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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. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
compound sentence
episodic
vernacular
2. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
concrete
symbol
propaganda
synecdoche
3. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
framing
qualifying a claim
concrete
double entendre
4. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
anticlimax
pathos
explicit
5. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
caesura
framing
abstraction
cause and effect
6. The claim or point that the writer is making
consonance
explicit
imagery
assertion
7. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
anecdote
concrete
burlesque
since
8. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
oxymoron
cadence
abstraction
imagery
9. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
simple sentence
anecdote
understatement
10. 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
framing
mock
alliteration
emphatic organization
11. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
simple sentence
irony
ellipsis
12. List of details that reinforces a concept
chronological organization
catalog
counterexample
pathetic fallacy
13. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
footnote
predicate
pastoral elegy
substantive
14. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
epigram
irony
implicit
pastoral elegy
15. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
antagonist
concrete
damn with faint praise
episodic
16. Open - honest communication
fact
emphatic organization
candor
symbol
17. One of many conjunctive adverbs
first person
irony
burlesque
accordingly
18. The main character - usually the hero
false dilemma
maxim
protagonist
vocative
19. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
syllogism
infinitive
pathetic fallacy
diatribe
20. Quiet reflection upon a topic
parallel structure
truism
musing
third person limited
21. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
idealism
assertion
colon
vernacular
22. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
doggerel
fiction
irony
capitol
23. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
oxymoron
hypothetic example
abstract noun
participle
24. Something that is implied
propaganda
since
symbol
implicit
25. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
innuendo
circumlocution
onomatopoeia
satire
26. 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
framing
anthropomorphism
semicolon
since
27. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
wit
predicate
participle
extended metaphor
28. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
third person
diction
assertion
subordinate conjunction
29. An exaggeration or overstatement
since
catalog
hyperbole
tone
30. One of many prepositions
doggerel
under
third person limited
ethos
31. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
apostrophe
metonymy
epithalamium
idealism
32. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
maxim
understatement
accordingly
negation
33. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
candor
truism
soapstone
tone
34. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
participle
litotes
extended metaphor
imperative
35. A figure of speech
idiom
cadence
induction
simile
36. 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'
cause-effect organization
antithesis balanced
allegory
maxim
37. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
symbol
epithalamium
syllogism
first person
38. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
satire
syntax
second person
39. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
problem-solution organization
compound complex sentence
doggerel
anticlimax
40. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
compound sentence
emphatic organization
assonance
extended metaphor
41. Language chosen by the writer
subordinate conjunction
maxim
generality organization
diction
42. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
double entendre
participle
assonance
43. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
abstract
antithesis
irony
repetition
44. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
understatement
vocative
musing
colon
45. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
Shakespearean rhyme
second person
compound sentence
explicit
46. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
feminine rhyme
qualifying a claim
verb phrase
footnote
47. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subordinate conjunction
simple sentence
paradox
subjunctive
48. Not taking a position
neutrality
anecdote
syntax
idiom
49. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
juxtapose
repetition
propaganda
anticlimax
50. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
soapstone
ethos
vocative
pathos