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CLEP College Composition
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
burlesque
third person omniscient
concrete
epithet
2. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
anecdote
apostrophe
implicit
neutrality
3. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
gerund
generality organization
satire
pastoral elegy
4. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
bias
irony
analogical comparison
metonymy
5. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
truism
indicative
diatribe
idiom
6. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
figurative language
syllogism
substantive
7. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
truism
caesura
indicative
since
8. Understatement created through double negative
Italian rhyme
litotes
diatribe
metonymy
9. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
diction
decorum
simile
10. A figure of speech
idiom
compound sentence
propaganda
concrete
11. Opposing point of view
rebuttal
synecdoche
masculine rhyme
mock
12. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
capital
over generalization
satire
colloquial
13. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
rebuttal
infinitive
simile
14. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
idealism
tongue-in-cheek
syntax
gerund
15. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
vocative
chronological organization
circumlocution
anecdote
16. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
syntax
doggerel
false dilemma
17. List of details that reinforces a concept
induction
colloquial
Spenserian rhyme
catalog
18. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
Shakespearean rhyme
implicit
vocative
allusion
19. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
since
personification
soapstone
explicit
20. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
Shakespearean rhyme
double entendre
antithesis
capitol
21. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
subordinate conjunction
gerund
compound complex sentence
22. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
metonymy
caesura
infinitive
diction
23. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
apostrophe
discretion
exemplar
inference
24. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
musing
chronological organization
third person
25. The verb and its object and modifiers
digress
synaesthesia
ethos
verb phrase
26. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
diatribe
induction
catalog
analogical comparison
27. One of many prepositions
consonance
ellipsis
under
double entendre
28. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
neutrality
satire
Spenserian rhyme
first person
29. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
tone
double entendre
vernacular
rhetorical question
30. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
maxim
abstract
mock
Italian rhyme
31. (1) a short poetic nickname; (2) a term used to describe the name or title of a person -ie 'The Great Emancipator' for Abraham Lincoln; (3) an abusive slur
imagery
allegory
epithet
compound sentence
32. A negative statement
Auxiliary verb
negation
syllogism
caesura
33. Vague - not easily defined
simile
abstract
Alexandrine
bias
34. Third person narrator sees and knows all without constraints of time - space. Can digress into contemplative or philosophical forays - often voicing the viewpoint of the author (mostly found in fiction)
musing
comparison organization
anthropomorphism
third person omniscient
35. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
maxim
abstract noun
second person
innuendo
36. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
abstract
antithesis
voice
parallel structure
37. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
fact
ethos
musing
rebuttal
38. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
alliteration
subjunctive
analogical comparison
compound sentence
39. One of many conjunctive adverbs
imagery
symbol
accordingly
soapstone
40. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
subordinate conjunction
symbol
ellipsis
third person omniscient
41. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
soapstone
false dilemma
analogy
litotes
42. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
colloquial
extended metaphor
participle
tongue-in-cheek
43. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
vocative
substantive
subordinate conjunction
problem-solution organization
44. To make fun of
mock
decorum
fallacy
naivete
45. Language chosen by the writer
Alexandrine
diction
predicate
induction
46. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
analogy
tone
epithalamium
catalog
47. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
satire
qualifying a claim
Spenserian rhyme
48. Vowel rhyme
anthropomorphism
dilemma
irony
assonance
49. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
feminine rhyme
problem-solution organization
circumlocution
tongue-in-cheek
50. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
episodic
dilemma
idealism
Auxiliary verb