semester 1 ap lang final

11. The primary rhetorical strategy in the passageis the

(A) exemplification of key concepts and ideas

5. Which of the following best describes therelationship betweenthe first and secondparagraphs?

(B) The second paragraph describes the effects ofan issue raised in the first paragraph.

15. It can be inferred from the passage that the authorassumes the reader is

(B) a generalist who needs an explanation ofspecialized concepts

2. The author mentions "glass-blowing and harpsichord manufacture" (lines 7-8) to suggestthat taxonomy is

(C) a profession practiced by relatively few people

for the fourth passage : 1. The primary purpose of the first paragraph

(D) call attention to the decline of a significant field of study

6. The author cites a Chinese saying (lines 44-46) toemphasize the

(D) importance of taxonomy as a field of study

9. Which of the following is true of the position

(E) It suggests that an assumption held by many people may be incorrect.

30. Which statement best sums up the central argument of the passage?

A Genres defined as feminine gave women the chance to assert their influence and express themselves.

19. In Paragraph 2 ("Whatever ... 1870s"), the author suggests that

A diaries helped girls experiment privately with different personas

45. In the first paragraph, the author is mainly concerned with

A distinguishing between two frames of reference

54. According to the author, we know that a decision we have made is right largely through our

A individual intuition

24. The third paragraph asserts that letter writing was significant because it

A provided women with a means of exercising power as individuals

47. In the third paragraph, the author is principally occupied with

B exemplifying a claim

28. In the last paragraph, the author mentions Alice Hamilton and Harriet Beecher Stowe because they

B illustrate how the art of letter writing nurtured literary achievement

for the first passage : By saying "Pragmatism is an account of the way people think" (Paragraph 1), the author implicitly acknowledges that

B there may be other theories that explain the way we think

17. Which statement best describes the main idea of the first paragraph?

C Writing tasks featured prominently in children's lives.

48. The questions the author poses in Paragraph 3 are used to

C illustrate the difficulty of making a decision based on one's values

52. In the first part of the final paragraph, the author is mainly concerned with

D answering a possible objection

18. Paragraph 2 ("If women ... performance") states that women were

E considered to have a particular facility for writing letters and diary entries

53. For the author, our decision making is most influenced by

E particular circumstances

49. The series of parallel clauses in Paragraph 3 ("if you thought ... break it") is used to

E reinforce an idea

46. With regard to decision making, the author views admonitions like "Order what you feel like eating" (Paragraph 1) and "Do the right thing" (Paragraph 2) as

E ultimately helpful