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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. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
simple sentence
apostrophe
wit
alliteration
2. A negative statement
musing
negation
digress
synecdoche
3. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
allusion
paradox
second person
masculine rhyme
4. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
soapstone
damn with faint praise
metonymy
consonance
5. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
antithesis balanced
allegory
exemplar
thesis
6. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
third person omniscient
fiction
tongue-in-cheek
discretion
7. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
refutation
analogical comparison
episodic
subjunctive
8. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
decorum
maxim
third person omniscient
9. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
alliteration
second person
Shakespearean rhyme
capitol
10. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
oxymoron
verb phrase
neutrality
hypothetic example
11. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
epigram
feminine rhyme
paraody
paradox
12. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
second person
musing
pathos
satire
13. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
over generalization
ethos
extended metaphor
comparison organization
14. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
pastoral elegy
infinitive
damn with faint praise
double entendre
15. Vowel rhyme
innuendo
assonance
paraody
propaganda
16. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
chronological organization
comparison organization
antecedent
17. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
verb phrase
repetition
allegory
over generalization
18. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
cause and effect
infinitive
emphatic organization
truism
19. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
imagery
antecedent
idealism
double entendre
20. Understatement created through double negative
participle
litotes
propaganda
antithesis
21. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
dilemma
ethos
colloquial
22. Can be verified
subordinate conjunction
pastoral elegy
diatribe
fact
23. Abab cdcd efef gg
epithalamium
qualifying a claim
Shakespearean rhyme
indicative
24. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
catalog
idealism
negation
complement
25. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
figurative language
metonymy
analogical comparison
caesura
26. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
framing
synecdoche
allusion
double entendre
27. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
dilemma
epithet
damn with faint praise
irony
28. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
repetition
metaphor
juxtapose
ethos
29. Vague - not easily defined
capitol
under
abstract
footnote
30. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
candor
pathetic fallacy
litotes
simple sentence
31. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
thesis
parallel structure
semicolon
compliment
32. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
third person
diatribe
voice
first person
33. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
verb phrase
chronological organization
soapstone
34. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
naivete
imagery
colon
explicit
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'
metonymy
euphemism
generality organization
colloquial
36. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
epithet
hypothetic example
syllogism
rhetorical question
37. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
problem-solution organization
Shakespearean rhyme
third person
ethos
38. The perspective from which a story is written
damn with faint praise
maxim
voice
gerund
39. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
feminine rhyme
vocative
thesis
Auxiliary verb
40. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
subjunctive
understatement
colloquial
litotes
41. 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)
implicit
abstraction
innuendo
third person omniscient
42. Quiet reflection upon a topic
tongue-in-cheek
soapstone
syllogism
musing
43. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
consonance
explicit
compound complex sentence
catalog
44. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
abstraction
complement
explicit
45. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
naivete
pastoral elegy
concrete
46. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
euphemism
metaphor
rebuttal
consonance
47. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
fallacy
decorum
compound sentence
framing
48. To make fun of
dilemma
mock
epithet
maxim
49. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
antecedent
circumlocution
generality organization
voice
50. Open - honest communication
consonance
candor
analogy
infinitive