AP Lang—Answer Elimination

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• can serve to strengthen a relationship

• requires the gift-recipient to reciprocate

Answer explanation

"can serve" is nice and moderate, whereas "requires" is more absolute.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• provide support for the authors’ claim about the number of chains in a molecule of DNA.

• confirm the relationship between the density of DNA and the known chemical formula of DNA.

Answer explanation

"provide support for the authors' claim" is moderate and general, whereas "confirm the relationship" is more absolute.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• women can have positions of influence in English society only if they give up some of their traditional roles.

• educated women face a decision about how to engage with existing institutions.

Answer explanation

"only if" is absolute.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• cannot be attained without technologies that do not yet exist.

• will be difficult to bring about in the absence of regulations.

Answer explanation

"cannot be obtained" is absolute, whereas "will be difficult" is not.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• He acknowledges it while suggesting

  Lakota stories offer a different

  perspective.

• He rejects it as a false and biased account

  of the Lakota people.

Answer explanation

"He rejects it as..." is extreme, whereas the other answer is balanced.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• Crazy Horse did not know himself as well

  as his tribesmen knew him.

• Stories by his contemporaries offer a

  credible record of Crazy Horse’s life.

Answer explanation

"did not" is absolute, whereas "credible" is more moderate.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• True action can only be achieved by

  leaders of men.

• Action without discretion can incur

  disastrous results.

Answer explanation

"Can only" is absolute, whereas "can" by itself is moderate.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• flaunt her access to privileged information about the planning of the commencement ceremony

• acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is delivering her speech

Answer explanation

"flaunt her access to privileged information" is extreme.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• They are unlikely to follow conventional paths in life.

• They will lead successful lives because of the quality of their education.

Answer explanation

"unlikely" is moderate, whereas "will lead" is absolute.

Pick the more moderate/balanced, less absolute/extreme answer:

• Video gaming helps develop collaborative problem-solving skills that can be useful in the real world.

• Because the problems posed by video games are strategic, they can be solved only with collaborative effort.

Answer explanation

"can be solved...only" is absolute.