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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...

What is the relationship of the third and fourth sentences (lines 4–7) to the second sentence (lines 3–4)?

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

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...

The primary purpose of including Nasmyth's story (lines 15–17) is to

The author uses multiple sets of numbers in the first paragraph in order to show

Comparing Howard Schultz and "Freeway" Ricky Ross (lines 19–23) is primarily an example of

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...

The author most likely provides Ricky Ross' backstory in lines 64–65 in order to

The paragraphs of the passage are structured in order to

In the first paragraph, the extended metaphor of mining serves to

Which rhetorical strategy does the author adopt in lines 17–23 ("We desire…of nations")?

What is the author's likely strategy in connecting science to "common sense" (lines 10, 14, 15)?

The chief purpose of lines 36–37 ("Such common knowledge is rather brought than sought") is to

Lines 54–56 ("The course…outside science") contain a use of

When the passage moves from the seventh to the final paragraph (line 60), it also moves from

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

The most likely intended audience of this piece is

The author's purpose behind writing this passage is chiefly to

The description in lines 89–92 ("To say. . . slave traders") is meant to