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AP® English Language and Composition: Purpose, Rhetoric, Style, and Organization Drill 1, Problem 1. The speaker cites all of the following as ben...

AP English Language and Composition 3.10 Passage Drill. Which of the following devices does the passage not include?

The primary purpose of including Nasmyth's story (lines 15–17) is to

What is the relationship of the third and fourth sentences (lines 4–7) to the second sentence (lines 3–4)?

In the first paragraph, the extended metaphor of mining serves to

The chief purpose of lines 36–37 ("Such common knowledge is rather brought than sought") is to

The most likely intended audience of this piece is

The author's purpose behind writing this passage is chiefly to

The description in lines 89–92 ("To say. . . slave traders") is meant to

In lines 33–34, the author writes that "ambition would induce them to aspire to office, and commands and honors, to form cabals against their com...

The author uses multiple sets of numbers in the first paragraph in order to show

Comparing Howard Schultz and "Freeway" Ricky Ross (lines 19–23) is primarily an example of

In lines 63–65, the author writes that "The popular comedian Richard Pryor infamously set himself on fire while trying to cook up freebase in 198...

The author most likely provides Ricky Ross' backstory in lines 64–65 in order to

The paragraphs of the passage are structured in order to

Which rhetorical strategy does the author adopt in lines 17–23 ("We desire…of nations")?

What is the author's likely strategy in connecting science to "common sense" (lines 10, 14, 15)?

Lines 54–56 ("The course…outside science") contain a use of

When the passage moves from the seventh to the final paragraph (line 60), it also moves from

By using the specific imagery in lines 27–29 ("But to say…processes"), the author chiefly suggests that blues music

The second paragraph (lines 5–15) serves primarily to

With respect to the author's argument, the purpose of paragraph 4 lines 24–34 is to

The intended audience of this passage is likely

The best transition between "...fire hoses" and "As the 1960s" (lines 48–49) would include

What rhetorical strategy does the author adopt in lines 15–21 ("But a nation…opulent amusements")?

The final paragraph (lines 66–74) serves primarily to

The primary purpose of the first two paragraphs (lines 1–15) is to

The author mentions Jim Crow laws (line 23–26) and Rosa Parks (lines 26–27) chiefly to

The organization of the passage can best be described as

The intended audience for the passage is most likely

The sixth paragraph (lines 59–63) serves primarily to

The author writes that Americans "need be tormented with no such fear" (lines 61–62) in order to

Conforming...ideal (line 26) is an example of

All of the following are true of this passage EXCEPT

The final paragraph (lines 95–103) serves primarily to

The purpose of the second paragraph (lines 7–11) is primarily to

The phrase "a spider web of railroads" (line 14) is used in order to

The organization of the fourth paragraph (lines 24–32) can best be described as

The author uses the phrase "political factory" (line 33) in order to

The author uses the phrase "Nebraska's version of a big city" (lines 41–42) in order to