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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 exception to a proposed general rule
fiction
cause-effect organization
counterexample
third person
2. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
figurative language
soapstone
subordinate conjunction
ironic commentary
3. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
candor
antithesis
tone
masculine rhyme
4. Something that is implied
metaphor
implicit
explicit
litotes
5. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
allegory
anecdote
compound complex sentence
capitol
6. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
induction
feminine rhyme
synecdoche
anticlimax
7. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
third person
cause-effect organization
simile
8. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
parallel structure
third person limited
idiom
Alexandrine
9. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
over generalization
onomatopoeia
pathos
Alexandrine
10. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
abstract noun
innuendo
thesis
voice
11. The perspective from which a story is written
analogical comparison
negation
voice
capitol
12. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
caesura
anthropomorphism
analogy
13. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
fact
damn with faint praise
musing
antagonist
14. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
oxymoron
simile
capitol
problem-solution organization
15. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
assonance
negation
doggerel
propaganda
16. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
burlesque
participle
ironic commentary
imagery
17. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
indicative
explicit
over generalization
assonance
18. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
false dilemma
masculine rhyme
capitol
chronological organization
19. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
anticlimax
metaphor
symbol
caesura
20. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
juxtapose
soapstone
understatement
accordingly
21. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
participle
anticlimax
propaganda
22. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
neutrality
framing
qualifying a claim
masculine rhyme
23. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
concrete
ironic commentary
cause and effect
subjunctive
24. Abab cdcd efef gg
Spenserian rhyme
verb phrase
Shakespearean rhyme
Auxiliary verb
25. One of many conjunctive adverbs
participle
alliteration
accordingly
abstract
26. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
burlesque
damn with faint praise
circular reasoning
rhetorical question
27. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
Shakespearean rhyme
indicative
predicate
participle
28. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
synecdoche
extended metaphor
double entendre
rebuttal
29. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
colon
implicit
compound complex sentence
30. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
doggerel
vernacular
complement
fallacy
31. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
anticlimax
pathetic fallacy
assonance
musing
32. A negative statement
compound complex sentence
negation
colon
semicolon
33. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
candor
synaesthesia
feminine rhyme
34. 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
subordinate conjunction
anthropomorphism
symbol
accordingly
35. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
cadence
circumlocution
extended metaphor
circular reasoning
36. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
analogical comparison
complement
antithesis
assertion
37. Language chosen by the writer
parallel structure
negation
diction
syllogism
38. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
repetition
wit
pastoral elegy
39. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
cadence
apostrophe
predicate
40. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
exemplar
substantive
under
41. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
satire
rhetorical question
figurative language
cause and effect
42. Vague - not easily defined
footnote
abstract
consonance
cause and effect
43. 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
pathos
capitol
indicative
framing
44. Third person narrator sees and knows all without constraints of time - space. Can digress into contemplative or philosophical forays - often voicing the viewpoint of the author (mostly found in fiction)
truism
third person omniscient
anticlimax
naivete
45. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
protagonist
under
false dilemma
46. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
burlesque
paraody
subordinate conjunction
symbol
47. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
over generalization
decorum
rhetorical question
hypothetic example
48. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
Shakespearean rhyme
satire
cause-effect organization
syntax
49. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
epithalamium
paradox
pathos
counterexample
50. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
first person
tone
capital
third person