AP Lang Questions with Verified Correct
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Which of the following best describes the organization of the second paragraph?
The author makes an assertion; then he lists strategically selected evidence in support of his
assertion.
In the passage, the author presents a narrative of her parents' deportation in order to
illustrate her point that existing immigration policy is broken
In the second paragraph, the sentences "Throughout my childhood . . . never helped"
primarily serve to appeal to the audience's
respect for the rule of law: these lines show that the author's parents made a genuine effort to
legally navigate a burdensome immigration process
Which of the following best summarizes the author's thesis?
Gallaudet University should appoint a person who is deaf as its next president.
Throughout the passage, the author includes narrative details to support the thesis that
King Jordan
possesses tremendous drive and stamina
In the passage as a whole, the author recounts her and her family's experiences to
support the thesis that
improving the immigration system would benefit the entire country
Which of the following sentences in the passage can best be described as the writer's
thesis statement?
, Sentence 11
Which of the following is most likely the main claim that the writer is planning to make
in the new version of the passage?
Da Vinci was a great artist because he had exotropia.
Which of the following would best serve as a thesis statement for the passage?
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.
Should the writer add this sentence after sentence 3 ?
No, because it gives evidence that is not relevant to the passage's overall line of reasoning
and therefore does not strengthen the validity of the writer's argument.
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?
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
Answers
Which of the following best describes the organization of the second paragraph?
The author makes an assertion; then he lists strategically selected evidence in support of his
assertion.
In the passage, the author presents a narrative of her parents' deportation in order to
illustrate her point that existing immigration policy is broken
In the second paragraph, the sentences "Throughout my childhood . . . never helped"
primarily serve to appeal to the audience's
respect for the rule of law: these lines show that the author's parents made a genuine effort to
legally navigate a burdensome immigration process
Which of the following best summarizes the author's thesis?
Gallaudet University should appoint a person who is deaf as its next president.
Throughout the passage, the author includes narrative details to support the thesis that
King Jordan
possesses tremendous drive and stamina
In the passage as a whole, the author recounts her and her family's experiences to
support the thesis that
improving the immigration system would benefit the entire country
Which of the following sentences in the passage can best be described as the writer's
thesis statement?
, Sentence 11
Which of the following is most likely the main claim that the writer is planning to make
in the new version of the passage?
Da Vinci was a great artist because he had exotropia.
Which of the following would best serve as a thesis statement for the passage?
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.
Should the writer add this sentence after sentence 3 ?
No, because it gives evidence that is not relevant to the passage's overall line of reasoning
and therefore does not strengthen the validity of the writer's argument.
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?
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
