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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. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
gerund
musing
compound complex sentence
2. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
indicative
truism
qualifying a claim
subordinate conjunction
3. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
emphatic organization
exemplar
pathetic fallacy
explicit
4. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
abstract
abstraction
induction
synecdoche
5. The commentator does not mean what she writes
damn with faint praise
qualifying a claim
ironic commentary
under
6. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
indicative
analogy
digress
7. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
satire
bias
wit
episodic
8. Quiet reflection upon a topic
discretion
musing
cadence
antagonist
9. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
symbol
infinitive
protagonist
bias
10. A figure of speech
idiom
diatribe
anticlimax
paraody
11. Language chosen by the writer
diction
antagonist
wit
Auxiliary verb
12. Expressly stated
cause and effect
explicit
understatement
diatribe
13. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
explicit
simile
feminine rhyme
candor
14. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
third person limited
decorum
alliteration
discretion
15. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
pathos
analogical comparison
wit
tone
16. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
consonance
mock
concrete
idiom
17. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
third person limited
onomatopoeia
third person
18. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
simple sentence
fact
thesis
fiction
19. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
implicit
gerund
candor
explicit
20. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
litotes
allegory
under
candor
21. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
masculine rhyme
qualifying a claim
thesis
circular reasoning
22. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
assonance
doggerel
epithalamium
imagery
23. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
imagery
qualifying a claim
capitol
alliteration
24. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
protagonist
infinitive
damn with faint praise
caesura
25. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
naivete
verb phrase
subjunctive
fallacy
26. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
synaesthesia
third person limited
comparison organization
compliment
27. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
irony
diction
analogical comparison
understatement
28. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
cadence
caesura
analogical comparison
double entendre
29. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
simile
cause and effect
anthropomorphism
third person
30. (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
onomatopoeia
epithet
satire
third person omniscient
31. 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'
substantive
antithesis balanced
vernacular
antithesis
32. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
understatement
ironic commentary
colon
doggerel
33. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
over generalization
second person
accordingly
metaphor
34. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
extended metaphor
problem-solution organization
dilemma
ellipsis
35. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
epigram
fallacy
bias
verb phrase
36. Open - honest communication
predicate
indicative
candor
episodic
37. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
rhetorical question
allusion
infinitive
antecedent
38. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
epigram
analogy
third person omniscient
chronological organization
39. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
capital
accordingly
third person
simile
40. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
third person
syllogism
qualifying a claim
irony
41. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
circumlocution
idealism
Shakespearean rhyme
rhetorical question
42. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
satire
third person
tone
exemplar
43. The perspective from which a story is written
tongue-in-cheek
explicit
abstraction
voice
44. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
empirical
vernacular
inference
45. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
footnote
Italian rhyme
cadence
chronological organization
46. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
synecdoche
circular reasoning
semicolon
footnote
47. List of details that reinforces a concept
refutation
exemplar
Shakespearean rhyme
catalog
48. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
participle
compound complex sentence
antecedent
over generalization
49. An exaggeration or overstatement
protagonist
assonance
hyperbole
empirical
50. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
euphemism
diatribe
vocative
litotes