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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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literature
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. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
Spenserian rhyme
fact
metonymy
2. List of details that reinforces a concept
qualifying a claim
Alexandrine
catalog
footnote
3. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
maxim
hyperbole
framing
propaganda
4. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
metaphor
ethos
capitol
colon
5. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
footnote
euphemism
imperative
hypothetic example
6. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
pathetic fallacy
neutrality
false dilemma
cadence
7. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
imperative
consonance
pathetic fallacy
cause-effect organization
8. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
footnote
compound complex sentence
innuendo
capital
9. Refers to the way the writer lets readers know what will be discussed - a framing statement gives the reader some sense of what to expect
under
framing
negation
irony
10. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
generality organization
soapstone
anecdote
oxymoron
11. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
rhetorical question
Auxiliary verb
vernacular
pathetic fallacy
12. A figure of speech
ellipsis
rhetorical question
idiom
subjunctive
13. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
anecdote
pathetic fallacy
figurative language
simile
14. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
simile
refutation
compound complex sentence
15. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
cause-effect organization
voice
analogy
ellipsis
16. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
antagonist
diction
episodic
cause-effect organization
17. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
analogical comparison
pastoral elegy
naivete
18. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
substantive
burlesque
thesis
second person
19. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
compound sentence
first person
exemplar
20. Vowel rhyme
assonance
onomatopoeia
satire
colon
21. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
innuendo
understatement
synecdoche
22. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
wit
over generalization
bias
maxim
23. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
episodic
discretion
onomatopoeia
capitol
24. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
satire
fiction
neutrality
implicit
25. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
syntax
participle
circular reasoning
pathetic fallacy
26. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
exemplar
predicate
episodic
antithesis
27. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
substantive
third person
colloquial
analogical comparison
28. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
decorum
Alexandrine
anecdote
semicolon
29. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
doggerel
capitol
Italian rhyme
Spenserian rhyme
30. To move off point
neutrality
digress
pathos
idealism
31. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
generality organization
figurative language
emphatic organization
antithesis balanced
32. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
alliteration
musing
epithalamium
false dilemma
33. The claim or point that the writer is making
antecedent
participle
episodic
assertion
34. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
ellipsis
cadence
candor
third person limited
35. 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
emphatic organization
satire
since
36. Vague - not easily defined
induction
second person
abstract
framing
37. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
colloquial
rebuttal
wit
38. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
decorum
refutation
innuendo
voice
39. Not taking a position
digress
paraody
vernacular
neutrality
40. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
epithalamium
figurative language
chronological organization
41. 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'
concrete
cause and effect
antithesis balanced
allusion
42. One of many subordinating conjunctions
anecdote
Shakespearean rhyme
figurative language
since
43. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
Alexandrine
parallel structure
syntax
abstraction
44. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
tone
candor
repetition
inference
45. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
diatribe
understatement
false dilemma
colloquial
46. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
metaphor
simile
ironic commentary
47. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
irony
analogy
parallel structure
complement
48. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
colon
propaganda
catalog
alliteration
49. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
allegory
protagonist
framing
vocative
50. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
candor
mock
oxymoron
chronological organization