CLEP COLLEGE COMPOSITION EXAM 2026
EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⫸ Colloquial Answer: Used in some dictionaries to label words
appropriate only in informal speech
⫸ Consistency Answer: The result of staying within one pattern and
avoiding confusing shifts in tense or grammatical perspective
⫸ Convention Answer: the customary way of doing things; what a
reader or listener expects or is used to
⫸ Economy Answer: The sparing use of words, avoiding unnecessary
wordiness or duplication
⫸ Formal Answer: the kind of English appropriate in serious discussion
and writing
⫸ Grammar Answer: the study of the forms of words and their
arrangement in a language
⫸ Informal Answer: the kind of Standard English we use in casual
conversations and personal letters
, ⫸ Non-standard Answer: the everyday language of those with little
formal education; inappropriate in school, business, or writing
⫸ Redundancy Answer: unintentional repetition, needless duplication
⫸ Slang Answer: extremely informal language; often used in a
disrespectful manner
⫸ Standard Answer: the language of our institutions- of school, church,
business, and government
⫸ Word Answer: parts of speech
⫸ Phrase Answer: group of related words acting together as one part of
speech; not containing both a subject and verb
⫸ Clause Answer: group of related words containing a subject and a
verb
⫸ Sentence Answer: group of words containing a subject and a verb and
expressing a complete thought
⫸ Paragraph Answer: group of sentences organized around a central or
main idea
EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⫸ Colloquial Answer: Used in some dictionaries to label words
appropriate only in informal speech
⫸ Consistency Answer: The result of staying within one pattern and
avoiding confusing shifts in tense or grammatical perspective
⫸ Convention Answer: the customary way of doing things; what a
reader or listener expects or is used to
⫸ Economy Answer: The sparing use of words, avoiding unnecessary
wordiness or duplication
⫸ Formal Answer: the kind of English appropriate in serious discussion
and writing
⫸ Grammar Answer: the study of the forms of words and their
arrangement in a language
⫸ Informal Answer: the kind of Standard English we use in casual
conversations and personal letters
, ⫸ Non-standard Answer: the everyday language of those with little
formal education; inappropriate in school, business, or writing
⫸ Redundancy Answer: unintentional repetition, needless duplication
⫸ Slang Answer: extremely informal language; often used in a
disrespectful manner
⫸ Standard Answer: the language of our institutions- of school, church,
business, and government
⫸ Word Answer: parts of speech
⫸ Phrase Answer: group of related words acting together as one part of
speech; not containing both a subject and verb
⫸ Clause Answer: group of related words containing a subject and a
verb
⫸ Sentence Answer: group of words containing a subject and a verb and
expressing a complete thought
⫸ Paragraph Answer: group of sentences organized around a central or
main idea
