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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. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
second person
antithesis
syllogism
vocative
2. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
doggerel
paraody
fallacy
analogy
3. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
propaganda
third person omniscient
simile
analogical comparison
4. 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)
chronological organization
capitol
third person omniscient
metonymy
5. 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'
complement
euphemism
allusion
synaesthesia
6. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
simple sentence
pathos
irony
burlesque
7. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
Alexandrine
caesura
propaganda
tongue-in-cheek
8. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
onomatopoeia
caesura
apostrophe
9. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
truism
satire
epithalamium
10. Quiet reflection upon a topic
idiom
musing
fact
episodic
11. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
predicate
semicolon
epithalamium
Auxiliary verb
12. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
Auxiliary verb
personification
subordinate conjunction
13. The verb and its object and modifiers
Auxiliary verb
maxim
verb phrase
false dilemma
14. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
assonance
pastoral elegy
onomatopoeia
15. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
analogy
allusion
alliteration
anecdote
16. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
cause and effect
symbol
simile
generality organization
17. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
predicate
symbol
implicit
18. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
under
fiction
vocative
19. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
assonance
imperative
vernacular
20. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
abstraction
consonance
third person limited
third person omniscient
21. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
analogical comparison
idiom
subjunctive
22. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
synaesthesia
capitol
syntax
23. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
analogical comparison
caesura
ellipsis
apostrophe
24. Not taking a position
cadence
verb phrase
neutrality
tone
25. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
circular reasoning
allusion
second person
episodic
26. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
emphatic organization
abstraction
allusion
27. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
wit
soapstone
idealism
comparison organization
28. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
framing
second person
emphatic organization
ellipsis
29. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
concrete
fallacy
cause and effect
predicate
30. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
since
synaesthesia
juxtapose
inference
31. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
figurative language
generality organization
predicate
compound complex sentence
32. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
simple sentence
musing
rebuttal
33. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
hypothetic example
generality organization
synecdoche
satire
34. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
damn with faint praise
imagery
wit
propaganda
35. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
pathetic fallacy
Italian rhyme
counterexample
accordingly
36. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
pathos
feminine rhyme
implicit
syntax
37. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
irony
indicative
feminine rhyme
voice
38. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
maxim
emphatic organization
comparison organization
39. Something that is implied
figurative language
hyperbole
implicit
vernacular
40. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
antithesis
consonance
irony
double entendre
41. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
diction
capital
ethos
assertion
42. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
understatement
assonance
chronological organization
43. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
abstract
cause and effect
allegory
chronological organization
44. Vowel rhyme
innuendo
antithesis
syntax
assonance
45. A figure of speech
false dilemma
allusion
doggerel
idiom
46. Consists of a single independent clause
doggerel
maxim
semicolon
simple sentence
47. 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
hyperbole
euphemism
pathetic fallacy
48. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
exemplar
circular reasoning
compliment
over generalization
49. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
counterexample
third person limited
exemplar
maxim
50. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cadence
pathetic fallacy
capitol
indicative