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CLEP COLLEGE COMPOSITION QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS| 100% CORRECT
What is Ambiguity?
Answer: Ambiguity A possible double meaning that may
confuse a listener or reader
What does Colloquial mean?
Answer: Colloquial Used in some dictionaries to label words
appropriate only in informal speech
What is Consistency in writing?
Answer: Consistency The result of staying within one pattern
and avoiding confusing shifts in tense or grammatical perspective
What is Convention in language?
Answer: Convention the customary way of doing things; what a
reader or listener expects or is used to
What is Economy in writing?
Answer: Economy The sparing use of words, avoiding
unnecessary wordiness or duplication
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What does Formal mean in English?
Answer: Formal the kind of English appropriate in serious
discussion and writing
What is Grammar?
Answer: Grammar the study of the forms of words and their
arrangement in a language
What does Informal mean in English?
Answer: Informal the kind of Standard English we use in casual
conversations and personal letters
What does Non-standard mean in language?
Answer: Non-standard the everyday language of those with little
formal education; inappropriate in school, business, or writing
What is Redundancy in writing?
Answer: Redundancy unintentional repetition, needless
duplication
What is Slang?
Answer: Slang extremely informal language; often used in a
disrespectful manner
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What does Standard mean in language?
Answer: Standard the language of our institutions- of school,
church, business, and government
What are Words in grammar?
Answer: Word parts of speech
What is a Phrase?
Answer: Phrase group of related words acting together as one
part of speech; not containing both a subject and verb
What is a Clause?
Answer: Clause group of related words containing a subject and
a verb
What is a Sentence?
Answer: Sentence group of words containing a subject and a
verb and expressing a complete thought
What is a Paragraph?
Answer: Paragraph group of sentences organized around a
central or main idea
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What is a Verb?
Answer: Verb a word that expresses action or helps to make a
statement
What is a Subject?
Answer: Subject a word or words naming person, place, thing,
or idea about which something is being said
What is a Compound Subject or Compound Verb?
Answer: Compound Subject/Compound Verb Two or more
subjects or verbs connected by and or or
What is a Direct Object?
Answer: Direct Object A noun or pronoun that Answers the
question whom or what after an action verb. It receives the action of the verb.
What is a Subject Complement or Predicate Nominative?
Answer: Subject Complement/Predicate Nominative A noun or
pronoun (or adjective) which follows a be or linking verb and renames or describes the subject. (Think of a be or linking verb as an = sign)