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CLEP College Composition
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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
abstraction
catalog
juxtapose
Italian rhyme
2. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
syntax
doggerel
figurative language
3. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
oxymoron
paraody
explicit
induction
4. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
fact
substantive
hypothetic example
antithesis balanced
5. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
decorum
allegory
protagonist
6. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
rebuttal
allegory
alliteration
7. (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
satire
colloquial
decorum
epithet
8. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
epigram
mock
over generalization
9. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
metaphor
colloquial
empirical
catalog
10. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
second person
antagonist
gerund
circular reasoning
11. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
Auxiliary verb
simile
maxim
empirical
12. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
ironic commentary
antithesis
epigram
repetition
13. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
capital
rhetorical question
anecdote
negation
14. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
propaganda
vernacular
complement
15. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
syntax
pastoral elegy
feminine rhyme
analogy
16. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
analogy
naivete
second person
paraody
17. Opposing point of view
vocative
second person
rebuttal
fact
18. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
antagonist
over generalization
soapstone
second person
19. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
colloquial
digress
concrete
abstraction
20. The commentator does not mean what she writes
antithesis balanced
ironic commentary
fiction
episodic
21. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
figurative language
imagery
juxtapose
allegory
22. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
colon
infinitive
rebuttal
comparison organization
23. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
circumlocution
circular reasoning
wit
24. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
compound complex sentence
under
negation
analogy
25. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
compliment
double entendre
allegory
26. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
feminine rhyme
protagonist
abstract
doggerel
27. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
dilemma
musing
innuendo
28. The claim or point that the writer is making
epigram
assertion
oxymoron
generality organization
29. Something that is implied
implicit
Spenserian rhyme
analogical comparison
maxim
30. Consists of a single independent clause
empirical
simple sentence
semicolon
soapstone
31. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
propaganda
truism
satire
epigram
32. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
paradox
vernacular
propaganda
extended metaphor
33. The main character - usually the hero
indicative
protagonist
imagery
Spenserian rhyme
34. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
simile
metaphor
vocative
inference
35. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
digress
idiom
personification
ironic commentary
36. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
colon
imagery
antithesis balanced
bias
37. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
since
subordinate conjunction
Shakespearean rhyme
irony
38. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
under
Auxiliary verb
allusion
39. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
imperative
abstract
catalog
footnote
40. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
synaesthesia
truism
semicolon
idiom
41. Understatement created through double negative
syntax
capitol
litotes
antecedent
42. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
infinitive
symbol
ironic commentary
antithesis balanced
43. An exception to a proposed general rule
emphatic organization
counterexample
mock
neutrality
44. Open - honest communication
candor
anecdote
assonance
simple sentence
45. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
truism
soapstone
oxymoron
abstraction
46. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
infinitive
verb phrase
paraody
47. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
apostrophe
metaphor
juxtapose
framing
48. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
fact
rhetorical question
compound sentence
compound complex sentence
49. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
substantive
extended metaphor
bias
50. Abab cdcd efef gg
diatribe
wit
cause and effect
Shakespearean rhyme