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CLEP College Composition
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clep
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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. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
symbol
footnote
implicit
wit
2. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
wit
consonance
circumlocution
Auxiliary verb
3. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
induction
thesis
Italian rhyme
hypothetic example
4. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
epithalamium
chronological organization
verb phrase
5. One of many conjunctive adverbs
assertion
anecdote
accordingly
induction
6. The perspective from which a story is written
antecedent
repetition
musing
voice
7. 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'
antithesis balanced
antithesis
juxtapose
truism
8. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
allusion
epithet
problem-solution organization
understatement
9. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
under
over generalization
propaganda
10. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
refutation
circumlocution
verb phrase
extended metaphor
11. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
problem-solution organization
colloquial
antecedent
metonymy
12. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
Auxiliary verb
idealism
cause-effect organization
digress
13. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
fallacy
irony
abstraction
implicit
14. One of many subordinating conjunctions
since
fiction
second person
circumlocution
15. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
satire
predicate
exemplar
capitol
16. 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
under
accordingly
repetition
generality organization
17. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
synaesthesia
colon
ellipsis
compound sentence
18. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
colon
symbol
allusion
discretion
19. Vague - not easily defined
assertion
abstract
hypothetic example
extended metaphor
20. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
truism
cadence
indicative
ethos
21. Abab cdcd efef gg
repetition
exemplar
since
Shakespearean rhyme
22. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
syntax
refutation
verb phrase
23. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
rhetorical question
onomatopoeia
pastoral elegy
since
24. One of many prepositions
compound complex sentence
candor
under
cause-effect organization
25. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
analogy
candor
abstraction
antecedent
26. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
abstraction
apostrophe
synaesthesia
capitol
27. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
understatement
fact
second person
28. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
irony
maxim
cause and effect
pastoral elegy
29. 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
substantive
third person limited
framing
paraody
30. Something that is implied
cadence
footnote
implicit
paradox
31. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
neutrality
epithalamium
discretion
fact
32. 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'
epithet
euphemism
episodic
paradox
33. Opposing point of view
counterexample
rebuttal
circumlocution
cause-effect organization
34. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
double entendre
repetition
Italian rhyme
satire
35. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
irony
ellipsis
neutrality
imagery
36. Open - honest communication
syllogism
allusion
parallel structure
candor
37. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
explicit
episodic
repetition
second person
38. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
synaesthesia
tone
implicit
emphatic organization
39. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
third person limited
since
dilemma
40. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
pathos
litotes
personification
anticlimax
41. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
explicit
generality organization
concrete
second person
42. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
paradox
double entendre
extended metaphor
naivete
43. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
caesura
voice
personification
Italian rhyme
44. A figure of speech
colloquial
Spenserian rhyme
dilemma
idiom
45. Not taking a position
since
generality organization
neutrality
emphatic organization
46. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
induction
Auxiliary verb
implicit
consonance
47. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
abstraction
compound sentence
parallel structure
neutrality
48. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
abstraction
circumlocution
litotes
syntax
49. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
circular reasoning
subordinate conjunction
explicit
paraody
50. Language chosen by the writer
diction
anthropomorphism
double entendre
subordinate conjunction