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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. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
repetition
pastoral elegy
antagonist
Shakespearean rhyme
2. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
anthropomorphism
personification
masculine rhyme
chronological organization
3. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
diction
fact
second person
semicolon
4. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
diatribe
antecedent
figurative language
cause-effect organization
5. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
accordingly
diction
fiction
antecedent
6. One of many subordinating conjunctions
subordinate conjunction
simile
since
damn with faint praise
7. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
candor
masculine rhyme
alliteration
empirical
8. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
tongue-in-cheek
maxim
figurative language
9. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
colloquial
litotes
subjunctive
10. 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
anthropomorphism
assertion
colon
gerund
11. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
rhetorical question
Italian rhyme
Spenserian rhyme
footnote
12. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
counterexample
colloquial
footnote
burlesque
13. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
anthropomorphism
onomatopoeia
symbol
allusion
14. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
analogical comparison
vernacular
imperative
exemplar
15. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
infinitive
antithesis
wit
idealism
16. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
empirical
candor
wit
indicative
17. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
soapstone
diction
synecdoche
18. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
assonance
protagonist
empirical
participle
19. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
doggerel
empirical
circumlocution
semicolon
20. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
third person omniscient
capitol
burlesque
episodic
21. Consists of a single independent clause
indicative
third person omniscient
complement
simple sentence
22. Language chosen by the writer
hypothetic example
damn with faint praise
metaphor
diction
23. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
indicative
candor
ellipsis
hyperbole
24. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
antithesis
verb phrase
analogical comparison
compliment
25. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
compound complex sentence
fiction
neutrality
caesura
26. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
synecdoche
masculine rhyme
gerund
ethos
27. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
implicit
mock
satire
truism
28. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
cadence
bias
propaganda
hypothetic example
29. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
colon
semicolon
dilemma
30. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
diction
vocative
tone
participle
31. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
idealism
juxtapose
allegory
32. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
double entendre
hypothetic example
euphemism
digress
33. Something that is implied
implicit
complement
bias
allegory
34. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
comparison organization
cause-effect organization
doggerel
synaesthesia
35. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
epithalamium
parallel structure
assertion
36. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
antithesis balanced
indicative
capitol
parallel structure
37. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
apostrophe
paradox
imperative
parallel structure
38. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
litotes
repetition
protagonist
Alexandrine
39. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
concrete
semicolon
emphatic organization
pathos
40. Can be verified
fact
simple sentence
oxymoron
Shakespearean rhyme
41. One of many conjunctive adverbs
circular reasoning
gerund
accordingly
consonance
42. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
paradox
imperative
predicate
capital
43. A figure of speech
double entendre
idiom
semicolon
epithalamium
44. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
complement
antagonist
simple sentence
induction
45. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
subjunctive
allusion
epigram
Alexandrine
46. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
assertion
induction
simile
47. The perspective from which a story is written
irony
epithalamium
problem-solution organization
voice
48. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
accordingly
qualifying a claim
rhetorical question
since
49. An exaggeration or overstatement
Shakespearean rhyme
compound sentence
inference
hyperbole
50. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
second person
masculine rhyme
caesura
doggerel