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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. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
allusion
discretion
induction
qualifying a claim
2. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
maxim
comparison organization
consonance
subjunctive
3. Abab cdcd efef gg
imperative
Shakespearean rhyme
empirical
fact
4. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
vocative
explicit
syllogism
false dilemma
5. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
decorum
rebuttal
euphemism
6. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
abstraction
satire
candor
hypothetic example
7. The verb and its object and modifiers
abstraction
syntax
masculine rhyme
verb phrase
8. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
apostrophe
emphatic organization
feminine rhyme
juxtapose
9. 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
infinitive
imagery
framing
decorum
10. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
episodic
complement
alliteration
11. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
allegory
circular reasoning
epithalamium
Spenserian rhyme
12. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
understatement
synaesthesia
abstract
candor
13. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
apostrophe
satire
exemplar
semicolon
14. Vague - not easily defined
dilemma
propaganda
wit
abstract
15. A negative statement
hyperbole
fact
juxtapose
negation
16. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
abstract noun
comparison organization
caesura
imagery
17. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
alliteration
propaganda
infinitive
predicate
18. Language chosen by the writer
synecdoche
symbol
diction
ellipsis
19. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
syllogism
ellipsis
circular reasoning
20. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
doggerel
since
repetition
epigram
21. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
episodic
analogy
footnote
Italian rhyme
22. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
refutation
generality organization
assonance
Spenserian rhyme
23. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
third person limited
soapstone
allegory
apostrophe
24. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
pastoral elegy
emphatic organization
circumlocution
irony
25. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
feminine rhyme
problem-solution organization
negation
ellipsis
26. (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
parallel structure
neutrality
predicate
epithet
27. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
neutrality
ironic commentary
paraody
28. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
circumlocution
gerund
idiom
masculine rhyme
29. Vowel rhyme
symbol
Shakespearean rhyme
third person limited
assonance
30. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
thesis
anthropomorphism
epigram
indicative
31. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
false dilemma
Auxiliary verb
idealism
ironic commentary
32. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
maxim
empirical
alliteration
allusion
33. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
rebuttal
circular reasoning
anecdote
damn with faint praise
34. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
complement
semicolon
emphatic organization
compound sentence
35. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
under
oxymoron
thesis
36. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
propaganda
simple sentence
irony
antecedent
37. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
capitol
thesis
analogy
38. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
tongue-in-cheek
analogy
assonance
third person
39. A figure of speech
truism
second person
idiom
Auxiliary verb
40. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
capital
vernacular
footnote
thesis
41. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
understatement
compliment
since
euphemism
42. 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)
abstract
assertion
episodic
third person omniscient
43. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
assertion
chronological organization
litotes
cause-effect organization
44. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
accordingly
propaganda
anticlimax
inference
45. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
circular reasoning
metonymy
syllogism
abstraction
46. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
idiom
assonance
fact
capital
47. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cadence
paraody
gerund
vernacular
48. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
abstract noun
pathos
figurative language
maxim
49. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
cause and effect
wit
generality organization
since
50. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
framing
masculine rhyme
concrete
abstraction