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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. An exaggeration or overstatement
naivete
hyperbole
verb phrase
symbol
2. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
colon
digress
allegory
3. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
syntax
since
colloquial
idealism
4. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
consonance
synecdoche
ellipsis
Alexandrine
5. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
simple sentence
soapstone
juxtapose
substantive
6. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
consonance
paraody
repetition
subjunctive
7. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
antithesis
masculine rhyme
synaesthesia
8. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
anecdote
third person omniscient
gerund
allegory
9. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
consonance
exemplar
rebuttal
10. Understatement created through double negative
predicate
pathos
litotes
oxymoron
11. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
maxim
discretion
syllogism
abstraction
12. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
participle
under
anecdote
analogical comparison
13. Abab cdcd efef gg
bias
episodic
Shakespearean rhyme
oxymoron
14. A negative statement
synecdoche
euphemism
dilemma
negation
15. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
first person
refutation
third person
epigram
16. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
circumlocution
colloquial
subordinate conjunction
symbol
17. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
oxymoron
third person
soapstone
paradox
18. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
pathos
Shakespearean rhyme
diatribe
19. One of many conjunctive adverbs
protagonist
neutrality
metaphor
accordingly
20. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
indicative
circular reasoning
fact
21. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
apostrophe
paradox
imperative
hyperbole
22. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
antithesis
caesura
masculine rhyme
allusion
23. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
diction
tongue-in-cheek
wit
hypothetic example
24. Quiet reflection upon a topic
oxymoron
assertion
musing
allusion
25. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
diatribe
epithet
over generalization
consonance
26. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
gerund
doggerel
caesura
analogical comparison
27. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
antecedent
colloquial
anthropomorphism
first person
28. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
alliteration
anecdote
wit
satire
29. Opposing point of view
rebuttal
capital
ironic commentary
subordinate conjunction
30. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
idiom
digress
Shakespearean rhyme
apostrophe
31. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
third person omniscient
exemplar
Auxiliary verb
third person limited
32. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
ellipsis
burlesque
circular reasoning
soapstone
33. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
burlesque
wit
repetition
34. 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'
consonance
ellipsis
euphemism
Italian rhyme
35. (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
epithet
caesura
simple sentence
syntax
36. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
paradox
onomatopoeia
fact
maxim
37. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
problem-solution organization
Shakespearean rhyme
burlesque
compliment
38. One of many prepositions
under
propaganda
infinitive
naivete
39. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
third person
qualifying a claim
third person omniscient
allegory
40. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
colloquial
ironic commentary
anthropomorphism
41. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
catalog
dilemma
qualifying a claim
substantive
42. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
capital
pathetic fallacy
pathos
diatribe
43. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
caesura
truism
apostrophe
discretion
44. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
Alexandrine
caesura
counterexample
45. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
verb phrase
participle
hyperbole
allusion
46. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
Shakespearean rhyme
concrete
cause and effect
semicolon
47. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
colon
figurative language
first person
antagonist
48. 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
tongue-in-cheek
complement
framing
innuendo
49. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
pastoral elegy
negation
abstract
50. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
counterexample
indicative
juxtapose