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CLEP College Composition
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1. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
syllogism
masculine rhyme
innuendo
pathos
2. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
paradox
apostrophe
repetition
pathos
3. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
abstract noun
digress
burlesque
complement
4. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
masculine rhyme
antagonist
accordingly
5. Expressly stated
counterexample
explicit
capital
burlesque
6. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
implicit
gerund
imperative
truism
7. Something that is implied
damn with faint praise
burlesque
soapstone
implicit
8. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
colloquial
synecdoche
parallel structure
pathos
9. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
rhetorical question
compliment
Alexandrine
10. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
simile
personification
anticlimax
first person
11. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
third person
soapstone
compound complex sentence
protagonist
12. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
anthropomorphism
juxtapose
imperative
epithalamium
13. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
footnote
subordinate conjunction
under
14. Abab cdcd efef gg
ellipsis
thesis
Shakespearean rhyme
paraody
15. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
metaphor
consonance
ellipsis
subordinate conjunction
16. The verb and its object and modifiers
rebuttal
verb phrase
musing
rhetorical question
17. The work is narrated by the person 'I' - who can also be the protagonist - omniscient speaker. There can be multiple narrators of the same work
understatement
first person
empirical
pathetic fallacy
18. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
false dilemma
candor
participle
exemplar
19. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
assonance
pastoral elegy
consonance
participle
20. The claim or point that the writer is making
third person limited
explicit
assertion
third person
21. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
episodic
dilemma
rhetorical question
simile
22. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
compound complex sentence
metonymy
problem-solution organization
23. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
first person
implicit
paradox
fiction
24. Vowel rhyme
third person omniscient
antithesis balanced
assonance
cause-effect organization
25. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
exemplar
implicit
feminine rhyme
synaesthesia
26. Open - honest communication
understatement
candor
innuendo
syllogism
27. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
antecedent
hyperbole
colon
ellipsis
28. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
satire
false dilemma
thesis
masculine rhyme
29. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
tone
counterexample
second person
substantive
30. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure - i.e. 'to err is human; to forgive - divine'
antithesis balanced
euphemism
anecdote
metaphor
31. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
antecedent
colloquial
wit
over generalization
32. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
analogy
implicit
masculine rhyme
33. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
allusion
understatement
concrete
simile
34. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
capital
onomatopoeia
abstract noun
35. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
substantive
induction
rebuttal
36. An exception to a proposed general rule
cadence
ethos
counterexample
chronological organization
37. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
abstraction
simile
discretion
38. Opposing point of view
Spenserian rhyme
protagonist
soapstone
rebuttal
39. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
extended metaphor
catalog
exemplar
Alexandrine
40. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
pathos
infinitive
predicate
propaganda
41. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
cause-effect organization
musing
discretion
soapstone
42. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
capital
dilemma
feminine rhyme
exemplar
43. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
anecdote
under
figurative language
onomatopoeia
44. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
accordingly
vernacular
assonance
semicolon
45. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
maxim
feminine rhyme
epithet
refutation
46. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
generality organization
predicate
allegory
gerund
47. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
since
abstract
subjunctive
caesura
48. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
rebuttal
abstract noun
pathos
catalog
49. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
induction
symbol
capitol
abstraction
50. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
induction
ellipsis
participle
metonymy
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