AP Mock Exam Prep

TRUE or FALSE: On the multiple choice section of the AP exam, you lose points for incorrect answers. 

• True
• False

TRUE of FALSE: On the multiple choice section of the AP exam, you have an hour to answer about 55 multiple choice questions.

• True
• False

Of the three essays you will write on the AP exam, which asks you to do the following?: Take a position on a controversial topic, and defend that position using at least three of the sources provided for you?

• Rhetorical Analysis Essay
• Argument Essay
• Synthesis Essay
• Literary Analysis Essay

Of the three essays you will write on the AP exam, which asks you to do the following?: Read the passage, and then write an essay that discusses what the author's message is, and what rhetorical devices they have used to convey that message. 

• Rhetorical Analysis Essay
• Argument Essay
• Synthesis Essay
• Literary Analysis Essay

Of the three essays you will write on the AP exam, which asks you to do the following?: Take a position on a controversial topic, and defend that position using evidence from your knowledge, reading and experience.

• Rhetorical Analysis Essay
• Argument Essay
• Synthesis Essay
• Literary Analysis Essay

What is the following rhetorical device?: The placement of two things, ideas, images etc.. next to each other for the purpose of comparison and contrast.

• anaphora
• paradox
• juxtaposition
• zeugma

What is the following rhetorical device?: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

• anaphora
• antithesis
• asyndeton
• polysyndeton

What is the following rhetorical device?: A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession.

• asyndeton
• parallelism
• paradox
• polysyndeton

What is the following rhetorical device?: A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that nonetheless may hold an important truth.

• asyndeton
• justaposition
• paradox
• polysyndeton

What is the following rhetorical device:? The repetition of similar grammatical constructions.

• anaphora
• antithesis
• oxymoron
• parallelism