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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 exception to a proposed general rule
refutation
ironic commentary
counterexample
compound sentence
2. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
paraody
musing
digress
ellipsis
3. 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'
rhetorical question
simile
antithesis balanced
assonance
4. An exaggeration or overstatement
counterexample
imperative
hyperbole
wit
5. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
paradox
qualifying a claim
voice
since
6. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
euphemism
irony
footnote
symbol
7. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
capitol
mock
soapstone
satire
8. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
pathos
decorum
paradox
circular reasoning
9. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
musing
antithesis
paraody
episodic
10. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
complement
understatement
dilemma
11. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
Auxiliary verb
gerund
capitol
complement
12. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
Italian rhyme
doggerel
accordingly
13. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
masculine rhyme
compound complex sentence
indicative
Auxiliary verb
14. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
litotes
pathetic fallacy
doggerel
negation
15. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
metonymy
second person
truism
gerund
16. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
figurative language
litotes
comparison organization
soapstone
17. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
figurative language
Alexandrine
rebuttal
masculine rhyme
18. An indirect attack or insinuation
implicit
counterexample
innuendo
Shakespearean rhyme
19. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
personification
predicate
ethos
chronological organization
20. Expressly stated
voice
third person
synaesthesia
explicit
21. A negative statement
thesis
second person
cause and effect
negation
22. The verb and its object and modifiers
analogical comparison
verb phrase
assonance
caesura
23. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
vocative
synecdoche
understatement
capitol
24. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
diatribe
allusion
accordingly
candor
25. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
synaesthesia
semicolon
epigram
exemplar
26. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
figurative language
assonance
infinitive
under
27. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
footnote
maxim
capitol
assertion
28. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
wit
assertion
antecedent
pathetic fallacy
29. 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)
fallacy
circumlocution
third person omniscient
framing
30. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
imagery
wit
personification
31. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
wit
understatement
repetition
ethos
32. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
compound sentence
tongue-in-cheek
capitol
ellipsis
33. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
vocative
simple sentence
parallel structure
masculine rhyme
34. Can be verified
antithesis balanced
fact
qualifying a claim
footnote
35. 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'
hypothetic example
exemplar
imagery
euphemism
36. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
apostrophe
understatement
propaganda
tone
37. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
refutation
Auxiliary verb
anthropomorphism
syntax
38. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
allusion
pathetic fallacy
idiom
false dilemma
39. Abab cdcd efef gg
burlesque
problem-solution organization
Shakespearean rhyme
episodic
40. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
paradox
compound sentence
bias
third person
41. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
exemplar
caesura
allegory
hyperbole
42. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
epithalamium
chronological organization
diction
colon
43. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
metonymy
synaesthesia
compound sentence
allusion
44. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
bias
anecdote
fallacy
protagonist
45. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
concrete
metonymy
Spenserian rhyme
complement
46. To move off point
false dilemma
innuendo
satire
digress
47. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
footnote
subjunctive
emphatic organization
antecedent
48. A figure of speech
comparison organization
third person omniscient
idiom
vocative
49. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
propaganda
metaphor
caesura
bias
50. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
discretion
cause and effect
capitol
ellipsis