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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 act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
extended metaphor
third person limited
candor
2. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
abstract noun
vocative
generality organization
musing
3. The claim or point that the writer is making
first person
footnote
over generalization
assertion
4. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
first person
apostrophe
dilemma
irony
5. A figure of speech
diatribe
idiom
framing
gerund
6. Can be verified
fact
Alexandrine
epigram
explicit
7. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
diatribe
counterexample
epigram
verb phrase
8. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
thesis
apostrophe
protagonist
9. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
negation
assertion
antithesis balanced
doggerel
10. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
framing
protagonist
subjunctive
11. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
generality organization
capitol
hypothetic example
fallacy
12. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
Auxiliary verb
extended metaphor
third person limited
13. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
consonance
verb phrase
fiction
truism
14. An indirect attack or insinuation
symbol
soapstone
innuendo
third person limited
15. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
cause and effect
masculine rhyme
onomatopoeia
vernacular
16. To move off point
gerund
digress
substantive
subjunctive
17. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
rebuttal
allegory
emphatic organization
dilemma
18. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
extended metaphor
consonance
wit
subordinate conjunction
19. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
catalog
cadence
anthropomorphism
episodic
20. Something that is implied
repetition
implicit
hyperbole
doggerel
21. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
digress
analogical comparison
subjunctive
repetition
22. The work is narrated by the person 'I' - who can also be the protagonist - omniscient speaker. There can be multiple narrators of the same work
synaesthesia
vocative
first person
compound complex sentence
23. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
parallel structure
epithalamium
anecdote
gerund
24. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
implicit
antagonist
propaganda
subjunctive
25. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
understatement
participle
alliteration
cause and effect
26. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
predicate
ethos
allegory
syntax
27. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
fallacy
personification
paradox
inference
28. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
since
protagonist
fallacy
29. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
circular reasoning
figurative language
chronological organization
repetition
30. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
implicit
third person
diction
Auxiliary verb
31. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
rebuttal
induction
footnote
32. 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'
diction
antithesis balanced
candor
epigram
33. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
second person
alliteration
compliment
thesis
34. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
Spenserian rhyme
false dilemma
metaphor
damn with faint praise
35. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
metonymy
personification
over generalization
anecdote
36. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
colloquial
decorum
participle
complement
37. A negative statement
paraody
negation
soapstone
epigram
38. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
fallacy
paraody
cadence
39. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
third person limited
chronological organization
compound complex sentence
Auxiliary verb
40. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
juxtapose
paradox
figurative language
fiction
41. Expressly stated
understatement
naivete
irony
explicit
42. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
alliteration
compound sentence
tone
capital
43. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
juxtapose
damn with faint praise
maxim
antecedent
44. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
mock
thesis
anecdote
45. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
capitol
Italian rhyme
semicolon
implicit
46. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
synecdoche
antithesis
candor
anecdote
47. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
digress
apostrophe
Alexandrine
imperative
48. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
compound sentence
allusion
refutation
49. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
Spenserian rhyme
damn with faint praise
pastoral elegy
over generalization
50. 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
truism
parallel structure
maxim
tongue-in-cheek