source,graphics_name,topic,id,question,choice1,choice2,choice3,choice4,solution https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/clep/Composition_fact_sheet.pdf,verbal_englishlanguage_1502,Verbal/English Language,1502,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: The citation shown refers to a _____.,book chapter,conference paper,journal article,newspaper article,journal article https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/clep/CompModular_fact_sheet.pdf,verbal_englishlanguage_1506,Verbal/English Language,1506,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Select the best revision for the underlined segment of the provided sentence.,"To revise the state science standards is complicated, it involves ","Revising the state science standards is complicated, involving ","To revise the state science standards, which is complicated, that involves ",Revising the state science standards is complicated which involves ,"Revising the state science standards is complicated, involving " https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5039.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1511,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Which of the following best describes the organization of the following paragraph: ""Selecting a new car requires each buyer to weigh a number of factors. First to be considered is the car’s appearance. Next, and even more critical, are the car’s performance and safety ratings. Most significant to any prospective buyer, however, is the car’s price.""",Chronological order ,Spatial order ,Cause and effect ,Order of importance ,Order of importance https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5039.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1512,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Which of the following best describes the organization of the following paragraph: ""Weeks before they decided on their destination, the seniors had already begun a massive fundraising project to help finance their class trip. When they were offered the choice between Rome and London, an overwhelming majority chose Rome. Then preparations began in earnest. In the months that followed, the students’ enthusiasm escalated until the day the plane finally took off.""",Chronological order ,Spatial order ,Cause and effect ,Order of importance ,Chronological order https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5038.pdf,verbal_englishlanguage_1514,Verbal/English Language,1514,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: This advertisement primarily uses which of the following persuasive techniques to appeal to the audience?,card stacking,testimonial,bandwagon,glittering generalities,bandwagon https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5038.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1517,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: At the border of two countries there is a port where fishermen work. The fishermen do not speak the same language, so they communicate using one that has been invented by them for the purpose of trade. This scenario most accurately describes which of the following types of language?",A dialect,A creole,A pidgin,A regionalism,A pidgin https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5039.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1521,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Identify the error in the following sentence: ""Although she enjoyed weekends, Fridays was Tanya’s favorite day of the week.""",Split Infinitive ,Subject-Verb Disagreement ,Faulty Parallelism ,Adjective/Adverb Confusion ,Subject-Verb Disagreement https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5156.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1523,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: _____ is a narrative that takes abstract ideas of behavior—good or bad, wise or foolish—and attempts to make them concrete and striking. The chief actor in these stories is usually an animal or inanimate object that behaves like a human and engages in a single significant act intended to teach a moral lesson.",A myth,A fable,An epic,A legend,A fable https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5156.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1524,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ""Though Josh mentioned that she was a good friend, Anna knew it was a hollow compliment."" In the preceding sentence, the word “hollow” is best defined as _____.",deep,sunken,vicious,insincere,insincere https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5156.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1527,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ""My sister and I always loved sledding down the hill behind our house."" The underlined word in the preceding sentence is an example of _____.",a conjunction ,a preposition ,a gerund ,an adverb ,a gerund https://www.ets.org/s/praxis/pdf/5156.pdf,None,Verbal/English Language,1531,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ""The White Rabbit represents an adult who worries about schedules; he says, 'Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!'"" In the preceding sentence, which of the following words or phrases, inserted before “he says,” provides the best transition between the first clause and the quotation?","similarly, ","for instance, ","first of all, ","namely, ","for instance, " https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/vocabulary-quiz,None,Verbal/English Language,1534,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Which is a synonym of innate?,determined,self-confident,natural,imaginary,natural Self,None,Verbal/English Language,1539,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Which of the following refers to two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different meanings or spellings?,homonyms,homophones,synonyms,antonyms,homophones https://www.britannica.com/quiz/literary-devices,None,Verbal/English Language,1541,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: What figure of speech is represented in the sentence “He was sweating like a racehorse.”,Onomatopoeia,Simile,Litotes,Metaphor,Simile https://www.britannica.com/quiz/literary-terms-and-more-quiz,None,Verbal/English Language,1545,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: What term refers to the structure of interrelated actions, consciously selected and arranged by the author?",climax,plot,theme,denouement,plot https://www.britannica.com/quiz/literary-terms-part-three-quiz,None,Verbal/English Language,1547,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: What term refers to a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit?,ballad,sonnet,haiku,stanza,stanza https://www.britannica.com/quiz/literary-terms-a-pop-quiz,None,Verbal/English Language,1548,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: What figure of speech, common in love poetry, is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect?",spondee,cadence,trope,hyperbole,hyperbole https://www.britannica.com/quiz/english-102,None,Verbal/English Language,1556,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Which of these is not to be taken literally?,idiom,noun,verb,ideogram,idiom https://www.britannica.com/quiz/english-103,None,Verbal/English Language,1557,VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: What is the name of an overused expression?,clink,clef,quiche,cliché,cliché https://www.britannica.com/quiz/english-104,None,Verbal/English Language,1558,"VERBAL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Which prefix means ""distant""?",pre-,trans-,tele-,post-,tele-