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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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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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1. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
metaphor
generality organization
allegory
epigram
2. One of many prepositions
under
epigram
epithalamium
ironic commentary
3. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
comparison organization
catalog
hypothetic example
maxim
4. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
antithesis balanced
burlesque
inference
imagery
5. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
rebuttal
compound sentence
metaphor
anecdote
6. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
anthropomorphism
gerund
innuendo
cause and effect
7. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
concrete
anticlimax
ethos
chronological organization
8. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
repetition
irony
semicolon
burlesque
9. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
syntax
pastoral elegy
metonymy
alliteration
10. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
since
third person limited
circular reasoning
circumlocution
11. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
negation
synaesthesia
cause and effect
concrete
12. Language chosen by the writer
double entendre
diction
subjunctive
apostrophe
13. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
allusion
maxim
repetition
metaphor
14. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
caesura
complement
syntax
15. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
accordingly
circumlocution
allusion
16. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
symbol
second person
hyperbole
diction
17. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
imperative
colloquial
fiction
18. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
Alexandrine
cause and effect
circular reasoning
hypothetic example
19. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
anthropomorphism
false dilemma
masculine rhyme
induction
20. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cadence
euphemism
negation
understatement
21. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
figurative language
tone
soapstone
indicative
22. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
extended metaphor
explicit
predicate
chronological organization
23. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
damn with faint praise
feminine rhyme
circumlocution
vocative
24. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
idiom
tongue-in-cheek
cadence
induction
25. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
vernacular
metaphor
problem-solution organization
paradox
26. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
compound sentence
protagonist
third person
musing
27. Opposing point of view
rhetorical question
masculine rhyme
rebuttal
syntax
28. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
onomatopoeia
since
ironic commentary
29. To move off point
alliteration
digress
oxymoron
allusion
30. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
abstraction
refutation
hypothetic example
first person
31. 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
since
paradox
epigram
32. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
consonance
antithesis balanced
satire
33. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
idiom
neutrality
personification
predicate
34. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
second person
fact
colon
episodic
35. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
juxtapose
exemplar
abstract noun
36. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
since
antithesis balanced
epigram
fallacy
37. Neoclassical principles of drama
ironic commentary
pathos
under
decorum
38. (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
qualifying a claim
epithet
complement
juxtapose
39. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
antecedent
Shakespearean rhyme
false dilemma
synaesthesia
40. Quiet reflection upon a topic
masculine rhyme
caesura
musing
inference
41. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
verb phrase
imagery
paradox
Shakespearean rhyme
42. Can be verified
fact
allusion
ellipsis
idiom
43. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
circular reasoning
antecedent
burlesque
third person limited
44. 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)
third person omniscient
diction
candor
protagonist
45. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
colloquial
wit
doggerel
metaphor
46. An exaggeration or overstatement
implicit
epigram
hyperbole
anthropomorphism
47. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
footnote
anticlimax
empirical
paraody
48. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
fallacy
framing
pathos
49. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
ironic commentary
discretion
metaphor
double entendre
50. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
hyperbole
double entendre
capital
propaganda