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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. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
emphatic organization
digress
implicit
2. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
naivete
under
catalog
3. To make fun of
mock
negation
third person omniscient
footnote
4. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
thesis
Spenserian rhyme
capital
colloquial
5. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
repetition
synecdoche
third person omniscient
parallel structure
6. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idiom
idealism
indicative
Alexandrine
7. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
pastoral elegy
innuendo
subjunctive
candor
8. An indirect attack or insinuation
negation
diction
innuendo
ethos
9. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
empirical
cadence
cause-effect organization
10. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
figurative language
second person
epithet
capital
11. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
innuendo
indicative
rebuttal
12. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
complement
subordinate conjunction
episodic
truism
13. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
fiction
digress
onomatopoeia
complement
14. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
first person
litotes
circumlocution
15. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
subjunctive
diatribe
innuendo
16. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
candor
comparison organization
caesura
third person limited
17. Opposing point of view
concrete
circumlocution
vocative
rebuttal
18. Something that is implied
Auxiliary verb
fallacy
implicit
consonance
19. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
ellipsis
feminine rhyme
circumlocution
rebuttal
20. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
tongue-in-cheek
participle
substantive
subjunctive
21. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
rhetorical question
voice
antithesis
comparison organization
22. To move off point
accordingly
burlesque
digress
implicit
23. The claim or point that the writer is making
assertion
abstract
Italian rhyme
idiom
24. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
semicolon
maxim
innuendo
wit
25. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
rebuttal
semicolon
paradox
negation
26. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
indicative
litotes
anthropomorphism
27. (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
epithet
caesura
false dilemma
over generalization
28. 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'
episodic
digress
antithesis balanced
pathetic fallacy
29. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
infinitive
idealism
propaganda
metaphor
30. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
personification
irony
diatribe
innuendo
31. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
idealism
fallacy
indicative
participle
32. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
abstraction
simple sentence
false dilemma
diction
33. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
bias
catalog
generality organization
parallel structure
34. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
comparison organization
circumlocution
implicit
third person
35. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
third person omniscient
protagonist
cause and effect
onomatopoeia
36. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
catalog
simple sentence
fallacy
cause-effect organization
37. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
since
circumlocution
pastoral elegy
38. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
emphatic organization
counterexample
doggerel
39. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
implicit
vernacular
compound complex sentence
episodic
40. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
idealism
doggerel
subordinate conjunction
Shakespearean rhyme
41. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
hyperbole
understatement
comparison organization
anticlimax
42. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
Spenserian rhyme
capitol
circular reasoning
pathetic fallacy
43. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
Spenserian rhyme
onomatopoeia
epigram
simile
44. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
complement
fiction
Shakespearean rhyme
chronological organization
45. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
semicolon
idealism
neutrality
second person
46. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
circumlocution
ethos
subjunctive
fallacy
47. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
metaphor
footnote
since
colloquial
48. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
compliment
colon
compound sentence
verb phrase
49. Expressly stated
empirical
diatribe
exemplar
explicit
50. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
verb phrase
emphatic organization
Italian rhyme
refutation