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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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literature
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. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
framing
semicolon
subjunctive
naivete
2. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
anthropomorphism
maxim
repetition
participle
3. Open - honest communication
idiom
candor
framing
alliteration
4. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
antecedent
abstraction
figurative language
5. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
idiom
fiction
decorum
colon
6. Something that is implied
implicit
wit
masculine rhyme
third person limited
7. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
abstract noun
neutrality
accordingly
8. Opposing point of view
predicate
antagonist
rebuttal
empirical
9. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
feminine rhyme
cause and effect
imperative
10. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
repetition
third person
abstract noun
tongue-in-cheek
11. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
vocative
parallel structure
Alexandrine
euphemism
12. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
subjunctive
antithesis
abstract noun
diatribe
13. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
oxymoron
paraody
footnote
14. Vowel rhyme
assonance
generality organization
fact
footnote
15. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
accordingly
colloquial
metonymy
false dilemma
16. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
decorum
antithesis balanced
circumlocution
idealism
17. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
metaphor
participle
anticlimax
tongue-in-cheek
18. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
metonymy
Italian rhyme
tongue-in-cheek
19. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
episodic
substantive
generality organization
compound sentence
20. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
Shakespearean rhyme
soapstone
abstraction
21. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
compound sentence
Auxiliary verb
synecdoche
vernacular
22. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
syllogism
voice
apostrophe
ellipsis
23. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
anecdote
complement
capitol
irony
24. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
footnote
cause-effect organization
repetition
false dilemma
25. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
repetition
third person
empirical
synaesthesia
26. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
first person
paraody
abstract
wit
27. One of many subordinating conjunctions
synaesthesia
cause and effect
allusion
since
28. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
refutation
concrete
inference
indicative
29. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
digress
pathetic fallacy
Shakespearean rhyme
synaesthesia
30. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
inference
simple sentence
indicative
wit
31. 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'
bias
antithesis balanced
abstraction
induction
32. One of many conjunctive adverbs
alliteration
over generalization
accordingly
idiom
33. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
diction
candor
compliment
34. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
musing
third person
pathetic fallacy
35. To make fun of
propaganda
implicit
fiction
mock
36. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
doggerel
damn with faint praise
truism
assertion
37. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
pathos
antithesis balanced
synaesthesia
episodic
38. The perspective from which a story is written
first person
voice
false dilemma
maxim
39. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
ellipsis
digress
symbol
epithet
40. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
compound complex sentence
counterexample
thesis
epithalamium
41. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
repetition
circumlocution
over generalization
substantive
42. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
epigram
second person
third person limited
ironic commentary
43. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
rebuttal
circumlocution
syntax
44. The claim or point that the writer is making
refutation
capital
Spenserian rhyme
assertion
45. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
oxymoron
cause and effect
abstract noun
Spenserian rhyme
46. Abab cdcd efef gg
idiom
feminine rhyme
euphemism
Shakespearean rhyme
47. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
soapstone
assertion
decorum
fallacy
48. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
personification
predicate
simile
burlesque
49. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
empirical
fallacy
concrete
implicit
50. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
truism
burlesque
rhetorical question
chronological organization