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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. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
allusion
alliteration
third person limited
circular reasoning
2. 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
analogical comparison
mock
syntax
3. An indirect attack or insinuation
repetition
abstract
innuendo
vernacular
4. Understatement created through double negative
litotes
alliteration
abstract
qualifying a claim
5. 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
personification
hyperbole
problem-solution organization
first person
6. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
diatribe
syllogism
chronological organization
substantive
7. To make fun of
ellipsis
damn with faint praise
paraody
mock
8. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
pathos
decorum
circumlocution
participle
9. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
ellipsis
fiction
burlesque
vernacular
10. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
fiction
double entendre
idiom
anticlimax
11. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
rebuttal
personification
paradox
emphatic organization
12. The verb and its object and modifiers
figurative language
Alexandrine
verb phrase
discretion
13. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
Spenserian rhyme
exemplar
generality organization
tongue-in-cheek
14. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
digress
indicative
Spenserian rhyme
empirical
15. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
assertion
comparison organization
burlesque
16. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
synaesthesia
neutrality
innuendo
17. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
parallel structure
ellipsis
symbol
18. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
tongue-in-cheek
abstraction
refutation
imperative
19. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
third person omniscient
epithalamium
neutrality
cause and effect
20. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
allegory
diction
induction
indicative
21. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
caesura
repetition
naivete
gerund
22. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
double entendre
damn with faint praise
generality organization
juxtapose
23. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
litotes
epigram
double entendre
vernacular
24. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
doggerel
bias
neutrality
rhetorical question
25. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
assonance
simile
third person
digress
26. Language chosen by the writer
thesis
diction
complement
euphemism
27. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
over generalization
gerund
wit
capital
28. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
inference
cause-effect organization
feminine rhyme
capital
29. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
circumlocution
infinitive
tone
30. 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'
naivete
tone
euphemism
abstract noun
31. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
discretion
diatribe
syntax
musing
32. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
tongue-in-cheek
Italian rhyme
candor
vernacular
33. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
abstraction
colon
anecdote
empirical
34. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
dilemma
antithesis
bias
diction
35. To move off point
syntax
compliment
digress
third person omniscient
36. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
juxtapose
syntax
qualifying a claim
allegory
37. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
abstract
complement
pathos
analogy
38. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
framing
epithet
damn with faint praise
simple sentence
39. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
voice
pathetic fallacy
over generalization
circumlocution
40. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
gerund
bias
catalog
inference
41. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
paraody
idealism
fact
hypothetic example
42. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
allegory
tone
pastoral elegy
double entendre
43. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
semicolon
thesis
naivete
ellipsis
44. A figure of speech
qualifying a claim
idiom
antagonist
dilemma
45. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
mock
personification
inference
footnote
46. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
problem-solution organization
circumlocution
chronological organization
Shakespearean rhyme
47. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
juxtapose
simile
alliteration
syntax
48. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
chronological organization
verb phrase
episodic
infinitive
49. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
vernacular
diction
indicative
substantive
50. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
predicate
synecdoche
repetition