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