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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. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
extended metaphor
ironic commentary
predicate
diatribe
2. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
figurative language
antecedent
anecdote
footnote
3. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
verb phrase
concrete
first person
4. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
generality organization
concrete
thesis
comparison organization
5. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
capital
naivete
Shakespearean rhyme
concrete
6. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
framing
musing
antithesis balanced
inference
7. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
double entendre
Italian rhyme
decorum
vocative
8. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
protagonist
infinitive
circular reasoning
over generalization
9. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
compound sentence
accordingly
capital
paradox
10. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
personification
participle
pathos
predicate
11. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
innuendo
analogical comparison
capital
antecedent
12. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
metonymy
double entendre
bias
problem-solution organization
13. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
tone
emphatic organization
comparison organization
rhetorical question
14. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
analogy
idealism
Spenserian rhyme
induction
15. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
circular reasoning
understatement
Italian rhyme
empirical
16. Not taking a position
concrete
abstraction
neutrality
paraody
17. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
abstract
catalog
since
18. Open - honest communication
symbol
imperative
mock
candor
19. Abab cdcd efef gg
empirical
double entendre
Shakespearean rhyme
under
20. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
mock
second person
maxim
idealism
21. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
circumlocution
discretion
empirical
cadence
22. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
candor
third person limited
neutrality
symbol
23. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
burlesque
since
understatement
abstraction
24. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
pastoral elegy
colon
refutation
compound sentence
25. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
colon
rebuttal
circular reasoning
neutrality
26. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
antagonist
neutrality
soapstone
metaphor
27. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
consonance
under
episodic
over generalization
28. 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
paradox
anthropomorphism
idealism
29. Understatement created through double negative
infinitive
negation
litotes
digress
30. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
false dilemma
wit
epithet
Italian rhyme
31. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
gerund
third person
burlesque
semicolon
32. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
simple sentence
extended metaphor
cadence
paraody
33. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
maxim
allusion
Shakespearean rhyme
naivete
34. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
metaphor
over generalization
pathetic fallacy
soapstone
35. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
satire
alliteration
fallacy
cause and effect
36. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
tongue-in-cheek
litotes
inference
colloquial
37. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
anticlimax
false dilemma
antithesis
litotes
38. The commentator does not mean what she writes
voice
ironic commentary
protagonist
circular reasoning
39. Something that is implied
parallel structure
implicit
Spenserian rhyme
circumlocution
40. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
verb phrase
episodic
decorum
Spenserian rhyme
41. One of many conjunctive adverbs
third person limited
analogical comparison
accordingly
metaphor
42. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
epigram
comparison organization
abstraction
complement
43. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
double entendre
juxtapose
hypothetic example
assonance
44. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
qualifying a claim
alliteration
colloquial
45. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
candor
figurative language
metaphor
tongue-in-cheek
46. (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
rhetorical question
epithet
third person limited
first person
47. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
metonymy
imagery
subordinate conjunction
tongue-in-cheek
48. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
oxymoron
first person
third person
hyperbole
49. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
maxim
paradox
complement
episodic
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'
catalog
imagery
allusion
antithesis balanced