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English Composition with Essay
The English Composition with Essay is presented in two sections. Section I contains 50 multiple-choice questions to be answered in 45 minutes. Section II contains one essay question to be answered in 45 minutes.
The exam measures writing skills needed for college assignments and in writing tasks that explain, interpret, analyze, present, or support a point of view.
The material covered in this exam measures the skills required in most first-year college composition courses. Students should consider attempting this exam if they recognize the acceptable usage relating to
- sentence boundaries
- economy and clarity of expression
- agreement: subject/verb, verb tense, pronoun reference, shift, number
- active/passive voice
- diction and idiom
- syntax: parallelism, coordination, subordination, dangling modifiers
- sentence variety.
Computer-based Scoring: CLEP computer-based (CBT) exams are scored without a penalty for incorrect guessing. The raw score of the multiple choice section--the number of correct responses--is translated into a scaled score. The essay portion of this exam is scored once a month. After scoring, it is combined with the scaled score from the multiple-choice section. The resulting combined score is reported in a range from 20 to 80. Scores for each section are not reported.
At Ferris, candidates taking the English Composition with Essay exam must score a 50 or higher to earn credit.
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