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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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literature
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. One of many prepositions
vernacular
over generalization
cause and effect
under
2. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
abstraction
idiom
gerund
3. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
compliment
subjunctive
exemplar
rebuttal
4. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
juxtapose
under
assonance
5. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
induction
Shakespearean rhyme
onomatopoeia
anticlimax
6. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
apostrophe
idealism
compound sentence
complement
7. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
satire
voice
pastoral elegy
8. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
circular reasoning
generality organization
gerund
juxtapose
9. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
fiction
cadence
understatement
hyperbole
10. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
allegory
decorum
refutation
assertion
11. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
digress
cadence
understatement
12. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
syntax
analogy
cause-effect organization
doggerel
13. One of many subordinating conjunctions
over generalization
predicate
inference
since
14. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
concrete
inference
subjunctive
syntax
15. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
bias
vocative
explicit
Auxiliary verb
16. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
masculine rhyme
antecedent
accordingly
second person
17. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
maxim
personification
cause-effect organization
18. A figure of speech
infinitive
idiom
tone
metonymy
19. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
antithesis balanced
soapstone
antagonist
imagery
20. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
metaphor
subordinate conjunction
compliment
damn with faint praise
21. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
induction
fallacy
onomatopoeia
empirical
22. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
under
fiction
metonymy
musing
23. 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
capitol
first person
paraody
capital
24. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
symbol
damn with faint praise
implicit
circumlocution
25. The verb and its object and modifiers
substantive
repetition
indicative
verb phrase
26. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
since
neutrality
imagery
27. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
analogical comparison
tongue-in-cheek
parallel structure
indicative
28. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
pathos
hypothetic example
doggerel
feminine rhyme
29. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
paraody
rhetorical question
repetition
30. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
abstraction
substantive
colloquial
31. The main character - usually the hero
naivete
circumlocution
fact
protagonist
32. 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
generality organization
counterexample
episodic
paraody
33. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
subjunctive
participle
capitol
bias
34. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
cadence
symbol
induction
litotes
35. To move off point
capital
digress
consonance
accordingly
36. 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
neutrality
dilemma
emphatic organization
37. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
problem-solution organization
rebuttal
musing
bias
38. 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
diatribe
framing
compound sentence
predicate
39. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
footnote
rebuttal
synaesthesia
40. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
symbol
paradox
cause and effect
digress
41. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
truism
cadence
epigram
fact
42. To make fun of
mock
irony
framing
vernacular
43. Expressly stated
verb phrase
ironic commentary
explicit
dilemma
44. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
compound complex sentence
simile
extended metaphor
rhetorical question
45. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
tone
pathetic fallacy
idealism
capitol
46. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
abstraction
vocative
dilemma
pathos
47. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
imperative
abstract
abstraction
antagonist
48. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
epithalamium
gerund
propaganda
concrete
49. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
diction
parallel structure
extended metaphor
anthropomorphism
50. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
repetition
syllogism
antecedent
tongue-in-cheek