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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. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
hyperbole
truism
Alexandrine
vocative
2. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
Spenserian rhyme
fallacy
propaganda
3. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
abstraction
vernacular
compound sentence
epithet
4. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
masculine rhyme
wit
extended metaphor
soapstone
5. 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
second person
inference
antecedent
generality organization
6. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
parallel structure
wit
litotes
explicit
7. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
allusion
burlesque
dilemma
metonymy
8. An exaggeration or overstatement
synecdoche
emphatic organization
negation
hyperbole
9. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
idealism
fallacy
satire
caesura
10. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
personification
epithet
anecdote
chronological organization
11. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
implicit
bias
explicit
compound sentence
12. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
anthropomorphism
second person
negation
assertion
13. Vowel rhyme
emphatic organization
Shakespearean rhyme
assonance
feminine rhyme
14. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
synecdoche
dilemma
emphatic organization
15. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
epigram
false dilemma
episodic
propaganda
16. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
antithesis balanced
empirical
Alexandrine
pathetic fallacy
17. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
imagery
third person limited
compliment
wit
18. A figure of speech
idiom
propaganda
abstract
cause and effect
19. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
damn with faint praise
Alexandrine
euphemism
cause and effect
20. 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
parallel structure
feminine rhyme
vocative
maxim
21. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
masculine rhyme
qualifying a claim
negation
since
22. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
syllogism
imperative
indicative
Spenserian rhyme
23. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
idealism
satire
participle
propaganda
24. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
problem-solution organization
antecedent
hypothetic example
compliment
25. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
compound sentence
antagonist
damn with faint praise
pathos
26. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
under
paraody
analogy
ellipsis
27. Understatement created through double negative
litotes
assertion
abstract noun
comparison organization
28. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
capitol
tongue-in-cheek
footnote
idealism
29. 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
problem-solution organization
idealism
first person
epithet
30. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
Italian rhyme
third person limited
understatement
soapstone
31. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
negation
mock
assonance
32. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
over generalization
naivete
circular reasoning
symbol
33. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
soapstone
metonymy
concrete
Spenserian rhyme
34. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
counterexample
protagonist
figurative language
emphatic organization
35. Opposing point of view
infinitive
epithalamium
Spenserian rhyme
rebuttal
36. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
colloquial
chronological organization
circular reasoning
subjunctive
37. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
propaganda
ethos
double entendre
rhetorical question
38. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
epigram
compliment
anecdote
subjunctive
39. The main character - usually the hero
hyperbole
protagonist
cause-effect organization
rebuttal
40. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
anecdote
empirical
doggerel
epithalamium
41. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
burlesque
complement
extended metaphor
analogy
42. 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'
truism
counterexample
euphemism
bias
43. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
apostrophe
Shakespearean rhyme
antagonist
comparison organization
44. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
over generalization
empirical
abstract noun
assonance
45. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
fact
damn with faint praise
decorum
semicolon
46. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
antecedent
protagonist
since
47. The verb and its object and modifiers
anthropomorphism
verb phrase
innuendo
repetition
48. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
simple sentence
synecdoche
anthropomorphism
third person
49. Something that is implied
synecdoche
doggerel
cause and effect
implicit
50. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
ethos
diatribe
syllogism
chronological organization