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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. Understatement created through double negative
analogy
litotes
anecdote
generality organization
2. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
figurative language
syntax
juxtapose
semicolon
3. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
abstract noun
repetition
caesura
4. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
masculine rhyme
substantive
neutrality
analogy
5. (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
anthropomorphism
euphemism
refutation
epithet
6. Open - honest communication
doggerel
candor
maxim
compliment
7. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
maxim
metaphor
circular reasoning
capitol
8. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
refutation
diction
analogical comparison
extended metaphor
9. 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
negation
anthropomorphism
fallacy
diatribe
10. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
accordingly
alliteration
chronological organization
ironic commentary
11. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
digress
paraody
rhetorical question
vocative
12. A figure of speech
ethos
idiom
parallel structure
infinitive
13. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
candor
gerund
qualifying a claim
cause and effect
14. The commentator does not mean what she writes
implicit
ironic commentary
metaphor
digress
15. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
Spenserian rhyme
ellipsis
chronological organization
oxymoron
16. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
epigram
footnote
digress
imperative
17. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
epithalamium
capitol
syntax
cause-effect organization
18. The perspective from which a story is written
antithesis balanced
Alexandrine
voice
analogy
19. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
over generalization
third person limited
inference
colloquial
20. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
simile
Alexandrine
figurative language
syllogism
21. One of many subordinating conjunctions
assonance
since
tone
indicative
22. 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'
colon
participle
antithesis balanced
doggerel
23. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
accordingly
Alexandrine
third person omniscient
paraody
24. 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
Auxiliary verb
discretion
metonymy
25. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
complement
apostrophe
abstraction
alliteration
26. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
epithet
metaphor
alliteration
thesis
27. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
third person
onomatopoeia
candor
imagery
28. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
apostrophe
emphatic organization
inference
third person limited
29. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
antecedent
caesura
ethos
oxymoron
30. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
metonymy
syntax
allusion
footnote
31. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
fallacy
anecdote
concrete
refutation
32. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
circumlocution
colloquial
Shakespearean rhyme
oxymoron
33. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
wit
syntax
figurative language
compliment
34. Consists of a single independent clause
fallacy
capitol
simple sentence
problem-solution organization
35. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
chronological organization
pathos
footnote
36. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
assonance
antagonist
problem-solution organization
circular reasoning
37. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
oxymoron
ironic commentary
dilemma
juxtapose
38. Not taking a position
assertion
idiom
tone
neutrality
39. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
footnote
generality organization
parallel structure
40. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
caesura
antagonist
digress
allegory
41. An exaggeration or overstatement
assonance
oxymoron
irony
hyperbole
42. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
paradox
idiom
diatribe
framing
43. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
comparison organization
tongue-in-cheek
predicate
repetition
44. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
episodic
third person limited
induction
fallacy
45. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
exemplar
pathetic fallacy
extended metaphor
compound sentence
46. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
Italian rhyme
soapstone
allegory
paraody
47. The claim or point that the writer is making
protagonist
pathos
assertion
chronological organization
48. Language chosen by the writer
diction
digress
truism
fact
49. One of many prepositions
hypothetic example
extended metaphor
under
verb phrase
50. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
satire
propaganda
musing
syllogism