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CLEP College Composition
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
compound sentence
Alexandrine
ellipsis
2. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
figurative language
maxim
idealism
ethos
3. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
candor
over generalization
vernacular
4. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
decorum
exemplar
candor
empirical
5. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
third person limited
rhetorical question
catalog
idealism
6. Open - honest communication
candor
synecdoche
simile
masculine rhyme
7. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
pastoral elegy
emphatic organization
parallel structure
litotes
8. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
burlesque
voice
bias
apostrophe
9. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
paradox
capitol
hypothetic example
antithesis
10. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
juxtapose
false dilemma
tone
naivete
11. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
satire
substantive
induction
naivete
12. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
metaphor
abstraction
irony
vocative
13. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
antagonist
maxim
double entendre
semicolon
14. One of many prepositions
epithalamium
under
thesis
caesura
15. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
second person
subordinate conjunction
litotes
tongue-in-cheek
16. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
extended metaphor
propaganda
compound sentence
Spenserian rhyme
17. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
cause-effect organization
feminine rhyme
semicolon
footnote
18. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
abstraction
dilemma
ethos
predicate
19. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
fallacy
truism
wit
compliment
20. To make fun of
idiom
catalog
cause and effect
mock
21. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
tone
juxtapose
accordingly
masculine rhyme
22. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
third person limited
diction
third person
caesura
23. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
digress
assertion
subordinate conjunction
24. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
concrete
colloquial
synecdoche
litotes
25. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
anthropomorphism
truism
syntax
subordinate conjunction
26. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
idiom
third person omniscient
circular reasoning
discretion
27. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
concrete
predicate
consonance
paradox
28. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
abstraction
dilemma
voice
ethos
29. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
voice
abstract noun
naivete
maxim
30. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
circumlocution
antithesis balanced
soapstone
decorum
31. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
chronological organization
discretion
simple sentence
third person
32. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
epithalamium
gerund
subjunctive
idiom
33. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
explicit
propaganda
circular reasoning
fiction
34. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
induction
antithesis
capitol
metaphor
35. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
thesis
generality organization
assertion
antecedent
36. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
antithesis balanced
pathetic fallacy
abstract
false dilemma
37. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
pathetic fallacy
dilemma
neutrality
38. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
subjunctive
allusion
consonance
caesura
39. A kind or more gentle word to dilute the meaning in order to evade responsibility for a more disturbing word - i.e. 'passed on' instead of 'died'
imagery
under
euphemism
Alexandrine
40. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
rhetorical question
fallacy
syllogism
41. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
pathetic fallacy
third person
comparison organization
counterexample
42. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
semicolon
candor
qualifying a claim
43. To move off point
fiction
second person
digress
damn with faint praise
44. Neoclassical principles of drama
anticlimax
decorum
episodic
explicit
45. Quiet reflection upon a topic
musing
third person omniscient
diction
paraody
46. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
metaphor
Auxiliary verb
qualifying a claim
digress
47. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
Alexandrine
capitol
pathos
allegory
48. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
burlesque
allegory
synaesthesia
capital
49. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
tongue-in-cheek
allusion
decorum
vernacular
50. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
pathos
feminine rhyme
empirical
synecdoche