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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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literature
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. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
pathetic fallacy
consonance
neutrality
syntax
2. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
simple sentence
truism
ellipsis
naivete
3. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
negation
compound sentence
diatribe
4. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
empirical
diatribe
third person
Alexandrine
5. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
Shakespearean rhyme
masculine rhyme
parallel structure
simile
6. 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)
ironic commentary
qualifying a claim
third person omniscient
third person
7. Understatement created through double negative
problem-solution organization
doggerel
litotes
false dilemma
8. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
understatement
imperative
soapstone
decorum
9. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
hypothetic example
cause and effect
colloquial
allegory
10. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
litotes
consonance
symbol
qualifying a claim
11. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
double entendre
voice
alliteration
metaphor
12. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
Auxiliary verb
anecdote
compound complex sentence
framing
13. The assigning of human attributes - such as emotions or physical characteristics - to nonhumans - usually plants or animals. Differs from personification in that it is a pattern applied to a nonhuman character throughout the entire literary work
digress
semicolon
anthropomorphism
syllogism
14. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
ironic commentary
induction
subjunctive
third person limited
15. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
abstract noun
alliteration
ellipsis
anticlimax
16. An exception to a proposed general rule
cause-effect organization
subordinate conjunction
satire
counterexample
17. The commentator does not mean what she writes
indicative
ironic commentary
discretion
colloquial
18. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
parallel structure
paraody
doggerel
tone
19. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
compliment
wit
allegory
Italian rhyme
20. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
digress
mock
framing
subjunctive
21. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
circular reasoning
cadence
maxim
figurative language
22. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
musing
semicolon
infinitive
Auxiliary verb
23. The perspective from which a story is written
fiction
voice
discretion
allusion
24. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
discretion
qualifying a claim
semicolon
metaphor
25. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
third person
Auxiliary verb
empirical
colon
26. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
counterexample
fact
cause and effect
feminine rhyme
27. A negative statement
negation
caesura
understatement
idiom
28. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
anecdote
truism
cause-effect organization
diction
29. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
diatribe
concrete
symbol
litotes
30. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
doggerel
over generalization
wit
compound complex sentence
31. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
third person limited
refutation
empirical
32. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
third person limited
inference
comparison organization
33. Refers to the way the writer lets readers know what will be discussed - a framing statement gives the reader some sense of what to expect
chronological organization
framing
antithesis balanced
hyperbole
34. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
soapstone
digress
capital
35. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
extended metaphor
alliteration
first person
36. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
pastoral elegy
paraody
repetition
complement
37. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
soapstone
footnote
chronological organization
Spenserian rhyme
38. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure - i.e. 'to err is human; to forgive - divine'
third person limited
fact
paraody
antithesis balanced
39. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
burlesque
subjunctive
satire
pastoral elegy
40. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
idealism
simile
since
emphatic organization
41. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
alliteration
masculine rhyme
hypothetic example
inference
42. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
explicit
irony
abstract noun
first person
43. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
anthropomorphism
masculine rhyme
pathos
onomatopoeia
44. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
allusion
colon
paraody
participle
45. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
neutrality
ethos
counterexample
fallacy
46. To move off point
mock
antithesis balanced
problem-solution organization
digress
47. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
concrete
vernacular
counterexample
epithalamium
48. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
third person
euphemism
anticlimax
damn with faint praise
49. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
juxtapose
tongue-in-cheek
comparison organization
negation
50. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
anthropomorphism
juxtapose
subjunctive
repetition