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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. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
Spenserian rhyme
catalog
antecedent
naivete
2. An indirect attack or insinuation
since
innuendo
capital
fiction
3. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
pastoral elegy
since
episodic
induction
4. 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
substantive
concrete
first person
indicative
5. The commentator does not mean what she writes
predicate
analogical comparison
ironic commentary
epithalamium
6. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
thesis
indicative
abstraction
problem-solution organization
7. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
assonance
implicit
allegory
allusion
8. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
innuendo
dilemma
doggerel
abstract
9. Quiet reflection upon a topic
burlesque
musing
mock
semicolon
10. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
personification
apostrophe
consonance
allegory
11. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
imperative
generality organization
diatribe
cause and effect
12. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
imperative
pastoral elegy
colloquial
vocative
13. 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
anthropomorphism
fiction
pathos
subjunctive
14. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cause and effect
cadence
fiction
subordinate conjunction
15. Expressly stated
propaganda
explicit
figurative language
circular reasoning
16. One of many conjunctive adverbs
third person limited
over generalization
voice
accordingly
17. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
circular reasoning
pathos
concrete
feminine rhyme
18. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
caesura
syllogism
imagery
19. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
propaganda
assertion
false dilemma
emphatic organization
20. Can be verified
fiction
fact
hypothetic example
infinitive
21. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
euphemism
innuendo
repetition
epithet
22. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
innuendo
cadence
consonance
assertion
23. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
idiom
naivete
Spenserian rhyme
24. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
simile
pastoral elegy
participle
cause-effect organization
25. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
gerund
synecdoche
comparison organization
juxtapose
26. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
tone
accordingly
figurative language
metaphor
27. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
symbol
under
oxymoron
neutrality
28. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
metaphor
indicative
complement
anticlimax
29. 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
oxymoron
double entendre
indicative
generality organization
30. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
oxymoron
fallacy
ironic commentary
idealism
31. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
antithesis balanced
compound complex sentence
Auxiliary verb
epithalamium
32. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
discretion
neutrality
semicolon
third person omniscient
33. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
repetition
induction
thesis
colon
34. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
subjunctive
explicit
simile
footnote
35. Language chosen by the writer
protagonist
diction
colon
emphatic organization
36. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
complement
epigram
parallel structure
negation
37. Consists of a single independent clause
simple sentence
epithet
imperative
capital
38. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
negation
simile
counterexample
39. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
abstract noun
alliteration
doggerel
catalog
40. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
soapstone
vernacular
ellipsis
allusion
41. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
paradox
antithesis
masculine rhyme
42. A figure of speech
idiom
pastoral elegy
consonance
antagonist
43. Open - honest communication
candor
synecdoche
pathos
euphemism
44. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
musing
paradox
since
45. Not taking a position
neutrality
oxymoron
second person
antithesis balanced
46. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
paraody
idealism
assonance
synecdoche
47. Opposing point of view
circular reasoning
footnote
Shakespearean rhyme
rebuttal
48. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
Italian rhyme
indicative
abstract noun
third person limited
49. 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'
metonymy
hyperbole
mock
euphemism
50. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
fact
empirical
over generalization
exemplar