English Composition CLEP 2024

English Composition CLEP 2024 predicate - answerverb, a verb's objects, or a phrase that identifies what a subject is doing or what is being done to the subject predicate - answerverb, a verb's objects, or a phrase that identifies what a subject is doing or what is being done to the subject abductive reasoning - answerhaving a hunch about a conclusion based on seemingly unrelated facts abductive reasoning - answerhaving a hunch about a conclusion based on seemingly unrelated facts deductive reasoning - answerspecific to general conclusions drawn deductive reasoning - answerspecific to general conclusions drawn inductive reasoning - answergeneral to specific conclusions drawn inductive reasoning - answergeneral to specific conclusions drawn parenthetical clause (nonrestrictive modifier) - answermodification that doesn't change the meaning of the sentence if removed parenthetical clause (nonrestrictive modifier) - answermodification that doesn't change the meaning of the sentence if removed ornamentation - answerany unusual use of language, such as figures of speech or figures of thought ornamentation - answerany unusual use of language, such as figures of speech or figures of thought concrete language - answerspecific, concrete words, such as vivid verbs and descriptive nouns concrete language - answerspecific, concrete words, such as vivid verbs and descriptive nouns grammatical case - answerthe function a noun or pronoun plays in a sentence grammatical case - answerthe function a noun or pronoun plays in a sentence case - answera pronouns form, IDs it's relationship to other words in the sentence case - answera pronouns form, IDs it's relationship to other words in the sentence dangling modifiers - answercause confusion by modifying an unintended word dangling modifiers - answercause confusion by modifying an unintended word farther - answerdistance farther - answerdistance further - answerfigurative distance (to a greater extent) further - answerfigurative distance (to a greater extent) begging the question - answerwriter presents an argument where one or more of the premises are related to the conclusion begging the question - answerwriter presents an argument where one or more of the premises are related to the conclusion affect - answerto influence, change or assume affect - answerto influence, change or assume effect - answerresult or to bring about effect - answerresult or to bring about proofs - answeraristotle's three logical appeals proofs - answeraristotle's three logical appeals red herring - answertrying to distract by introducing something irrelevant to the argument red herring - answertrying to distract by introducing something irrelevant to the argument explicit language - answerguides the reader to picture exactly what the author pictured explicit language - answerguides the reader to picture exactly what the author pictured derivative research - answersummarizing and reviewing research already conducted by experts (college students use this) derivative research - answersummarizing and reviewing research already conducted by experts (college students use this) modifiers - answerwords that add extra information to the sentence modifiers - answerwords that add extra information to the sentence verb complement - answerobject that completes the meaning of the verb verb complement - answerobject that completes the meaning of the verb antecedent - answernoun to which another noun refers to antecedent - answernoun to which another noun refers to interrogative sentence - answerasks a question interrogative sentence - answerasks a question figurative language - answeruse of figures of speech (similies and metaphors) in writing figurative language - answeruse of figures of speech (similies and metaphors) in writing idiom - answerfigure of speech specific to a region or group of people idiom - answerfigure of speech specific to a region or group of people pronoun - answerreplaces a noun without IDying a name pronoun - answerreplaces a noun without IDying a name accurate language - answertruthfully depicts reality accurate language - answertruthfully depicts reality imperative sentence - answergives a command or issues a request imperative sentence - answergives a command or issues a request didactic - answerintended to teach didactic - answerintended to teach sentence fragment - answerincomplete sentence that may or may not contain a subject and a verb sentence fragment - answerincomplete sentence that may or may not contain a subject and a verb theme - answerwhat the writing piece is about theme - answerwhat the writing piece is about bandwagon - answerdoing something because everyone is doing it