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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 negative statement
masculine rhyme
negation
cause-effect organization
imperative
2. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
tone
vernacular
damn with faint praise
abstract noun
3. Consists of a single independent clause
consonance
cause and effect
simple sentence
chronological organization
4. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
complement
subordinate conjunction
colon
euphemism
5. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
anthropomorphism
colloquial
negation
6. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
maxim
imagery
gerund
indicative
7. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
negation
extended metaphor
ellipsis
first person
8. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
accordingly
digress
tongue-in-cheek
9. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
anecdote
ellipsis
abstract noun
assertion
10. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
epigram
imagery
Auxiliary verb
semicolon
11. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
naivete
generality organization
subjunctive
parallel structure
12. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
allegory
over generalization
personification
counterexample
13. Can be verified
dilemma
fact
inference
alliteration
14. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
imperative
catalog
second person
15. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
pathetic fallacy
bias
rebuttal
paradox
16. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
burlesque
pathetic fallacy
antagonist
17. The verb and its object and modifiers
verb phrase
neutrality
third person limited
complement
18. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
compound complex sentence
assertion
decorum
19. The perspective from which a story is written
allusion
satire
voice
hypothetic example
20. A figure of speech
paradox
simple sentence
doggerel
idiom
21. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
gerund
compound complex sentence
infinitive
compound sentence
22. 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)
third person omniscient
metaphor
cadence
hyperbole
23. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
candor
qualifying a claim
implicit
emphatic organization
24. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
infinitive
comparison organization
abstraction
bias
25. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
caesura
imagery
compound sentence
paraody
26. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
Spenserian rhyme
dilemma
paraody
exemplar
27. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
imagery
rebuttal
oxymoron
28. The claim or point that the writer is making
Shakespearean rhyme
assertion
neutrality
framing
29. 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'
semicolon
footnote
burlesque
euphemism
30. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
rhetorical question
accordingly
ironic commentary
idiom
31. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
induction
emphatic organization
antithesis balanced
anthropomorphism
32. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
wit
epigram
simile
33. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
refutation
doggerel
simile
alliteration
34. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
epithet
dilemma
circumlocution
digress
35. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
innuendo
allusion
implicit
syntax
36. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
footnote
damn with faint praise
pastoral elegy
satire
37. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
syntax
maxim
anecdote
burlesque
38. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
consonance
thesis
imagery
pathos
39. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
Alexandrine
analogical comparison
compound complex sentence
problem-solution organization
40. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
induction
analogical comparison
soapstone
metaphor
41. Not taking a position
candor
substantive
doggerel
neutrality
42. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
parallel structure
discretion
simile
Alexandrine
43. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
paradox
fallacy
fiction
burlesque
44. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
cause and effect
metaphor
hyperbole
indicative
45. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
epithet
satire
simple sentence
capitol
46. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
verb phrase
cause and effect
anecdote
innuendo
47. One of many subordinating conjunctions
truism
oxymoron
antithesis
since
48. 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
generality organization
naivete
voice
dilemma
49. Quiet reflection upon a topic
allusion
consonance
imperative
musing
50. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
vernacular
generality organization
fiction
burlesque