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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 work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
gerund
damn with faint praise
third person
third person limited
2. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
consonance
pastoral elegy
third person omniscient
cadence
3. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
abstract
first person
syntax
soapstone
4. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
exemplar
capital
Auxiliary verb
infinitive
5. Understatement created through double negative
Auxiliary verb
vocative
tongue-in-cheek
litotes
6. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
explicit
diatribe
abstract noun
antithesis
7. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
euphemism
subjunctive
thesis
participle
8. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
paradox
allusion
synaesthesia
oxymoron
9. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
hypothetic example
onomatopoeia
emphatic organization
soapstone
10. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
extended metaphor
anthropomorphism
circular reasoning
under
11. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
caesura
Spenserian rhyme
empirical
concrete
12. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
extended metaphor
irony
decorum
allegory
13. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
syntax
allusion
tone
concrete
14. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
exemplar
inference
diction
euphemism
15. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
imperative
pastoral elegy
innuendo
allusion
16. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
apostrophe
hypothetic example
onomatopoeia
juxtapose
17. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
generality organization
decorum
thesis
colon
18. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
extended metaphor
soapstone
anticlimax
participle
19. Quiet reflection upon a topic
syllogism
musing
epigram
maxim
20. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
dilemma
truism
epithet
21. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
rhetorical question
complement
analogical comparison
empirical
22. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
colon
counterexample
gerund
simile
23. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
irony
voice
bias
infinitive
24. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
simple sentence
simile
imperative
wit
25. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
abstract noun
footnote
subordinate conjunction
cadence
26. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
catalog
allusion
Alexandrine
masculine rhyme
27. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
first person
pastoral elegy
under
28. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
synecdoche
analogy
musing
vernacular
29. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
footnote
cause and effect
damn with faint praise
syllogism
30. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
participle
diction
episodic
subordinate conjunction
31. Something that is implied
epigram
implicit
over generalization
chronological organization
32. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
parallel structure
semicolon
since
protagonist
33. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
abstract
antagonist
imagery
soapstone
34. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
repetition
litotes
synaesthesia
soapstone
35. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
doggerel
false dilemma
third person omniscient
36. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
euphemism
capital
qualifying a claim
oxymoron
37. Vowel rhyme
ironic commentary
assonance
generality organization
euphemism
38. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
Shakespearean rhyme
fallacy
antecedent
39. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
cause-effect organization
symbol
colon
thesis
40. Can be verified
fact
compound complex sentence
litotes
complement
41. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
under
over generalization
hyperbole
catalog
42. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
anthropomorphism
circumlocution
tongue-in-cheek
43. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
apostrophe
imagery
generality organization
alliteration
44. 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)
third person omniscient
second person
idealism
hypothetic example
45. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
antecedent
inference
induction
predicate
46. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
epithalamium
ethos
imagery
truism
47. A figure of speech
infinitive
idiom
analogy
metonymy
48. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
capitol
colloquial
cause and effect
decorum
49. The perspective from which a story is written
syntax
anecdote
voice
counterexample
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'
antithesis balanced
empirical
onomatopoeia
compound complex sentence