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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 speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
synecdoche
ethos
tongue-in-cheek
anticlimax
2. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
dilemma
antithesis
cause and effect
empirical
3. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
caesura
infinitive
participle
accordingly
4. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
syllogism
over generalization
under
5. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
comparison organization
counterexample
catalog
concrete
6. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
capital
hyperbole
naivete
damn with faint praise
7. The perspective from which a story is written
litotes
voice
tongue-in-cheek
antecedent
8. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
rhetorical question
antagonist
paradox
refutation
9. Not taking a position
empirical
emphatic organization
neutrality
third person limited
10. 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
fiction
metaphor
neutrality
generality organization
11. Language chosen by the writer
diction
complement
chronological organization
allusion
12. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
concrete
damn with faint praise
synaesthesia
juxtapose
13. The verb and its object and modifiers
explicit
cadence
bias
verb phrase
14. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
understatement
bias
repetition
circumlocution
15. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
circumlocution
verb phrase
bias
16. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
vernacular
soapstone
satire
episodic
17. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
verb phrase
colloquial
rhetorical question
juxtapose
18. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
mock
infinitive
negation
19. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
feminine rhyme
fiction
third person omniscient
20. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
paraody
problem-solution organization
doggerel
predicate
21. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
participle
explicit
personification
22. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
onomatopoeia
cause-effect organization
syntax
burlesque
23. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
feminine rhyme
generality organization
explicit
naivete
24. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
caesura
pathos
false dilemma
framing
25. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
simple sentence
analogy
participle
understatement
26. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
abstract noun
ironic commentary
over generalization
27. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
rhetorical question
antithesis
fallacy
anecdote
28. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
voice
oxymoron
cause and effect
chronological organization
29. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
epigram
hypothetic example
third person
parallel structure
30. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
framing
circumlocution
metaphor
diction
31. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
parallel structure
caesura
concrete
chronological organization
32. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
damn with faint praise
inference
gerund
third person
33. 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'
doggerel
euphemism
comparison organization
antecedent
34. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
innuendo
paraody
hyperbole
episodic
35. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
inference
Spenserian rhyme
syllogism
concrete
36. Vowel rhyme
compliment
digress
assonance
accordingly
37. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
exemplar
maxim
pathos
digress
38. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
consonance
false dilemma
cadence
39. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
episodic
abstraction
antithesis balanced
analogical comparison
40. Neoclassical principles of drama
discretion
protagonist
caesura
decorum
41. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
neutrality
exemplar
idealism
tongue-in-cheek
42. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
digress
refutation
litotes
fiction
43. One of many prepositions
under
third person
doggerel
Alexandrine
44. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
tongue-in-cheek
consonance
litotes
personification
45. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
Spenserian rhyme
extended metaphor
verb phrase
tongue-in-cheek
46. 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'
epigram
antithesis balanced
hyperbole
antecedent
47. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
soapstone
compound complex sentence
epigram
allegory
48. A negative statement
rebuttal
feminine rhyme
negation
Spenserian rhyme
49. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
thesis
alliteration
diatribe
colon
50. 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
first person
accordingly
synaesthesia
catalog