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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. 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
anecdote
catalog
framing
wit
2. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
oxymoron
parallel structure
abstraction
alliteration
3. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
euphemism
negation
fallacy
apostrophe
4. One of many prepositions
under
litotes
capitol
alliteration
5. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
inference
maxim
bias
metaphor
6. A figure of speech
false dilemma
implicit
verb phrase
idiom
7. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
metonymy
infinitive
substantive
analogical comparison
8. The main character - usually the hero
accordingly
discretion
antithesis balanced
protagonist
9. To make fun of
mock
under
substantive
induction
10. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
parallel structure
oxymoron
qualifying a claim
fallacy
11. Open - honest communication
false dilemma
infinitive
antithesis balanced
candor
12. One of many subordinating conjunctions
burlesque
generality organization
antagonist
since
13. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
predicate
fiction
ethos
epithalamium
14. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
counterexample
onomatopoeia
third person
second person
15. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
burlesque
digress
allusion
thesis
16. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
antithesis
naivete
imperative
colon
17. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
antithesis
capital
pathos
synecdoche
18. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
masculine rhyme
capital
participle
semicolon
19. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
cause-effect organization
anticlimax
circular reasoning
20. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
metonymy
tone
colloquial
mock
21. Vowel rhyme
syllogism
diatribe
assonance
anticlimax
22. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
soapstone
footnote
circumlocution
paraody
23. To move off point
abstract
digress
candor
vocative
24. 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)
third person omniscient
protagonist
hyperbole
antecedent
25. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
personification
soapstone
inference
26. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
onomatopoeia
masculine rhyme
double entendre
juxtapose
27. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
neutrality
repetition
apostrophe
understatement
28. Opposing point of view
syntax
rebuttal
cause-effect organization
fallacy
29. An exception to a proposed general rule
pastoral elegy
epithet
hypothetic example
counterexample
30. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
Italian rhyme
compound complex sentence
induction
31. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
doggerel
euphemism
oxymoron
symbol
32. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
Auxiliary verb
thesis
indicative
personification
33. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
antagonist
cause-effect organization
oxymoron
imperative
34. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
syntax
synaesthesia
burlesque
35. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
tone
masculine rhyme
pathetic fallacy
rhetorical question
36. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
syllogism
synecdoche
problem-solution organization
diatribe
37. 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'
innuendo
euphemism
synecdoche
negation
38. 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
under
analogy
first person
ethos
39. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
colloquial
innuendo
pathos
40. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
allegory
naivete
neutrality
under
41. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
participle
abstract
epigram
empirical
42. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
compliment
neutrality
circumlocution
exemplar
43. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
irony
thesis
antagonist
verb phrase
44. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
antecedent
vernacular
repetition
45. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
double entendre
ethos
alliteration
46. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
digress
syntax
circumlocution
bias
47. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
truism
burlesque
indicative
predicate
48. One of many conjunctive adverbs
satire
accordingly
alliteration
doggerel
49. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
induction
catalog
compound sentence
compound complex sentence
50. Consists of a single independent clause
Alexandrine
third person omniscient
simple sentence
consonance