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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 official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
footnote
false dilemma
hypothetic example
capital
2. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
antecedent
ethos
paraody
extended metaphor
3. 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
satire
Italian rhyme
masculine rhyme
4. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
repetition
caesura
vernacular
alliteration
5. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
innuendo
vernacular
imagery
explicit
6. To make fun of
soapstone
satire
mock
pathetic fallacy
7. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
satire
epithet
indicative
participle
8. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
since
infinitive
explicit
9. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
oxymoron
extended metaphor
propaganda
analogy
10. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
simple sentence
caesura
predicate
masculine rhyme
11. Third person narrator sees and knows all without constraints of time - space. Can digress into contemplative or philosophical forays - often voicing the viewpoint of the author (mostly found in fiction)
tone
second person
third person omniscient
hyperbole
12. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
caesura
juxtapose
voice
tongue-in-cheek
13. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
innuendo
metonymy
metaphor
exemplar
14. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
metaphor
substantive
feminine rhyme
predicate
15. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
problem-solution organization
cadence
anecdote
second person
16. The commentator does not mean what she writes
epigram
caesura
exemplar
ironic commentary
17. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
satire
semicolon
anthropomorphism
analogy
18. Opposing point of view
personification
generality organization
rebuttal
subordinate conjunction
19. The verb and its object and modifiers
verb phrase
allegory
tongue-in-cheek
antithesis balanced
20. 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
digress
framing
ellipsis
Italian rhyme
21. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
rebuttal
ironic commentary
false dilemma
vocative
22. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
syllogism
voice
third person omniscient
Spenserian rhyme
23. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
paradox
masculine rhyme
qualifying a claim
damn with faint praise
24. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
subjunctive
Shakespearean rhyme
verb phrase
circular reasoning
25. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
idiom
compound sentence
vernacular
26. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
imperative
paraody
satire
damn with faint praise
27. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
third person
implicit
symbol
28. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
Spenserian rhyme
imperative
inference
29. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
pathos
epigram
vocative
ironic commentary
30. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
comparison organization
understatement
caesura
diction
31. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
emphatic organization
fiction
inference
32. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
apostrophe
cadence
subjunctive
candor
33. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
euphemism
imagery
double entendre
cause and effect
34. The perspective from which a story is written
third person
mock
voice
Italian rhyme
35. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
third person limited
gerund
rhetorical question
propaganda
36. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
figurative language
oxymoron
compound complex sentence
decorum
37. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
ironic commentary
naivete
Italian rhyme
38. Consists of a single independent clause
simple sentence
induction
inference
thesis
39. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
compound sentence
abstract noun
syntax
wit
40. One of many subordinating conjunctions
since
synecdoche
colloquial
rebuttal
41. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
assonance
third person
induction
pastoral elegy
42. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
fiction
Auxiliary verb
third person limited
truism
43. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cadence
metaphor
capital
naivete
44. Open - honest communication
candor
epithalamium
discretion
over generalization
45. 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'
euphemism
predicate
assonance
double entendre
46. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
analogy
allegory
anecdote
47. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
compliment
implicit
consonance
catalog
48. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
implicit
double entendre
compound sentence
symbol
49. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
abstraction
epithalamium
wit
50. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
capitol
cause and effect
fallacy
imperative