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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. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
anthropomorphism
third person limited
inference
masculine rhyme
2. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
refutation
episodic
ellipsis
analogy
3. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
pathos
wit
onomatopoeia
subjunctive
4. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
anticlimax
predicate
extended metaphor
antecedent
5. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
third person omniscient
diction
predicate
6. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
onomatopoeia
negation
capitol
infinitive
7. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
counterexample
vocative
ethos
8. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
antecedent
truism
refutation
fallacy
9. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
irony
voice
anticlimax
juxtapose
10. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
wit
dilemma
indicative
11. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
comparison organization
litotes
syllogism
12. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
subordinate conjunction
analogical comparison
maxim
alliteration
13. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
circumlocution
cause-effect organization
compound sentence
over generalization
14. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
cause-effect organization
cadence
implicit
subjunctive
15. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
bias
pathetic fallacy
third person limited
tongue-in-cheek
16. Opposing point of view
infinitive
rebuttal
fact
antecedent
17. Vowel rhyme
compound sentence
epithet
assonance
negation
18. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
candor
soapstone
maxim
imperative
19. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
hyperbole
doggerel
since
assertion
20. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
induction
abstract noun
Auxiliary verb
abstraction
21. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
inference
pastoral elegy
allusion
22. (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
ironic commentary
abstraction
epithet
implicit
23. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
circumlocution
abstract
anticlimax
pastoral elegy
24. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
caesura
pathetic fallacy
gerund
compliment
25. An indirect attack or insinuation
colloquial
innuendo
Italian rhyme
colon
26. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
anthropomorphism
fact
innuendo
wit
27. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
capital
imperative
alliteration
truism
28. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
implicit
explicit
third person
inference
29. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
refutation
complement
participle
idealism
30. 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
indicative
first person
personification
counterexample
31. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
simile
idiom
antecedent
32. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
litotes
digress
ellipsis
epigram
33. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
colloquial
syllogism
anecdote
symbol
34. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
hypothetic example
qualifying a claim
mock
assonance
35. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
compound complex sentence
refutation
semicolon
participle
36. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
participle
antithesis
emphatic organization
irony
37. 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
anecdote
chronological organization
parallel structure
Auxiliary verb
38. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
alliteration
epigram
ethos
gerund
39. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
framing
feminine rhyme
under
repetition
40. Consists of a single independent clause
pathetic fallacy
epithalamium
third person omniscient
simple sentence
41. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
fallacy
inference
epithalamium
second person
42. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
epithet
compound sentence
personification
tone
43. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
Shakespearean rhyme
imperative
indicative
litotes
44. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
third person limited
pathos
simile
thesis
45. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
anticlimax
paradox
comparison organization
oxymoron
46. Not taking a position
episodic
colloquial
neutrality
rebuttal
47. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
empirical
ellipsis
refutation
oxymoron
48. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
juxtapose
cadence
Italian rhyme
49. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
symbol
antecedent
abstract noun
explicit
50. One of many prepositions
under
irony
predicate
soapstone