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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. 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
over generalization
participle
protagonist
framing
2. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
doggerel
analogical comparison
predicate
propaganda
3. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
synecdoche
third person limited
decorum
colloquial
4. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
assonance
syllogism
abstract
consonance
5. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
framing
paradox
third person limited
gerund
6. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
participle
abstract
hyperbole
7. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
euphemism
complement
false dilemma
Alexandrine
8. The perspective from which a story is written
tongue-in-cheek
burlesque
infinitive
voice
9. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
generality organization
Spenserian rhyme
diction
counterexample
10. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
indicative
compliment
gerund
candor
11. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
abstraction
caesura
figurative language
burlesque
12. An exception to a proposed general rule
figurative language
discretion
masculine rhyme
counterexample
13. Vague - not easily defined
second person
fact
accordingly
abstract
14. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
compound sentence
anticlimax
wit
double entendre
15. One of many conjunctive adverbs
fact
assertion
accordingly
propaganda
16. Vowel rhyme
propaganda
parallel structure
assonance
circumlocution
17. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
fiction
juxtapose
diatribe
inference
18. To move off point
innuendo
antithesis
digress
cause and effect
19. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
exemplar
personification
bias
20. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cadence
decorum
concrete
vernacular
21. Language chosen by the writer
diction
comparison organization
epithet
metonymy
22. 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)
maxim
third person limited
capital
third person omniscient
23. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
repetition
subjunctive
hypothetic example
capital
24. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
anticlimax
allegory
synecdoche
hypothetic example
25. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
innuendo
counterexample
damn with faint praise
antagonist
26. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
induction
understatement
personification
burlesque
27. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
induction
propaganda
hypothetic example
28. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
Auxiliary verb
antagonist
accordingly
problem-solution organization
29. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
induction
propaganda
idiom
30. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
exemplar
repetition
epithet
ethos
31. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
decorum
synaesthesia
induction
semicolon
32. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
simile
verb phrase
synecdoche
tone
33. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
mock
musing
rhetorical question
caesura
34. 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
episodic
antithesis
paraody
generality organization
35. Not taking a position
pathetic fallacy
capitol
concrete
neutrality
36. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
doggerel
infinitive
third person omniscient
third person
37. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
analogy
dilemma
third person
under
38. Expressly stated
first person
explicit
imperative
caesura
39. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
syllogism
euphemism
burlesque
40. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
epigram
capital
fact
second person
41. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
digress
paradox
cause and effect
parallel structure
42. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
cadence
symbol
vocative
litotes
43. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
footnote
compound sentence
personification
44. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
abstraction
over generalization
parallel structure
45. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
analogical comparison
circumlocution
abstract
masculine rhyme
46. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
verb phrase
parallel structure
decorum
anecdote
47. A negative statement
catalog
Spenserian rhyme
syllogism
negation
48. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
circular reasoning
second person
capitol
predicate
49. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
pathos
pastoral elegy
doggerel
abstract
50. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
verb phrase
satire
bias
irony