Which is NOT true about Joe DiMaggio in "The Silent Season of a Hero"?
he succeeded Mickey Mantle on the Yankees
Why does baldwin use the allusion to Gary Cooper in p.15?
he uses it to show the contrast between how the nation was really settled and how Americans think it was settled
The organizational pattern of this essay can best be described as?
history to personal anecdotes to projection into the future
Throughout the essay, the author's attitude toward her audience is one of?
honesty and admiration
Paragraph 22, on Nazi Germany, illustrates all of the following EXCEPT?
hyperbole
In p.1, which of the following stylistic devices is MOST evident?
irony
what is the purpose of the parenthetical in paragraph 17 when the speaker says, "there were many times like the night at a brightly lit gas station when I stood uneasily, hearing my father"?
it gives the reader a stronger sense of what the author was feeling in that memory
In Paragraph 9-19, Tannen argues that women are "marked" in which of the following ways?
linguistically and physically
The antithesis in the first sentence of paragraph 13 creates a?
mandate for immediate action
"Seemed a mile high and moving," "big steel canyon," and "only a sky of faces" are all examples of what device?
metaphor
In "Silent Season of A Hero", "His gray hari was thinning at the crown, but just barely, and his face was lined in the right place, and his expression, once as sad and haunted as a matador's was more in response these days..." is an example of ALL EXCEPT?
metaphor
Paragraph 17 and 18 contain all of the following EXCEPT?
metaphor
What is the literary device illustrated in the statement "No demand was made upon the family purse" (p.1)?
metonymy
Which strategy does Tannen NOT use in her essay, "There Is No Unmarked Women"?
narration
Alexie's attitude toward his father can be best described as?
nostalgic admiration
Which would be a tone of the ending of the passage?
nostalgic longing
The following sentence from p.20 is an example of which rhetorical device: "I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."
paradox
What stylistic device of King's is MOST evident throughout the selection (p.12-14)?
parallelism
King's use of second person in paragraph 14 serves as an appeal to?
pathos
What PRIMARY type of argument does Baldwin use in p.6?
pathos
What is the best way to descibe baldwin's attitude in this excerpt?
pointed
The principal contrast employed by the author in this passage is between?
public and private life
what dominant technique is the speaker using in the following passage: "How astonishing then that students exposed to such a wide array of masterpieces and competent middlebrow entertainments are not mobbing their libraries and bookstores, demanding heady diets of serious or semi-serious fiction!"?
sarcasm, Cynicism, satire
Gould presents the reader with multiple authorities in the field of craniometry, one being Marie Montessori. How did her views of the male and female comparison differ from Broca's?
she believed that women were intellectually and physically superior, and their reign was approaching
Which of the following is a structural similarity between paragraph 43 and 44?
statement of a counterargument followed by the speaker's rebuttal
Which of the following claims does King leave unsupported by evidence?
that groups generally act more immorally than do individuals
What is the new name to which the speaker refers in paragraph 44?
the anglicized pronunciation of his name
Why does Prose allude (in a negative way) to the classics being on "the list"?
the books on the list are not her idea of classic novels
To what specific criticism is King responding in this excerpt?
the claim that the protests that King is helping to lead are poorly timed
In paragraph 13, the words in quotation marks represent the language of?
the leaders of the civil rights movement
From the following lines, wht can you infer about the author's attitude toward the subject: "Only rarely do teachers propose that writing might be worth reading closely. Instead, students are informed that literature is principally a vehicle for the soporific moral blather hey suffer daily from their parents"?
the reader can see that she believes that literature is worth doing a close reading, rather than merely pointing out the "fluff" of a story
What did the speaker focus on when listening to people when he was a child?
the sounds or notes of the words
What is the likely reason Gould chose such terms as "apostle" (p.3) and "disciples" (p. 2 and 5) in the passage?
the terms have connotations regarding religious faith; they create irony; emphasize the power of ideology over scientific progress; the terms reflect the zeal of Broca and his contemporaries; all of the above
In p.3, Baldwin says that "the Negro born in this country and undergoes the American educational system runs the risk of becoming schizophrenic." What does he apparently believe about the subject of his speech?
the text shows that he sees this country as a hindrance to the development of the Negro
Which of the following does Gould NOT assume of his readers?
they are primarily women
What is the purpose of sentences 2 and 3 in paragraph 20: "In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rapid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy"?
to acknowledge and refute a counterargument
What is the author's main purpose of p.3?
to address a possible criticism of her argument by pointing out that more and more books are being sold each year
What is the rhetorical purpose of the parenthetical passages in this excerpt?
to emphasize key points about scientific reasoning
What is the primary effect of the repetition in p.7?
to emphasize the single-minded quality of his reading
Why the purpose of the sentence "Given the dreariness with which literature is taught in many American classrooms, it seems miraculous that any sentient teenager would view reading as a source pf pleasure (p.1)?
to establish the author's point of view using strong emotional language
What is the author's purpose of including paragraphs two and three?
to explain Dr. King's recent actions in Birmingham
What is the PRIMARY purpose of paragraph 19?
to give an example of a difference between theory and practice
What is Baldwin's purpose in giving his account of history in p.10?
to make people realize that what has happened in history has not helped the Negros to have their place in scoiety
According to the information in p.8, why does Alexie feel compelled to visit schools..
to stress the importance of reading, to be a model to young Indians of a profession they might not be aware of, and to help himself