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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. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
colon
emphatic organization
counterexample
vernacular
2. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
ethos
mock
dilemma
subordinate conjunction
3. Vowel rhyme
anecdote
truism
assonance
second person
4. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
personification
allegory
imagery
analogy
5. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
oxymoron
abstraction
juxtapose
paraody
6. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
complement
feminine rhyme
idealism
anticlimax
7. Abab cdcd efef gg
paraody
protagonist
Shakespearean rhyme
allusion
8. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
personification
diatribe
circumlocution
pathetic fallacy
9. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
double entendre
epigram
empirical
10. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
ellipsis
figurative language
caesura
fiction
11. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
abstract noun
chronological organization
concrete
framing
12. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
chronological organization
litotes
alliteration
damn with faint praise
13. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
parallel structure
mock
analogy
symbol
14. The perspective from which a story is written
truism
voice
Italian rhyme
tongue-in-cheek
15. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
truism
simile
tongue-in-cheek
onomatopoeia
16. Expressly stated
masculine rhyme
idiom
explicit
first person
17. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
fiction
analogy
circumlocution
simile
18. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
figurative language
soapstone
Italian rhyme
thesis
19. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
qualifying a claim
anticlimax
empirical
footnote
20. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
subordinate conjunction
propaganda
chronological organization
antithesis
21. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
thesis
third person limited
infinitive
22. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
consonance
pathos
abstraction
diatribe
23. The main character - usually the hero
implicit
protagonist
cadence
assonance
24. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
semicolon
syntax
hyperbole
25. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
parallel structure
colon
synecdoche
semicolon
26. An exaggeration or overstatement
episodic
hyperbole
candor
rebuttal
27. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
damn with faint praise
subordinate conjunction
framing
cadence
28. An exception to a proposed general rule
alliteration
abstract noun
double entendre
counterexample
29. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
epithet
abstract noun
understatement
caesura
30. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
pastoral elegy
propaganda
compound complex sentence
abstraction
31. Language chosen by the writer
semicolon
Auxiliary verb
diction
vernacular
32. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
oxymoron
concrete
catalog
abstract noun
33. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
tongue-in-cheek
symbol
neutrality
34. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
discretion
caesura
third person
oxymoron
35. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
double entendre
simple sentence
syntax
assonance
36. Opposing point of view
circumlocution
musing
rebuttal
caesura
37. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
abstract noun
rhetorical question
simile
circumlocution
38. Can be verified
colon
footnote
fact
exemplar
39. One of many subordinating conjunctions
abstract
since
soapstone
antecedent
40. Not taking a position
comparison organization
predicate
neutrality
parallel structure
41. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
subordinate conjunction
chronological organization
wit
allusion
42. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
rebuttal
colloquial
burlesque
doggerel
43. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
exemplar
allusion
since
44. Understatement created through double negative
allegory
litotes
thesis
paradox
45. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
over generalization
epithalamium
mock
46. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
masculine rhyme
circular reasoning
abstract noun
47. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
understatement
abstraction
substantive
bias
48. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
accordingly
repetition
circular reasoning
metonymy
49. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
accordingly
Spenserian rhyme
consonance
paraody
50. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
candor
maxim
counterexample
double entendre