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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. The commentator does not mean what she writes
onomatopoeia
cadence
Auxiliary verb
ironic commentary
2. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
mock
diatribe
synaesthesia
allusion
3. One of many prepositions
burlesque
soapstone
under
catalog
4. List of details that reinforces a concept
tongue-in-cheek
catalog
fact
apostrophe
5. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
catalog
Italian rhyme
parallel structure
6. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
naivete
litotes
truism
gerund
7. A negative statement
abstract noun
satire
decorum
negation
8. Vowel rhyme
third person limited
implicit
assonance
capital
9. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
oxymoron
capital
pastoral elegy
chronological organization
10. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
synaesthesia
capital
under
caesura
11. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
antecedent
pastoral elegy
analogy
third person omniscient
12. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
anticlimax
antagonist
concrete
rebuttal
13. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
substantive
epigram
problem-solution organization
ellipsis
14. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
false dilemma
allegory
compliment
15. Opposing point of view
subjunctive
abstract noun
circular reasoning
rebuttal
16. The main character - usually the hero
tongue-in-cheek
imagery
protagonist
antithesis balanced
17. Understatement created through double negative
extended metaphor
under
litotes
figurative language
18. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
exemplar
anecdote
cadence
feminine rhyme
19. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
infinitive
consonance
apostrophe
vernacular
20. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
under
anticlimax
semicolon
third person omniscient
21. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
hypothetic example
feminine rhyme
burlesque
apostrophe
22. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
problem-solution organization
epithet
wit
substantive
23. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
generality organization
third person omniscient
synaesthesia
pathos
24. Expressly stated
explicit
negation
understatement
antithesis balanced
25. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
hypothetic example
rebuttal
metaphor
compound sentence
26. A figure of speech
understatement
colon
diction
idiom
27. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
analogical comparison
bias
burlesque
false dilemma
28. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
wit
extended metaphor
Alexandrine
emphatic organization
29. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
discretion
subjunctive
exemplar
symbol
30. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
second person
accordingly
protagonist
capitol
31. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
second person
comparison organization
doggerel
paradox
32. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
Spenserian rhyme
gerund
simple sentence
irony
33. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
voice
double entendre
alliteration
discretion
34. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
fallacy
negation
satire
synecdoche
35. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
personification
comparison organization
tone
problem-solution organization
36. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
abstraction
tone
onomatopoeia
allegory
37. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
antecedent
semicolon
pastoral elegy
38. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
Spenserian rhyme
damn with faint praise
imperative
epithalamium
39. Not taking a position
episodic
oxymoron
neutrality
semicolon
40. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
tongue-in-cheek
ellipsis
subordinate conjunction
41. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
gerund
diatribe
second person
extended metaphor
42. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
bias
masculine rhyme
understatement
cadence
43. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
explicit
tongue-in-cheek
caesura
44. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
musing
burlesque
circular reasoning
damn with faint praise
45. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
footnote
induction
mock
pathos
46. 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
third person
accordingly
framing
doggerel
47. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
truism
simile
counterexample
alliteration
48. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
chronological organization
induction
colloquial
caesura
49. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
compound complex sentence
colon
figurative language
analogical comparison
50. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
anticlimax
substantive
qualifying a claim
refutation