APEX English 2 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Which text features and visual cues are you likely to find in an informational text? - Answer-Table of contents, diagrams, bold words, titles, subheadings
Which text features are you likely to find in a poem? - Answer-pictures, graphics, symbols
How is the availability of text features and visual cues likely to affect your ability to figure out the key point of a text? - Answer-more text features and cues = more clues to figure out key point of text
You are reading an informational text for English class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. Your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. How could text features help you figure out which words to look up? - Answer-context clues, prior knowledge, make connections, look for visual cues and text features
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of speaking? - Answer- advantages: immediate, interactive, convenient. disadvantages:
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of writing? - Answer-advantages:
permanent, long complex sentences, organized. disadvantages:
Why do you need to identify what you're writing and who you're writing it for before you start? - Answer-
List at least five examples of prose writing. - Answer-
What are the four major differences between informal speech and prose? - Answer-
Why do you think prose is an important element of language? - Answer-
In what ways are you already a prose writer? - Answer-
What are the three necessary elements of a rhetorical situation? - Answer-
How can you convince an audience that you are trustworthy? What is this style of rhetoric called? - Answer-
What style of rhetoric uses logic, and what are some examples? - Answer- 1 / 2
Why is pathos sometimes more effective than other styles of rhetoric? - Answer-
How many kinds of rhetorical appeals can you use at a time? Explain your answer. - Answer-
What does anticipation have to do with persuasion? - Answer-
What is the purpose of persuasion? - Answer-
Beyond this course, in what ways does rhetoric affect you? - Answer-
How might knowing the styles and principles of rhetoric help you in life? - Answer-
How is a narrative different from a piece of expository writing? - Answer-
What is the main difference between plot and narrative? - Answer-
Why is conflict a crucial element of all plots? - Answer-
What happens in the exposition stage of a plot? At what point in a story does this stage appear? - Answer-
What is rising action? Why does most of a story take place in this stage? - Answer-
What is the "Aha!" moment of a plot? Explain your answer. - Answer-
The conclusion of a narrative goes by different names, but all of those names mean the same thing. What is the purpose of the conclusion? - Answer-
Why is point of view important in a narrative? - Answer-
Why is first-person narration more intimate for the reader? - Answer-
Give examples of why a writer would choose first- or third-person narration. - Answer-
How is it possible for one short chapter to have two climax points? - Answer-
Which perspectives might a question about a work of fiction want you to focus on? - Answer-.
What are three questions you might ask yourself as you attempt to relate a text to your own experiences? - Answer-
What are three questions you might ask yourself as you attempt to relate a text to your knowledge of the world? - Answer-
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