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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. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
framing
irony
refutation
2. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
circular reasoning
innuendo
masculine rhyme
metaphor
3. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
syntax
third person
pastoral elegy
diatribe
4. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
fiction
dilemma
mock
5. Open - honest communication
candor
imagery
counterexample
diction
6. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
epithet
pathos
false dilemma
compound complex sentence
7. A figure of speech
idiom
abstract noun
verb phrase
extended metaphor
8. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
idiom
onomatopoeia
wit
9. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
repetition
Spenserian rhyme
metaphor
false dilemma
10. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
consonance
neutrality
naivete
fallacy
11. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
explicit
syllogism
semicolon
antagonist
12. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
personification
third person
idiom
problem-solution organization
13. List of details that reinforces a concept
fiction
catalog
capitol
tongue-in-cheek
14. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
over generalization
capital
comparison organization
diatribe
15. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
gerund
rebuttal
epithet
diatribe
16. To move off point
digress
framing
cadence
Spenserian rhyme
17. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
feminine rhyme
antecedent
personification
rhetorical question
18. The perspective from which a story is written
musing
assertion
voice
Auxiliary verb
19. Opposing point of view
symbol
rebuttal
episodic
doggerel
20. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
maxim
circumlocution
Shakespearean rhyme
imperative
21. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
Auxiliary verb
since
diatribe
22. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
refutation
epithalamium
satire
paradox
23. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
imagery
false dilemma
analogical comparison
24. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
refutation
analogy
ethos
figurative language
25. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
mock
idiom
metaphor
burlesque
26. Expressly stated
neutrality
feminine rhyme
explicit
innuendo
27. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
subordinate conjunction
naivete
hypothetic example
discretion
28. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
synaesthesia
indicative
antagonist
naivete
29. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
apostrophe
alliteration
metaphor
ethos
30. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
bias
damn with faint praise
induction
semicolon
31. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
tone
first person
assertion
rhetorical question
32. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
litotes
third person omniscient
refutation
colloquial
33. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
pathetic fallacy
hyperbole
colon
wit
34. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
vocative
soapstone
bias
epithalamium
35. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
soapstone
syllogism
diction
pastoral elegy
36. One of many conjunctive adverbs
soapstone
hypothetic example
circular reasoning
accordingly
37. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
repetition
catalog
wit
antecedent
38. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
indicative
Auxiliary verb
abstraction
footnote
39. Neoclassical principles of drama
antecedent
mock
paraody
decorum
40. Abab cdcd efef gg
musing
Spenserian rhyme
Shakespearean rhyme
idiom
41. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
thesis
colon
analogical comparison
capitol
42. 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
problem-solution organization
oxymoron
qualifying a claim
43. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
figurative language
complement
Alexandrine
negation
44. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
abstraction
subordinate conjunction
allegory
45. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
rebuttal
propaganda
capitol
gerund
46. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
circumlocution
capitol
circular reasoning
epigram
47. Language chosen by the writer
simple sentence
since
discretion
diction
48. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
analogy
third person omniscient
exemplar
colloquial
49. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
over generalization
digress
third person
consonance
50. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
parallel structure
pastoral elegy
syntax
over generalization