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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. Opposing point of view
diatribe
rebuttal
third person
ellipsis
2. One of many prepositions
under
extended metaphor
neutrality
hyperbole
3. Open - honest communication
paraody
substantive
candor
verb phrase
4. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
antagonist
truism
fallacy
juxtapose
5. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
cause and effect
inference
syllogism
6. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
cadence
paradox
capital
7. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
apostrophe
personification
doggerel
chronological organization
8. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
vocative
parallel structure
ethos
allegory
9. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
compound sentence
induction
rhetorical question
cause and effect
10. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
metaphor
bias
cadence
damn with faint praise
11. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
capitol
understatement
third person
pathos
12. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
epithalamium
antithesis
false dilemma
mock
13. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
verb phrase
abstraction
Spenserian rhyme
Auxiliary verb
14. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
thesis
subordinate conjunction
repetition
simple sentence
15. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
abstraction
under
Alexandrine
fiction
16. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
understatement
diatribe
paraody
apostrophe
17. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
substantive
abstract noun
third person
18. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
antithesis balanced
neutrality
double entendre
participle
19. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
colon
cause and effect
imperative
gerund
20. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
chronological organization
framing
burlesque
under
21. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
anecdote
fallacy
decorum
alliteration
22. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
generality organization
musing
double entendre
metaphor
23. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
understatement
feminine rhyme
personification
pathetic fallacy
24. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
personification
thesis
third person omniscient
25. 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
emphatic organization
tongue-in-cheek
neutrality
generality organization
26. Neoclassical principles of drama
complement
exemplar
decorum
antithesis balanced
27. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
semicolon
compound sentence
maxim
naivete
28. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
maxim
third person limited
assonance
29. Something that is implied
implicit
abstraction
inference
cause-effect organization
30. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
Italian rhyme
syntax
verb phrase
wit
31. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
induction
idiom
digress
gerund
32. Quiet reflection upon a topic
under
cause and effect
musing
truism
33. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
qualifying a claim
simile
figurative language
innuendo
34. Not taking a position
refutation
compliment
assertion
neutrality
35. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
allusion
anticlimax
maxim
chronological organization
36. An exaggeration or overstatement
abstraction
ethos
problem-solution organization
hyperbole
37. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
masculine rhyme
abstract
syntax
metonymy
38. The claim or point that the writer is making
imperative
diction
candor
assertion
39. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
allusion
participle
anthropomorphism
compliment
40. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
diatribe
footnote
ironic commentary
colloquial
41. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
epithalamium
accordingly
subjunctive
alliteration
42. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
emphatic organization
wit
understatement
simile
43. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
third person
circumlocution
double entendre
compound sentence
44. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
truism
generality organization
epigram
45. 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'
compound complex sentence
antithesis balanced
framing
analogical comparison
46. Expressly stated
generality organization
explicit
synaesthesia
thesis
47. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
fallacy
idealism
indicative
problem-solution organization
48. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
oxymoron
metonymy
infinitive
Alexandrine
49. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
truism
anecdote
emphatic organization
50. 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'
abstract noun
accordingly
pathos
euphemism