AP Lang MC Practice Question And Answer.

the primary purpose of the passage is to - correct answer critique a common practice one contrast presented in the first paragraph (lines 1-5) is between - correct answer formal and informal learning in the course of the second paragraph (lines 6-21) the focus of the argument shifts from - correct answer adults' language acquisition to children's learning in general the authors word choice in lines 14-16 ("yet this... elders") serves which of the following functions - correct answer it helps establish a characterization of children as playthings in context the word "sport" (line 15) is best interpreted to mean - correct answer entertainment which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the third paragraph (lines 22-25) - correct answer it restates the authors argument as a transitional place in the passage the primary function of the anecdote recounted in the fourth and fifth paragraphs (lines 26-41) is to - correct answer emphasize a point by presenting an absurd example in the sixth paragraph (lines 42-56), the author advances her argument by - correct answer offering and then eliminating potential explanations the authors tone in lines 42-45 ("now why... the insulter") can best be described as - correct answer exasperated according to the author, "the obvious ground" (lines 46-47) can be ruled out because it - correct answer can not be generalized to other similar situations the analogies presented in lines 59 ("like a machine-top") and in lines 60-61 ("as the cat plays with her kittens") serve to - correct answer exemplify a difference between how people typically treat children and how they should strive to treat childfen the three sentences in lines 60-65 ("there is... at them") serve primarily to - correct answer provide a distinction to emphasize the passage's main point the quotation marks around the word "disrespect" in line 72 highlight the irony of the word because the behavior it describes represents - correct answer children's inevitable reaction to being treated rudely by adults the author uses the pronoun "we" throughout the passage to - correct answer highlight norms of adult behavior in the passage as a whole the author contrasts which of the following - correct answer the treatment of children and the treatment of adults