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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. Quiet reflection upon a topic
wit
protagonist
synecdoche
musing
2. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
complement
innuendo
generality organization
3. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
metonymy
circular reasoning
vocative
4. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
protagonist
second person
pastoral elegy
oxymoron
5. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
colon
comparison organization
anticlimax
footnote
6. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
generality organization
substantive
maxim
masculine rhyme
7. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
anticlimax
allusion
compliment
gerund
8. The commentator does not mean what she writes
vocative
gerund
digress
ironic commentary
9. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
maxim
diction
vernacular
10. (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
protagonist
extended metaphor
double entendre
11. List of details that reinforces a concept
circumlocution
framing
catalog
explicit
12. Vague - not easily defined
abstract
parallel structure
assertion
first person
13. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
ethos
consonance
repetition
allegory
14. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
fact
third person
third person limited
symbol
15. Expressly stated
analogy
emphatic organization
neutrality
explicit
16. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
framing
false dilemma
tongue-in-cheek
colon
17. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
decorum
vocative
Spenserian rhyme
symbol
18. A figure of speech
bias
circumlocution
idiom
chronological organization
19. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
repetition
imperative
doggerel
comparison organization
20. Understatement created through double negative
colloquial
third person limited
second person
litotes
21. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
ellipsis
cause-effect organization
naivete
framing
22. Not taking a position
participle
voice
litotes
neutrality
23. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
oxymoron
vocative
abstract noun
antagonist
24. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
semicolon
anticlimax
ironic commentary
syntax
25. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
consonance
parallel structure
understatement
protagonist
26. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
masculine rhyme
exemplar
Italian rhyme
personification
27. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
framing
simple sentence
hyperbole
emphatic organization
28. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
third person limited
hyperbole
thesis
29. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
predicate
diatribe
pathetic fallacy
personification
30. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
anecdote
abstraction
caesura
circular reasoning
31. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
innuendo
paradox
explicit
digress
32. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
onomatopoeia
allegory
fallacy
juxtapose
33. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
understatement
circumlocution
symbol
simple sentence
34. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
fiction
allusion
irony
circular reasoning
35. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
epigram
consonance
predicate
bias
36. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
subjunctive
vocative
maxim
implicit
37. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
feminine rhyme
analogical comparison
exemplar
diction
38. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
paradox
decorum
irony
simile
39. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
first person
extended metaphor
damn with faint praise
second person
40. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
Spenserian rhyme
substantive
accordingly
diatribe
41. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
induction
fact
synaesthesia
verb phrase
42. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
under
thesis
protagonist
metonymy
43. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
idealism
fact
truism
hypothetic example
44. 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'
voice
false dilemma
personification
euphemism
45. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
third person
complement
semicolon
synaesthesia
46. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
antithesis
refutation
problem-solution organization
pathos
47. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
under
capital
pathos
syntax
48. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
symbol
assertion
participle
mock
49. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
comparison organization
imperative
apostrophe
maxim
50. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
pathos
infinitive
metonymy
masculine rhyme