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AP English Language and Composition 3.1 Passage Drill
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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
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AP English Language and Composition 3.10 Passage Drill. Which of the following devices does the passage not include?

AP English Language: Why Include This Phrase?
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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...

AP English Language: Why Include This Story?
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The primary purpose of including Nasmyth's story (lines 15–17) is to

AP English Language: Determining Relationships Between Sentences
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What is the relationship of the third and fourth sentences (lines 4–7) to the second sentence (lines 3–4)?

AP English Language: Using Evidence to Prove a Point
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The author uses multiple sets of numbers in the first paragraph in order to show

AP English Language: Comparing Characters in a Passage
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Comparing Howard Schultz and "Freeway" Ricky Ross (lines 19–23) is primarily an example of

AP English Language: Interpreting the Inclusion of a Character
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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...

AP English Language: Why Did The Author Include That Backstory?
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The author most likely provides Ricky Ross' backstory in lines 64–65 in order to

AP English Language: Paragraph Structure
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The paragraphs of the passage are structured in order to

AP English Language: Extended Metaphors
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In the first paragraph, the extended metaphor of mining serves to

AP English Language: Identifying Rhetorical Strategies
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Which rhetorical strategy does the author adopt in lines 17–23 ("We desire…of nations")?

AP English Language: What Is The Author's Strategy?
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What is the author's likely strategy in connecting science to "common sense" (lines 10, 14, 15)?

AP English Language: Analyzing Chief Purpose of Lines
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The chief purpose of lines 36–37 ("Such common knowledge is rather brought than sought") is to

AP English Language: It's A Figure Of Speech
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Lines 54–56 ("The course…outside science") contain a use of

AP English Language: Thematic Changes
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When the passage moves from the seventh to the final paragraph (line 60), it also moves from

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

AP English Language: Identifying the Intended Audience
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The most likely intended audience of this piece is

AP English Language: What Is The Author's Purpose?
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The author's purpose behind writing this passage is chiefly to

AP English Language: Describing Descriptions
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The description in lines 89–92 ("To say. . . slave traders") is meant to

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