AP Lang MCQ questions well answered graded A+ 2023/2024

AP Lang MCQThe writer understands that the audience for this passage is very familiar with the structure of the solar system. Which of the following revisions should the writer make, adjusting punctuation as needed, to account for the audience's expertise? - correct answer D In sentence 5, deleting the parenthetical phrase "a theoretical sphere of icy debris at the outer edge of the solar system" In sentence 7 (reproduced below), the writer wants to provide another piece of relevant evidence to elaborate on the claim made in the previous sentence about how subsequent research seemed to confirm the Nemesis theory. And in 2003, when astronomers discovered a dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system, far from the Sun, they were surprised. Which of the following versions of the underlined text would best accomplish this goal? - correct answer E they concluded that its huge, elliptical orbit might well be attributable to the gravitational pull of an unseen twin In sentence 10 (reproduced below), the writer is considering deleting the underlined parenthetical text. And while the Sun may well have had a twin at some point (a 2017 study of the Perseus molecular cloud suggests that most stars like the Sun were formed with companions), most experts now agree that if Nemesis ever existed, it broke free of the solar system early in the Sun's history, long before there was life on Earth, and thus could not have figured in any extinctions. Should the writer keep or delete this text? - correct answer Keep it, because it provides direct support for the concession made earlier in the sentence. Which of the following would best serve as a thesis statement for the passage? - correct answer C While the theory was initially promising, the existence of Nemesis (a supposed companion star to the Sun) and its effect on extinction events on Earth, is highly doubtful. The speaker apparently assumes that the audience she addresses is - correct answer not composed only of professional anthropologists Which of the following questions does the author attempt to answer in this passage? - correct answer Which of the following questions does the author attempt to answer in this passage? The author mentions St. Paul's "admonition" (lines 23-24) in order to - correct answer A argue that people instinctively partake in social interactions