AP LANG Progress Check 9

The authors' description of the video in the first paragraph serves primarily to

B. illustrate a particular perspective on the importance of learning to code

In relation to the video "What Most Schools Don't Teach," the authors mention Jane Margolis' "unease" (paragraph 3, sentence 1) primarily to

C. rebut the video's premise about the steps required to make programming skills more widespread

In the passage, the views expressed by which of the following most clearly support Margolis' argument about the "boy wonder myth" (paragraph 3, sentence 2)?

C. Lesley Chilcott, director of the video "What Most Schools Don't Teach" (paragraph 1, sentence 16)

The writer wants to add a sentence before sentence 8 to show that the third paragraph is refuting the claim made in the second paragraph. Which sentence best accomplishes the writer's goal?

B. However, child psychologist David Foulkes argues that babies use REM sleep for other purposes.

In sentence 14 (reproduced below), the writer wants to rebut the idea presented in the first part of the sentence by offering a contrasting perspective.

Admittedly, sometimes parents claim that they have witnessed their toddlers having terrible nightmares, which can be more frightening for the parents than for the toddlers.

Which version of the underlined text best accomplishes this goal?

D. but these are actually night terrors, which are not dreams but episodes that occur in non-REM sleep

In the context of the overall argument of the passage, which of the following choices best describes the purpose of the second paragraph?

E. It establishes the conventional view about whether babies dream in order to show how the argument of the passage departs from this understanding.