What's on the AP English Language Unit 8 practice test

The standard version takes about 27 minutes and follows the timing and directions of the AP exam, sized to one unit:

• 20 Multiple Choice Questions (27 minutes)

Questions are drawn from 1135 multiple-choice questions written for Unit 8, Stylistic Choices.

Review Unit 8 before you start

• 8.1 Choosing comparisons based on an audience
• 8.2 Considering how sentence development and word choice affect how the writer is perceived by an audience
• 8.3 Considering how all choices made in an argument affect the audience
• 8.4 Considering how style affects an argument

Other AP English Language unit tests

• Unit 1: Claims, Reasoning, and Evidence
• Unit 2: Organizing Information for a Specific Audience
• Unit 3: Perspectives and How Arguments Relate
• Unit 4: How writers develop arguments, intros, and conclusions
• Unit 5: How a writer brings all parts of an argument together
• Unit 6: Position, Perspective, and Bias
• Unit 7: Successful and Unsuccessful Arguments
• Unit 9: Developing a Complex Argument