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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
hyperbole
epigram
satire
understatement
2. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
refutation
induction
personification
predicate
3. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
imagery
tongue-in-cheek
oxymoron
colloquial
4. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
third person
cadence
alliteration
burlesque
5. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
generality organization
epigram
abstract noun
decorum
6. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
double entendre
idealism
understatement
subjunctive
7. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
infinitive
idiom
antagonist
predicate
8. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
implicit
truism
generality organization
first person
9. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
rebuttal
antagonist
maxim
10. One of many conjunctive adverbs
verb phrase
simple sentence
accordingly
epithalamium
11. The commentator does not mean what she writes
consonance
dilemma
imperative
ironic commentary
12. Consists of a single independent clause
cadence
simple sentence
accordingly
discretion
13. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
figurative language
damn with faint praise
Alexandrine
paradox
14. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
subordinate conjunction
circumlocution
epithet
bias
15. Opposing point of view
metaphor
rebuttal
tongue-in-cheek
empirical
16. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
onomatopoeia
thesis
antithesis balanced
figurative language
17. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
bias
qualifying a claim
cause-effect organization
digress
18. 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
double entendre
epigram
apostrophe
generality organization
19. 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
infinitive
inference
hypothetic example
first person
20. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
verb phrase
ethos
oxymoron
participle
21. Vowel rhyme
truism
simile
assonance
explicit
22. Language chosen by the writer
concrete
tone
exemplar
diction
23. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
allusion
circular reasoning
pastoral elegy
24. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
pathos
analogical comparison
exemplar
euphemism
25. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
antithesis balanced
implicit
substantive
musing
26. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
cadence
syllogism
cause-effect organization
subordinate conjunction
27. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
onomatopoeia
infinitive
accordingly
abstract noun
28. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
mock
onomatopoeia
abstraction
protagonist
29. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
accordingly
over generalization
explicit
consonance
30. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
protagonist
refutation
damn with faint praise
problem-solution organization
31. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
problem-solution organization
capitol
fiction
predicate
32. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
generality organization
propaganda
abstract noun
explicit
33. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
figurative language
simple sentence
syllogism
tone
34. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
chronological organization
fact
tone
under
35. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
tongue-in-cheek
generality organization
compound sentence
ethos
36. The perspective from which a story is written
episodic
under
voice
imperative
37. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
Spenserian rhyme
compound sentence
indicative
synaesthesia
38. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
fallacy
rebuttal
rhetorical question
synaesthesia
39. 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
framing
fact
epithet
rebuttal
40. Can be verified
fact
imagery
semicolon
anecdote
41. The assigning of human attributes - such as emotions or physical characteristics - to nonhumans - usually plants or animals. Differs from personification in that it is a pattern applied to a nonhuman character throughout the entire literary work
caesura
third person
anthropomorphism
alliteration
42. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
generality organization
Italian rhyme
hypothetic example
tone
43. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
masculine rhyme
Auxiliary verb
consonance
euphemism
44. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
qualifying a claim
vocative
antagonist
Auxiliary verb
45. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
antagonist
capitol
circumlocution
vocative
46. Expressly stated
antecedent
hyperbole
emphatic organization
explicit
47. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
tone
second person
colon
compound complex sentence
48. (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
cause and effect
personification
Alexandrine
49. The claim or point that the writer is making
assertion
third person omniscient
tongue-in-cheek
implicit
50. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
infinitive
doggerel
framing
allusion