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Overbrook High School AP English Language Practice Test!

This is the final exam for the first marking period for AP English Language class at Overbrook High School. This exam is an open-notes/open-books assessment. Students should use their personal notes as an answer resource. They...

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 741 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025

Sample Question 1
In reference to your reading of "On Compassion" by Barbara Ascher, please read paragraph 7 (located in 50 Essays on page 36, beginning half-way down the page with the words "Up the avenue..."). In this paragraph, you will find each of the following EXCEPT:

Alliteration

Repetition

First person point of view

Contrasting images

Simile

Sample Question 2
In reference to your reading of "On Compassion" by Barbara Ascher, the tone of the essay can best be described as:

Thoughtful and reflective

Analytical and technical

Eager and enthusiastic

Sarcastic and bitter

Insistent and aggressive

Sample Question 3
In reference to your reading of "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson (starting on page 120 in 50 Essays), judging from her explanations and examples, it can be inferred that the author believes that people:

Are unaware that they lie in many different ways.

Do not recognize the difference between functional lies and harmful ones.

Fail to understand the true consequences of their lying.

Have learned to tolerate lying as a necessary part of contemporary life.

Lie unintentionally more often than they lie intentionally.