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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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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. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
understatement
candor
fiction
2. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
simile
predicate
masculine rhyme
third person omniscient
3. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
capitol
synaesthesia
allusion
antagonist
4. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
cause and effect
burlesque
ellipsis
consonance
5. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
tone
symbol
hyperbole
6. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
epigram
analogical comparison
cause-effect organization
7. To make fun of
complement
qualifying a claim
capitol
mock
8. The commentator does not mean what she writes
negation
thesis
verb phrase
ironic commentary
9. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
implicit
third person omniscient
neutrality
10. Vowel rhyme
colloquial
antithesis balanced
assonance
gerund
11. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
implicit
candor
burlesque
semicolon
12. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
second person
tongue-in-cheek
metaphor
vernacular
13. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
episodic
oxymoron
framing
Spenserian rhyme
14. 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'
colon
antithesis balanced
semicolon
exemplar
15. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
alliteration
implicit
over generalization
16. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
digress
irony
anecdote
epithet
17. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
symbol
capitol
fiction
satire
18. Not taking a position
antagonist
neutrality
syntax
chronological organization
19. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
fact
thesis
epigram
third person limited
20. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
antecedent
protagonist
first person
21. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
candor
syntax
third person limited
22. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
fiction
pathetic fallacy
litotes
tone
23. Can be verified
fact
onomatopoeia
accordingly
framing
24. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
Shakespearean rhyme
under
colloquial
Auxiliary verb
25. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
circumlocution
irony
compound sentence
26. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
cause-effect organization
colon
compound complex sentence
third person limited
27. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
capitol
juxtapose
fallacy
innuendo
28. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
litotes
apostrophe
synaesthesia
hyperbole
29. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
under
understatement
masculine rhyme
feminine rhyme
30. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
paraody
abstract
analogy
31. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
consonance
abstraction
gerund
empirical
32. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
parallel structure
pathetic fallacy
voice
under
33. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
personification
Alexandrine
capitol
over generalization
34. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
diatribe
first person
metonymy
syntax
35. 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
diction
idealism
framing
diatribe
36. Expressly stated
explicit
tongue-in-cheek
neutrality
oxymoron
37. One of many prepositions
under
masculine rhyme
wit
abstraction
38. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
ethos
infinitive
first person
musing
39. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
propaganda
soapstone
ellipsis
assertion
40. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
idealism
antagonist
dilemma
colon
41. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
empirical
participle
paradox
imperative
42. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
second person
maxim
allusion
framing
43. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
emphatic organization
Alexandrine
syntax
parallel structure
44. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
generality organization
induction
syntax
understatement
45. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
subjunctive
Spenserian rhyme
footnote
personification
46. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
paraody
symbol
fallacy
vernacular
47. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
ellipsis
satire
compound sentence
48. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
voice
over generalization
ethos
synecdoche
49. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
neutrality
ironic commentary
damn with faint praise
50. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
burlesque
syntax
catalog
gerund