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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 thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
symbol
implicit
second person
repetition
2. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
antithesis
subordinate conjunction
truism
dilemma
3. Consists of a single independent clause
simple sentence
caesura
ironic commentary
tone
4. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
substantive
allusion
discretion
symbol
5. An indirect attack or insinuation
cadence
innuendo
analogy
participle
6. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
abstraction
naivete
Spenserian rhyme
onomatopoeia
7. Understatement created through double negative
alliteration
caesura
satire
litotes
8. Can be verified
vernacular
analogy
fact
fiction
9. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
induction
diction
ironic commentary
personification
10. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
hypothetic example
voice
alliteration
antithesis
11. Neoclassical principles of drama
digress
hypothetic example
decorum
compliment
12. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
discretion
induction
accordingly
exemplar
13. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
decorum
third person omniscient
extended metaphor
soapstone
14. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
Spenserian rhyme
allusion
vernacular
fiction
15. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
empirical
damn with faint praise
pathetic fallacy
abstract
16. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
extended metaphor
concrete
syntax
alliteration
17. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
metonymy
abstract noun
subordinate conjunction
simile
18. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
maxim
hypothetic example
caesura
implicit
19. Open - honest communication
synaesthesia
compound complex sentence
candor
pastoral elegy
20. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
synaesthesia
circumlocution
onomatopoeia
allusion
21. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
antithesis balanced
propaganda
ethos
footnote
22. 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'
decorum
circular reasoning
euphemism
ellipsis
23. To make fun of
capitol
dilemma
abstract
mock
24. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
anticlimax
pastoral elegy
fallacy
qualifying a claim
25. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
Shakespearean rhyme
tongue-in-cheek
tone
26. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
parallel structure
metonymy
compound complex sentence
27. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
empirical
apostrophe
false dilemma
inference
28. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
semicolon
participle
Italian rhyme
gerund
29. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
cadence
negation
masculine rhyme
30. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
infinitive
figurative language
vernacular
31. 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
irony
oxymoron
generality organization
alliteration
32. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
metaphor
third person limited
doggerel
33. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
antecedent
diction
vernacular
candor
34. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
subjunctive
cause and effect
since
gerund
35. Expressly stated
explicit
euphemism
negation
false dilemma
36. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
epithalamium
compliment
emphatic organization
refutation
37. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
refutation
semicolon
antithesis
problem-solution organization
38. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
litotes
synecdoche
fact
fiction
39. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
compound sentence
capital
symbol
pastoral elegy
40. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
since
third person omniscient
personification
capital
41. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
participle
Shakespearean rhyme
consonance
understatement
42. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
cadence
anecdote
refutation
synaesthesia
43. Language chosen by the writer
diction
negation
Auxiliary verb
third person limited
44. To move off point
epithalamium
digress
syllogism
second person
45. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
candor
capitol
burlesque
diction
46. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
refutation
Auxiliary verb
symbol
epithalamium
47. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
symbol
substantive
protagonist
exemplar
48. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
concrete
maxim
footnote
subordinate conjunction
49. Not taking a position
neutrality
wit
epithalamium
antithesis
50. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
fact
compound complex sentence
cause and effect
compound sentence