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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
since
allegory
Spenserian rhyme
2. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
Auxiliary verb
allusion
parallel structure
pathos
3. 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)
idiom
Italian rhyme
third person omniscient
negation
4. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
wit
propaganda
abstract noun
pathos
5. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
paraody
since
footnote
anecdote
6. Open - honest communication
epithalamium
cause-effect organization
candor
ethos
7. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
qualifying a claim
Auxiliary verb
burlesque
compound sentence
8. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
concrete
subordinate conjunction
pathetic fallacy
imperative
9. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
repetition
subjunctive
cause and effect
induction
10. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
assertion
fiction
false dilemma
11. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
voice
hyperbole
colon
tone
12. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
juxtapose
epithet
chronological organization
burlesque
13. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
complement
ethos
circular reasoning
tone
14. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
pathetic fallacy
juxtapose
comparison organization
15. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
simple sentence
pathetic fallacy
irony
16. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
paraody
analogy
metaphor
fact
17. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
soapstone
synecdoche
over generalization
second person
18. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
qualifying a claim
framing
Shakespearean rhyme
19. Vague - not easily defined
catalog
infinitive
abstract
simile
20. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
colloquial
diction
induction
concrete
21. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
bias
metaphor
paradox
participle
22. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
parallel structure
inference
oxymoron
dilemma
23. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
litotes
rebuttal
colon
24. Something that is implied
feminine rhyme
implicit
third person limited
rebuttal
25. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
double entendre
pastoral elegy
ellipsis
capital
26. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
satire
predicate
feminine rhyme
infinitive
27. The claim or point that the writer is making
assertion
maxim
allegory
discretion
28. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
double entendre
exemplar
circumlocution
anticlimax
29. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
rhetorical question
dilemma
metonymy
understatement
30. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
rhetorical question
fallacy
inference
semicolon
31. An exception to a proposed general rule
false dilemma
problem-solution organization
over generalization
counterexample
32. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
voice
extended metaphor
false dilemma
anticlimax
33. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
third person omniscient
rebuttal
vocative
consonance
34. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
over generalization
indicative
burlesque
imagery
35. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
ironic commentary
framing
metonymy
36. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
explicit
problem-solution organization
wit
37. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
concrete
simple sentence
Italian rhyme
diction
38. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
anticlimax
accordingly
pastoral elegy
hypothetic example
39. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
diatribe
cadence
syllogism
syntax
40. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
masculine rhyme
infinitive
naivete
41. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
simile
juxtapose
cause-effect organization
neutrality
42. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
musing
third person
vernacular
litotes
43. Opposing point of view
rebuttal
naivete
colon
Spenserian rhyme
44. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
doggerel
dilemma
problem-solution organization
under
45. 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'
colloquial
euphemism
Italian rhyme
infinitive
46. One of many prepositions
cause-effect organization
under
damn with faint praise
circular reasoning
47. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
accordingly
vernacular
synecdoche
ethos
48. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
neutrality
capital
hypothetic example
abstract noun
49. 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'
onomatopoeia
problem-solution organization
antithesis balanced
antithesis
50. Quiet reflection upon a topic
synecdoche
subordinate conjunction
apostrophe
musing