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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 - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
discretion
participle
tone
Shakespearean rhyme
2. An exaggeration or overstatement
abstract noun
hyperbole
allegory
complement
3. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
episodic
discretion
over generalization
antithesis
4. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
fiction
second person
onomatopoeia
refutation
5. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
symbol
mock
allusion
pathetic fallacy
6. (1) a short poetic nickname; (2) a term used to describe the name or title of a person -ie 'The Great Emancipator' for Abraham Lincoln; (3) an abusive slur
anecdote
anthropomorphism
epithet
hypothetic example
7. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
refutation
allusion
truism
exemplar
8. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
pathos
Alexandrine
neutrality
9. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
framing
musing
metonymy
colloquial
10. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
anticlimax
imagery
Alexandrine
qualifying a claim
11. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
colon
substantive
vernacular
juxtapose
12. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
musing
gerund
damn with faint praise
pathetic fallacy
13. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
apostrophe
syllogism
fact
emphatic organization
14. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
anecdote
vernacular
refutation
complement
15. Opposing point of view
metonymy
caesura
rebuttal
tongue-in-cheek
16. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
idiom
voice
ethos
doggerel
17. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
problem-solution organization
Alexandrine
indicative
antagonist
18. 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)
candor
Alexandrine
third person omniscient
synecdoche
19. To make fun of
complement
pathos
mock
empirical
20. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
diction
burlesque
compound complex sentence
alliteration
21. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
paraody
Alexandrine
parallel structure
refutation
22. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
allusion
cause and effect
abstract noun
Italian rhyme
23. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
doggerel
third person omniscient
fallacy
inference
24. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
colloquial
doggerel
predicate
substantive
25. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
digress
irony
generality organization
idiom
26. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
satire
double entendre
second person
27. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
juxtapose
musing
inference
participle
28. One of many prepositions
parallel structure
antithesis balanced
under
generality organization
29. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
counterexample
idealism
paraody
third person omniscient
30. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
compound complex sentence
understatement
Spenserian rhyme
empirical
31. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
decorum
imperative
concrete
epithalamium
32. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
Alexandrine
assertion
vocative
subordinate conjunction
33. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
onomatopoeia
synaesthesia
wit
musing
34. 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
framing
neutrality
synecdoche
wit
35. Not taking a position
imagery
digress
syllogism
neutrality
36. One of many conjunctive adverbs
paradox
syllogism
problem-solution organization
accordingly
37. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
simple sentence
doggerel
allusion
explicit
38. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
syntax
epigram
accordingly
induction
39. 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'
antithesis balanced
simple sentence
oxymoron
personification
40. 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
antithesis
metaphor
anthropomorphism
syllogism
41. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
propaganda
metaphor
musing
masculine rhyme
42. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
burlesque
first person
cause and effect
abstraction
43. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
burlesque
infinitive
oxymoron
abstract noun
44. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
third person
under
satire
45. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
infinitive
assonance
metonymy
cadence
46. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
induction
cause and effect
caesura
understatement
47. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
pastoral elegy
qualifying a claim
idealism
problem-solution organization
48. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
propaganda
doggerel
consonance
damn with faint praise
49. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
mock
irony
abstract
abstraction
50. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
imagery
onomatopoeia
analogical comparison
idealism