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CLEP College Composition
1. Ambiguity
ANS A possible double meaning that may confuse a listener or reader
2. Colloquial
ANS Used in some dictionaries to label words appropriate only in informal speech
3. Consistency
ANS The result of staying within one pattern and avoiding confusing shifts in tense or
grammatical perspective
4. Convention
ANS the customary way of doing things; what a reader or listener expects or is used to
5. Economy
ANS The sparing use of words, avoiding unnecessary wordiness or dupli- cation
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6. Formal
ANS the kind of English appropriate in serious discussion and writing
7. Grammar
ANS the study of the forms of words and their arrangement in a language
8. Informal
ANS the kind of Standard English we use in casual conversations and personal letters
9. Non-standard
ANS the everyday language of those with little formal education; inap- propriate in school,
business, or writing
10. Redundancy
ANS unintentional repetition, needless duplication
11. Slang
ANS extremely informal language; often used in a disrespectful manner
12. Standard
ANS the language of our institutions- of school, church, business, and government
13. Word
ANS parts of speech
14. Phrase
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