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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. Open - honest communication
candor
tongue-in-cheek
concrete
semicolon
2. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
Alexandrine
abstraction
antecedent
abstract noun
3. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
predicate
footnote
antithesis
gerund
4. To make fun of
third person omniscient
naivete
analogy
mock
5. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
under
catalog
onomatopoeia
6. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
refutation
simile
pathos
footnote
7. The claim or point that the writer is making
assertion
syntax
pathetic fallacy
masculine rhyme
8. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
decorum
exemplar
tone
refutation
9. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
personification
ellipsis
antecedent
caesura
10. (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
truism
negation
epithet
apostrophe
11. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
induction
refutation
tone
synecdoche
12. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
wit
colloquial
synaesthesia
ethos
13. The commentator does not mean what she writes
synecdoche
ironic commentary
Shakespearean rhyme
induction
14. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
generality organization
participle
cause and effect
exemplar
15. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
voice
pathos
litotes
epigram
16. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
juxtapose
indicative
oxymoron
under
17. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
parallel structure
induction
rhetorical question
epigram
18. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
emphatic organization
alliteration
fallacy
soapstone
19. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
cadence
oxymoron
problem-solution organization
20. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
Alexandrine
maxim
epithalamium
euphemism
21. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
third person omniscient
diatribe
digress
symbol
22. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
extended metaphor
neutrality
third person
imagery
23. 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
antagonist
first person
infinitive
diction
24. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
since
truism
synecdoche
thesis
25. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
bias
subordinate conjunction
first person
inference
26. One of many prepositions
Shakespearean rhyme
understatement
under
juxtapose
27. Not taking a position
neutrality
synecdoche
figurative language
satire
28. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
onomatopoeia
qualifying a claim
understatement
29. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
ironic commentary
comparison organization
circular reasoning
second person
30. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
syllogism
epithet
emphatic organization
wit
31. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
epithalamium
wit
diction
syntax
32. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
empirical
allusion
epithet
exemplar
33. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
voice
concrete
dilemma
idealism
34. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
abstract
fiction
paradox
35. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
anecdote
counterexample
fact
36. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
under
cadence
litotes
antithesis balanced
37. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
understatement
abstraction
third person limited
imagery
38. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
hypothetic example
tongue-in-cheek
third person
hyperbole
39. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
digress
colon
inference
alliteration
40. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
compound complex sentence
rhetorical question
refutation
abstraction
41. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
abstraction
figurative language
anecdote
pathos
42. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
circumlocution
substantive
infinitive
synaesthesia
43. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
circular reasoning
false dilemma
indicative
chronological organization
44. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
analogical comparison
diatribe
colon
allusion
45. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
imagery
syntax
apostrophe
naivete
46. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
syllogism
cause and effect
colon
oxymoron
47. List of details that reinforces a concept
first person
induction
catalog
Spenserian rhyme
48. A figure of speech
third person limited
idiom
antithesis balanced
caesura
49. Expressly stated
propaganda
simple sentence
first person
explicit
50. 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'
anecdote
innuendo
parallel structure
antithesis balanced