Exam FAQs
The amount of sections in the exam and what they are.
What is 2; MCQ and FRQ
Are ethos, pathos, logos a rhetorical choice? Why or why not?
No; they are appeals that can be established using rhetorical choices
1. At the end of the first paragraph, the author compares English words to “amulets” primarily to
What is answer choice B?
B) emphasize the extent of the power he ascribed to language
9. In sentence 3 (reproduced below), which of the following versions of the underlined text best establishes the writer’s thesis in the passage?
By using sonification—a method that translates visual data into nonspeech sound values—Díaz-Merced has achieved her dream of becoming an astronomer.
What is answer choice B?
(B) developed an important tool not just for herself but for all astronomers
The three types of FRQ prompts
What are synthesis, rhetorical analysis, and argument
The amount of time given to complete the exam.
What is 3 hours and 15 minutes?
The term for "casual langauge"
What is "colloquialism"?
5. Which of the following statements best describes the function of the passage’s final paragraph?
What is answer choice D?
D) It examines the significance of the author’s argument in a broader cultural context.
8. In sentence 1 (reproduced below), which of the following versions of the underlined text best expresses the relationship between ideas in the sentence?
As an undergraduate, Wanda Díaz-Merced hoped to become an astronomer, for when she was gradually losing her eyesight, she had doubts about entering a field that relies heavily on visual data.
What is answer choice D?
D) but because
What are thesis, evidence and commentary, and sophistication?
1, 4, 1
The two types of MCQ questions
What are reading and writing questions?
The day and time the AP Lang exam is held this year
May 13th at 8:00am
3. In the second paragraph, the author compares his relationships with mathematics and English primarily to
What is answer choice D?
D) explain how his awareness of a cultural stereotype influenced his preference for one subject over the other
11. In the underlined portion of sentence 7 (reproduced below), the writer wants to make a claim that logically sets up the information that follows in the sentence.
It was an unusual experiment: sonification helped the researchers better identify the indicators of black holes.
Which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 7 best accomplishes this goal?
What is answer choice C?
C) The experiment was a success
What are graphs, bar charts, policial cartoons, visual statistical data
The amount of questions in the MCQ section of the exam
What is 45 total questions?
The difference between an author's purpose and message?
A writer's purpose is the reason they write a text, typically to influence/persuade some sort of action or feeling in the reader (to inspire, to enlighten...)
A writer's message is the idea or lesson they want to share in the writing/ speech
4. which of the following statements from the first paragraph most directly expresses the author’s thesis in the passage?
What is answer choice A?
A) “I washed away this tincture of foreignness with language.” (sentence 3)
14. In the underlined portion of sentence 13 (reproduced below), the writer wants to use a quotation from Díaz-Merced that will provide a logical conclusion to the fourth paragraph and the passage as a whole.
Commenting on her groundbreaking work, she said, “When we give people the opportunity to succeed without limits, that will lead to personal fulfillment and prospering life. And I think that the use of sound in astronomy is helping us to achieve that and to contribute to science.”
Which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 13 best accomplishes this goal?
What is answer choice A?
A) As it is now
The synthesis FRQ prompt can have two different types of prompts. Name the two.
What are factors and to what extent/positon?
The percentage each section of the exam is weighed
What is
MCQ 45%
FRQ 55%
Mayor Green raised taxes in our town and then used the revenue to improve his own land. All politicians are greedy.
Name the logical fallacy
What is hasty generalization?
6. In the fourth sentence of the last paragraph (“Even today . . . colleague”), the author alludes to his experiences at social functions primarily to
What is answer choice B?
B) Question the extent to which he has succeeded in achieving his stated goal of assimilation
13. Which of the following versions of the underlined portion of sentence 12 (reproduced below) is most consistent with the tone of the rest of the passage?
Díaz-Merced has become one of the foremost advocates for the use of sonification and increasing accessibility in the sciences
What is answer choice A?
A) as it is now
Write a thesis statement for the following argumentative prompt:
What is your position on the value of selfies?
answers will vary