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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. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
musing
capital
abstraction
abstract
2. To make fun of
antecedent
digress
analogy
mock
3. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
footnote
colon
concrete
hypothetic example
4. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
doggerel
discretion
pathetic fallacy
qualifying a claim
5. To move off point
metonymy
analogy
framing
digress
6. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
antagonist
vocative
ellipsis
alliteration
7. Something that is implied
episodic
implicit
repetition
comparison organization
8. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
negation
second person
Alexandrine
9. Understatement created through double negative
litotes
analogy
false dilemma
digress
10. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
understatement
satire
masculine rhyme
11. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
epithet
third person limited
refutation
digress
12. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
paraody
extended metaphor
digress
antithesis balanced
13. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
inference
truism
compound complex sentence
colloquial
14. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
understatement
over generalization
feminine rhyme
15. An indirect attack or insinuation
vernacular
innuendo
soapstone
naivete
16. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
infinitive
synecdoche
compound sentence
17. The verb and its object and modifiers
over generalization
verb phrase
voice
epithet
18. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
mock
capital
cause and effect
circular reasoning
19. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
refutation
gerund
Alexandrine
footnote
20. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
paraody
compound sentence
wit
refutation
21. An exaggeration or overstatement
hyperbole
extended metaphor
framing
antithesis balanced
22. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
alliteration
semicolon
explicit
litotes
23. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
substantive
ethos
tongue-in-cheek
second person
24. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
episodic
simile
metaphor
compliment
25. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
qualifying a claim
alliteration
anticlimax
analogical comparison
26. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
neutrality
diction
fiction
27. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
tongue-in-cheek
propaganda
accordingly
episodic
28. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
damn with faint praise
compound sentence
feminine rhyme
personification
29. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
compliment
antagonist
soapstone
repetition
30. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
irony
assertion
anecdote
rhetorical question
31. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
Spenserian rhyme
syntax
candor
circumlocution
32. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
circular reasoning
truism
thesis
dilemma
33. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
anticlimax
imperative
consonance
anecdote
34. One of many subordinating conjunctions
negation
subordinate conjunction
since
Auxiliary verb
35. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
anticlimax
idiom
cause and effect
rhetorical question
36. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
cause and effect
chronological organization
rhetorical question
naivete
37. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
Italian rhyme
alliteration
antithesis
subordinate conjunction
38. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
abstract
anticlimax
syllogism
onomatopoeia
39. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
soapstone
consonance
predicate
substantive
40. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
epithet
antagonist
naivete
compound complex sentence
41. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
figurative language
verb phrase
anecdote
cause and effect
42. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
allegory
over generalization
antithesis
43. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
concrete
truism
synecdoche
caesura
44. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
anticlimax
indicative
problem-solution organization
Auxiliary verb
45. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
hypothetic example
complement
empirical
counterexample
46. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
imperative
ironic commentary
ellipsis
antecedent
47. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
capital
generality organization
antagonist
fiction
48. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
synecdoche
synaesthesia
doggerel
personification
49. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
personification
feminine rhyme
analogy
allusion
50. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
third person omniscient
abstract
pastoral elegy
truism