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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. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
complement
cadence
diction
juxtapose
2. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
anticlimax
irony
diatribe
antithesis
3. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
repetition
neutrality
propaganda
semicolon
4. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
participle
predicate
inference
musing
5. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
Alexandrine
complement
symbol
6. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
hypothetic example
syllogism
footnote
pathetic fallacy
7. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
damn with faint praise
irony
epithet
analogical comparison
8. To move off point
abstract
verb phrase
propaganda
digress
9. Opposing point of view
emphatic organization
rhetorical question
mock
rebuttal
10. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
Auxiliary verb
onomatopoeia
subjunctive
11. (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
inference
third person
catalog
12. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
capitol
epithalamium
juxtapose
chronological organization
13. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
simple sentence
abstract noun
juxtapose
fiction
14. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
third person limited
dilemma
Alexandrine
chronological organization
15. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
propaganda
vocative
symbol
dilemma
16. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
compliment
onomatopoeia
first person
under
17. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
apostrophe
protagonist
decorum
18. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
allusion
personification
antagonist
footnote
19. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
candor
masculine rhyme
idealism
Italian rhyme
20. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
paradox
allegory
semicolon
Italian rhyme
21. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
syntax
explicit
hyperbole
figurative language
22. Language chosen by the writer
episodic
alliteration
diction
verb phrase
23. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
truism
generality organization
capitol
inference
24. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
under
hypothetic example
analogical comparison
personification
25. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
circumlocution
cause-effect organization
indicative
subjunctive
26. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
circumlocution
burlesque
discretion
tongue-in-cheek
27. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
vocative
substantive
damn with faint praise
maxim
28. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
compound complex sentence
false dilemma
third person limited
29. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
voice
anecdote
irony
Italian rhyme
30. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
inference
antithesis
fiction
fallacy
31. A figure of speech
metonymy
accordingly
idiom
emphatic organization
32. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
synecdoche
cadence
epithet
circumlocution
33. To make fun of
colloquial
maxim
mock
syntax
34. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
antecedent
neutrality
synaesthesia
35. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
oxymoron
apostrophe
bias
exemplar
36. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
colon
antithesis balanced
footnote
vocative
37. 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
circular reasoning
paradox
Alexandrine
first person
38. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
substantive
cause-effect organization
compound complex sentence
Spenserian rhyme
39. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
substantive
third person
hyperbole
40. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
epithalamium
over generalization
capitol
Italian rhyme
41. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
diction
under
metaphor
anticlimax
42. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
antithesis
empirical
syntax
cause and effect
43. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
alliteration
indicative
naivete
oxymoron
44. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
generality organization
mock
gerund
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
anticlimax
semicolon
anthropomorphism
protagonist
46. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
simile
fact
truism
compound complex sentence
47. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
comparison organization
rhetorical question
gerund
third person
48. The perspective from which a story is written
participle
pastoral elegy
negation
voice
49. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
colloquial
anthropomorphism
soapstone
propaganda
50. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
emphatic organization
hypothetic example
capital