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AP English Language and Composition Unit 1E: Persuasive Strategies and Audience Appeals — practice questions

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Academic reading tests were found to mainly do what?Read the answer and worked solution →What helped readers of hyperlinked text understand it better?Read the answer and worked solution →In studies of reading, cognitive load means the amount of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which approach did the National Reading Panel stress as effective?Read the answer and worked solution →Rex and McEachen linked improved literacy to which classroom practice?Read the answer and worked solution →Discussion that builds higher-level thinking is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Teachers should model question types through which technique before, during and after reading?Read the answer and worked solution →Proficient reading depends first on the ability to do what with words?Read the answer and worked solution →Language proficiency is the ability to do what with language?Read the answer and worked solution →Developing proficiency in any language begins with what?Read the answer and worked solution →How many proficiency levels does the CEFR recognise?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the highest proficiency level on the CEFR scale?Read the answer and worked solution →Which set names the four ACTFL bands?Read the answer and worked solution →On the Interagency Language Roundtable scale, scores range from what?Read the answer and worked solution →Broader definitions of language proficiency cover which two kinds of skill?Read the answer and worked solution →Which four skills may a language assessment cover?Read the answer and worked solution →A test asking learners to explain how grammar works gives most weight to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Language assessment or language testing belongs to which field of study?Read the answer and worked solution →TOEFL was originally designed for admission to colleges in which countries?Read the answer and worked solution →Which test did the Michigan institute launch first, in 1946?Read the answer and worked solution →Who decides who counts as a proficient speaker in many endangered-language revival efforts?Read the answer and worked solution →The word 'misadventure' is BEST replaced byRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the antonym of 'aversion'.Read the answer and worked solution →'Flailed at the surface' suggests that the author wasRead the answer and worked solution →Identify the part of the sentence that contains the error: 'Neither of the boys / have submitted / their assignment / on time.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the sentence that uses the article correctly.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: 'The judge was deaf ___ the lawyer's pleas.'Read the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'a wild goose chase' MEANSRead the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'to bury the hatchet' is closest in meaning toRead the answer and worked solution →

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Academic reading tests were found to mainly do what?

  1. Imparted comprehension
  2. Assessed comprehension
  3. Built vocabulary
  4. Raised motivation
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Correct answer: B. Assessed comprehension

1. Comprehension lessons long consisted of answering questions on a text. 2. By the late twentieth century evidence showed such tests were better at assessing than imparting comprehension. 3. So they did not teach comprehension, build vocabulary or raise motivation. _Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, History_

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What helped readers of hyperlinked text understand it better?

  1. More links on each page
  2. Removing all headings
  3. A short summary of each link
  4. Links in a random order
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Correct answer: C. A short summary of each link

1. Hyperlinks add cognitive load for the reader. 2. Showing a short summary of the link's content when hovering improved comprehension. 3. Adding links, removing headings or random order would not reduce the load. _Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, Hyperlinks_

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In studies of reading, cognitive load means the amount of what?

  1. Text printed on a page
  2. Information held in mind
  3. Time spent reading
  4. Vocabulary a reader owns
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Correct answer: B. Information held in mind

1. Hyperlink studies use the term cognitive load. 2. It is the amount of information actively maintained in one's mind, linked to working memory. 3. Page length, reading time and vocabulary size are different measures. _Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, Hyperlinks_

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Unit 2: Reasoning and Structure of ArgumentUnit 6: Syntax and Sentence StructureUnit 7E: Parts of Speech and Grammatical ConventionsUnit 7A: Sentence Boundaries and Structural ImprovementUnit 7B: Verb Tense Consistency and Agreement RulesUnit 7C: Modifiers, Clauses and Sentence TransformationUnit 7D: Determiners, Articles and Prepositional UsageUnit 1B: Evidence and Argument Structure in Nonfiction