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Freshman College Composition
The Freshman College Composition contains 90 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.
The material covered in this exam measures students' writing skills both at the sentence level and within the context of passages including the elements of language and grammar, different styles of writing, and limited literary analysis of short prose and poetry. Students should consider attempting this exam if they recognize the acceptable usage relating to
- syntax (parallelism, coordination, subordination, dangling modifiers)
- sentence boundaries (comma-splice, run-ons, sentence fragments)
- recognition of correct sentences
- sentence variety
- concord/agreement (subject-verb; verb tense; pronoun reference, shift, number)
- correct idiom
- active/passive voice
- logical comparison
- test of punctuation.
Computer-based Scoring: CLEP computer-based (CBT) exams are scored without a penalty for incorrect guessing. The raw score--the number of correct responses--is translated into a scaled score. The scaled scores for CLEP CBT are reported in a range from 20 to 80.
At Ferris, candidates taking the Freshman College Composition exam earn credit for a score of 50 or higher.
Course(s) and Credits
- A/SG--- 3 credits
- Credits will not meet general education requirements.
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