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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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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. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
over generalization
anthropomorphism
third person omniscient
metonymy
2. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
consonance
simile
idiom
3. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
tone
feminine rhyme
symbol
colon
4. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
dilemma
predicate
colon
5. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
neutrality
candor
mock
vernacular
6. Vague - not easily defined
paraody
anticlimax
masculine rhyme
abstract
7. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
juxtapose
discretion
third person
circumlocution
8. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
implicit
personification
tongue-in-cheek
anecdote
9. An indirect attack or insinuation
extended metaphor
explicit
second person
innuendo
10. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
rebuttal
Spenserian rhyme
maxim
footnote
11. 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
diatribe
generality organization
fallacy
anthropomorphism
12. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
burlesque
syllogism
repetition
imperative
13. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
compound sentence
doggerel
syntax
chronological organization
14. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
pathetic fallacy
capitol
feminine rhyme
naivete
15. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
propaganda
musing
juxtapose
masculine rhyme
16. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
neutrality
catalog
hyperbole
abstract noun
17. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
diction
voice
understatement
circular reasoning
18. Consists of a single independent clause
qualifying a claim
rhetorical question
ellipsis
simple sentence
19. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
synecdoche
truism
cause and effect
circumlocution
20. Understatement created through double negative
discretion
pathos
synaesthesia
litotes
21. A kind or more gentle word to dilute the meaning in order to evade responsibility for a more disturbing word - i.e. 'passed on' instead of 'died'
third person
mock
cause-effect organization
euphemism
22. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
hypothetic example
idiom
catalog
caesura
23. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
episodic
fallacy
masculine rhyme
24. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
caesura
compound sentence
capitol
analogy
25. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
consonance
fallacy
accordingly
ethos
26. A negative statement
allusion
wit
framing
negation
27. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
false dilemma
abstract noun
damn with faint praise
Shakespearean rhyme
28. The work is narrated by the person 'I' - who can also be the protagonist - omniscient speaker. There can be multiple narrators of the same work
hypothetic example
Spenserian rhyme
tongue-in-cheek
first person
29. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
false dilemma
paraody
catalog
subordinate conjunction
30. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
subordinate conjunction
metaphor
colon
Shakespearean rhyme
31. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
anthropomorphism
substantive
innuendo
capitol
32. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
gerund
episodic
fiction
bias
33. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
complement
analogy
catalog
34. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
naivete
accordingly
maxim
indicative
35. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
refutation
symbol
comparison organization
analogy
36. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
inference
consonance
empirical
allusion
37. A figure of speech
doggerel
idiom
anticlimax
cause-effect organization
38. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
dilemma
counterexample
Italian rhyme
tone
39. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
analogical comparison
abstract noun
imagery
apostrophe
40. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
inference
assertion
diatribe
parallel structure
41. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
extended metaphor
feminine rhyme
colloquial
epithet
42. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
explicit
allusion
analogical comparison
diatribe
43. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
second person
synecdoche
qualifying a claim
symbol
44. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
emphatic organization
truism
paraody
epithalamium
45. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
discretion
imagery
Spenserian rhyme
ellipsis
46. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
naivete
gerund
concrete
allusion
47. List of details that reinforces a concept
neutrality
gerund
assonance
catalog
48. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
abstract noun
third person omniscient
anecdote
semicolon
49. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
cause and effect
accordingly
third person omniscient
masculine rhyme
50. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
third person limited
pathetic fallacy
digress
synaesthesia