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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. Open - honest communication
epithalamium
litotes
candor
negation
2. To move off point
fiction
digress
pathos
decorum
3. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
discretion
analogical comparison
compound sentence
compound complex sentence
4. To make fun of
syllogism
mock
paradox
analogical comparison
5. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
verb phrase
syllogism
simile
framing
6. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
colloquial
pastoral elegy
metonymy
third person limited
7. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
substantive
allusion
repetition
parallel structure
8. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
figurative language
concrete
anecdote
complement
9. List of details that reinforces a concept
idiom
symbol
qualifying a claim
catalog
10. Understatement created through double negative
cadence
litotes
ellipsis
syntax
11. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
apostrophe
tongue-in-cheek
capitol
subordinate conjunction
12. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
maxim
truism
voice
13. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
circumlocution
emphatic organization
semicolon
wit
14. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
fallacy
soapstone
symbol
Spenserian rhyme
15. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
vernacular
framing
truism
predicate
16. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
consonance
analogical comparison
rebuttal
17. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
fallacy
false dilemma
circumlocution
idiom
18. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
verb phrase
synaesthesia
protagonist
hyperbole
19. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
since
double entendre
false dilemma
cause-effect organization
20. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
neutrality
paraody
assonance
pathetic fallacy
21. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
footnote
cause and effect
neutrality
idiom
22. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
compound complex sentence
soapstone
chronological organization
syllogism
23. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
Shakespearean rhyme
episodic
problem-solution organization
idealism
24. 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
propaganda
damn with faint praise
parallel structure
gerund
25. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
discretion
syntax
Italian rhyme
26. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
satire
anticlimax
abstract noun
irony
27. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
indicative
concrete
cause and effect
28. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
induction
cadence
oxymoron
negation
29. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
compound complex sentence
accordingly
participle
fallacy
30. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
synecdoche
wit
dilemma
masculine rhyme
31. Expressly stated
wit
explicit
antithesis
rebuttal
32. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
substantive
false dilemma
allegory
verb phrase
33. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
digress
analogical comparison
idealism
34. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
rhetorical question
imagery
over generalization
syllogism
35. 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'
epithalamium
masculine rhyme
vernacular
euphemism
36. The claim or point that the writer is making
epithalamium
assertion
wit
hypothetic example
37. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
compound complex sentence
third person limited
epigram
38. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
apostrophe
Auxiliary verb
fact
exemplar
39. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
colon
truism
symbol
repetition
40. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
decorum
catalog
allegory
hypothetic example
41. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
extended metaphor
idiom
understatement
ironic commentary
42. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
personification
simple sentence
rebuttal
43. (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
ironic commentary
subordinate conjunction
epithet
discretion
44. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
second person
pastoral elegy
allegory
cause-effect organization
45. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
third person
wit
fallacy
infinitive
46. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
infinitive
since
dilemma
47. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
fallacy
gerund
rebuttal
48. Language chosen by the writer
hyperbole
musing
diction
anecdote
49. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
compliment
cause-effect organization
gerund
epithalamium
50. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
allegory
allusion
compound sentence