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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. Vague - not easily defined
comparison organization
abstract
gerund
ethos
2. A figure of speech
third person limited
abstraction
fallacy
idiom
3. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
Alexandrine
feminine rhyme
imagery
4. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
analogical comparison
propaganda
cadence
5. Quiet reflection upon a topic
tongue-in-cheek
abstract noun
Italian rhyme
musing
6. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
burlesque
third person
Alexandrine
allusion
7. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
epithalamium
negation
syntax
8. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
epithalamium
episodic
syllogism
9. Expressly stated
first person
explicit
refutation
parallel structure
10. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
analogical comparison
anticlimax
Italian rhyme
infinitive
11. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
cause-effect organization
metonymy
decorum
antecedent
12. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
Spenserian rhyme
repetition
fallacy
subordinate conjunction
13. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
repetition
footnote
Auxiliary verb
14. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
comparison organization
chronological organization
metonymy
framing
15. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
oxymoron
colloquial
parallel structure
16. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
neutrality
vocative
simile
counterexample
17. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
antithesis balanced
second person
propaganda
complement
18. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
third person limited
soapstone
compliment
compound complex sentence
19. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
epigram
innuendo
refutation
analogical comparison
20. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
cause-effect organization
paraody
third person
21. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
analogical comparison
antecedent
compound sentence
22. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
soapstone
assertion
Italian rhyme
burlesque
23. An indirect attack or insinuation
tone
over generalization
alliteration
innuendo
24. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
litotes
subjunctive
pathetic fallacy
abstraction
25. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
fact
over generalization
analogy
bias
26. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
hyperbole
metaphor
diction
innuendo
27. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
maxim
substantive
personification
anthropomorphism
28. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
abstract noun
complement
participle
compound sentence
29. List of details that reinforces a concept
compound complex sentence
euphemism
analogy
catalog
30. The work is narrated by the person 'I' - who can also be the protagonist - omniscient speaker. There can be multiple narrators of the same work
first person
explicit
epigram
comparison organization
31. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
footnote
antithesis
burlesque
Alexandrine
32. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
episodic
ellipsis
allegory
33. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
indicative
personification
circular reasoning
false dilemma
34. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
third person limited
colon
assertion
Auxiliary verb
35. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
compliment
framing
pathos
hyperbole
36. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
third person omniscient
ethos
compound complex sentence
over generalization
37. Open - honest communication
anticlimax
oxymoron
candor
damn with faint praise
38. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
caesura
parallel structure
subordinate conjunction
damn with faint praise
39. Something that is implied
catalog
implicit
decorum
figurative language
40. Consists of a single independent clause
vocative
neutrality
simple sentence
capital
41. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
doggerel
qualifying a claim
maxim
truism
42. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
mock
figurative language
metonymy
colloquial
43. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
episodic
ellipsis
comparison organization
Auxiliary verb
44. Neoclassical principles of drama
negation
Italian rhyme
decorum
since
45. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
anthropomorphism
diatribe
simple sentence
46. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
dilemma
negation
litotes
47. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
complement
Italian rhyme
rhetorical question
48. The main character - usually the hero
under
protagonist
idiom
repetition
49. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
litotes
allusion
analogy
extended metaphor
50. Opposing point of view
tongue-in-cheek
verb phrase
rebuttal
rhetorical question