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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. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
first person
feminine rhyme
subordinate conjunction
third person limited
2. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
capitol
musing
counterexample
satire
3. Vowel rhyme
idiom
Spenserian rhyme
subordinate conjunction
assonance
4. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
chronological organization
explicit
substantive
maxim
5. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
simple sentence
rhetorical question
fiction
parallel structure
6. List of details that reinforces a concept
refutation
catalog
voice
diatribe
7. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
euphemism
ethos
vernacular
diction
8. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
Alexandrine
epithet
propaganda
allusion
9. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
compound complex sentence
dilemma
bias
satire
10. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
extended metaphor
repetition
euphemism
anecdote
11. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
complement
fallacy
allusion
Auxiliary verb
12. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
rhetorical question
chronological organization
allusion
13. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
parallel structure
qualifying a claim
syllogism
anecdote
14. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
abstract noun
understatement
rhetorical question
15. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
feminine rhyme
vernacular
consonance
apostrophe
16. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
idiom
metaphor
subjunctive
digress
17. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
antithesis balanced
anecdote
cause and effect
qualifying a claim
18. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
anthropomorphism
allegory
Italian rhyme
emphatic organization
19. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
first person
antithesis
Auxiliary verb
emphatic organization
20. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
thesis
cause-effect organization
compliment
21. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
inference
infinitive
antecedent
22. One of many conjunctive adverbs
mock
feminine rhyme
problem-solution organization
accordingly
23. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
problem-solution organization
imperative
pathetic fallacy
satire
24. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
fact
simile
circumlocution
framing
25. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
semicolon
imagery
gerund
26. 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
fallacy
parallel structure
third person
tone
27. 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'
antithesis balanced
doggerel
hypothetic example
fact
28. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
digress
antecedent
false dilemma
truism
29. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
figurative language
anticlimax
wit
vocative
30. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
burlesque
circumlocution
paradox
Spenserian rhyme
31. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
catalog
tone
generality organization
idealism
32. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
antecedent
assertion
capital
Auxiliary verb
33. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
damn with faint praise
assertion
paradox
comparison organization
34. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
diction
inference
analogical comparison
cause-effect organization
35. To move off point
understatement
double entendre
digress
hyperbole
36. A negative statement
satire
repetition
negation
caesura
37. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
counterexample
hypothetic example
burlesque
antecedent
38. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
verb phrase
juxtapose
indicative
39. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
fact
extended metaphor
colloquial
doggerel
40. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
maxim
exemplar
litotes
predicate
41. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
abstract noun
fact
third person
42. (1) a short poetic nickname; (2) a term used to describe the name or title of a person -ie 'The Great Emancipator' for Abraham Lincoln; (3) an abusive slur
epithet
simple sentence
personification
soapstone
43. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
epithet
third person limited
episodic
44. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
generality organization
hyperbole
circular reasoning
problem-solution organization
45. The assigning of human attributes - such as emotions or physical characteristics - to nonhumans - usually plants or animals. Differs from personification in that it is a pattern applied to a nonhuman character throughout the entire literary work
compound complex sentence
semicolon
analogy
anthropomorphism
46. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
diction
problem-solution organization
capital
compound sentence
47. The commentator does not mean what she writes
qualifying a claim
semicolon
ironic commentary
understatement
48. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
figurative language
vernacular
parallel structure
49. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
subordinate conjunction
indicative
catalog
truism
50. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
decorum
subjunctive
hypothetic example