AP Lang unit 3

The author develops the passage primarily through

accumulation of detail

The author is best described as

a curious individual who seeks out diverse information from a variety of sources

Compared with that of the rest of the passage, the diction of lines 1-8

Technical and specialized

Which of the following is true of the comparisons in lines 11-14

They draw on familiar information to particularize an aspect of tornadoes

The first sentence of the passage employs all of the following to convey the power and variety of tornadoes EXCEPT

Abstract generalization

25. The organization of the passage can best be described as

(D) descriptive analysis followed by a final judgment

26. In context, the author places the term "book club" in quotation marks in lines 3 and 9

in order to

(D) suggest that the term is being broadened beyond its original meaning

27. The first paragraph (lines 1-15) serves to

(B) describe the extension of a particular activity into nontraditional areas

31. The last paragraph (lines 49-64) marks a shift from

(A) popular to academic contexts

32. The function of lines 52-58 ("Yet despite ... abstractions") is to

(C) point out a discrepancy between teaching practices and literary theory

38. The author develops the passage primarily through

(A) accumulation of detail