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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. Not taking a position
neutrality
allegory
hyperbole
emphatic organization
2. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
litotes
allusion
circular reasoning
personification
3. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
since
predicate
allusion
analogical comparison
4. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
synaesthesia
diatribe
consonance
antagonist
5. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
Italian rhyme
mock
participle
6. An exaggeration or overstatement
onomatopoeia
cadence
tongue-in-cheek
hyperbole
7. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
paradox
litotes
antagonist
anticlimax
8. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
personification
apostrophe
abstraction
double entendre
9. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
compound complex sentence
syntax
paraody
third person omniscient
10. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
oxymoron
indicative
circumlocution
tongue-in-cheek
11. List of details that reinforces a concept
litotes
capitol
catalog
fallacy
12. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
induction
candor
masculine rhyme
13. 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
chronological organization
under
footnote
first person
14. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
consonance
feminine rhyme
concrete
maxim
15. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
false dilemma
litotes
propaganda
allegory
16. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
assonance
concrete
complement
imperative
17. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
double entendre
onomatopoeia
burlesque
allegory
18. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
cause-effect organization
paraody
satire
false dilemma
19. Consists of a single independent clause
voice
simple sentence
substantive
second person
20. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
anecdote
synecdoche
generality organization
damn with faint praise
21. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
thesis
infinitive
assonance
damn with faint praise
22. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
footnote
rebuttal
masculine rhyme
cadence
23. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
Alexandrine
cause and effect
rhetorical question
antagonist
24. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
hyperbole
understatement
anecdote
Italian rhyme
25. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
damn with faint praise
euphemism
abstract noun
26. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
catalog
juxtapose
personification
27. Vowel rhyme
cause-effect organization
assonance
simple sentence
accordingly
28. Open - honest communication
diction
alliteration
candor
gerund
29. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
footnote
thesis
ironic commentary
problem-solution organization
30. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
framing
accordingly
vernacular
31. To make fun of
mock
antecedent
Italian rhyme
synaesthesia
32. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
over generalization
compound sentence
antecedent
burlesque
33. The claim or point that the writer is making
chronological organization
emphatic organization
assertion
wit
34. The commentator does not mean what she writes
bias
ironic commentary
metonymy
syntax
35. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
apostrophe
candor
third person limited
syllogism
36. The verb and its object and modifiers
caesura
chronological organization
verb phrase
mock
37. One of many subordinating conjunctions
false dilemma
since
indicative
induction
38. 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'
footnote
framing
empirical
antithesis balanced
39. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
synecdoche
negation
thesis
compound complex sentence
40. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
naivete
vernacular
idiom
cause-effect organization
41. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
propaganda
litotes
induction
Shakespearean rhyme
42. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
Spenserian rhyme
rhetorical question
tongue-in-cheek
first person
43. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
parallel structure
concrete
diction
imagery
44. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
symbol
second person
cadence
indicative
45. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
anecdote
problem-solution organization
extended metaphor
substantive
46. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
emphatic organization
compliment
hypothetic example
false dilemma
47. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
comparison organization
double entendre
imagery
truism
48. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
capitol
alliteration
cause and effect
49. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
simple sentence
under
Auxiliary verb
50. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
litotes
discretion
rhetorical question