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CLEP College Composition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
anthropomorphism
propaganda
onomatopoeia
Auxiliary verb
2. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
epithalamium
doggerel
truism
metonymy
3. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
fact
hypothetic example
doggerel
epithet
4. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
propaganda
imagery
musing
5. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
soapstone
framing
induction
semicolon
6. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
third person omniscient
musing
Auxiliary verb
7. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
understatement
third person omniscient
metaphor
capitol
8. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
predicate
circular reasoning
idiom
synaesthesia
9. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
analogy
framing
rebuttal
wit
10. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
vernacular
syntax
epithet
Alexandrine
11. Vowel rhyme
euphemism
idealism
gerund
assonance
12. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
parallel structure
cause-effect organization
discretion
epithet
13. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
imperative
compound sentence
soapstone
since
14. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
concrete
refutation
simile
cause-effect organization
15. A negative statement
negation
vernacular
since
propaganda
16. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
second person
circumlocution
concrete
dilemma
17. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
musing
alliteration
empirical
oxymoron
18. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
diction
rebuttal
synecdoche
generality organization
19. The commentator does not mean what she writes
musing
Spenserian rhyme
ironic commentary
hyperbole
20. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
tone
colon
double entendre
naivete
21. An indirect attack or insinuation
alliteration
Spenserian rhyme
innuendo
masculine rhyme
22. The claim or point that the writer is making
circular reasoning
assertion
implicit
subordinate conjunction
23. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
gerund
abstraction
voice
24. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
assertion
paraody
antagonist
innuendo
25. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
anecdote
consonance
capital
paraody
26. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
mock
thesis
indicative
alliteration
27. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
wit
cause and effect
juxtapose
28. An exaggeration or overstatement
fallacy
vocative
ethos
hyperbole
29. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
vernacular
assertion
assonance
30. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
colon
figurative language
caesura
31. Open - honest communication
maxim
figurative language
candor
accordingly
32. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
personification
indicative
induction
since
33. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
protagonist
imperative
caesura
neutrality
34. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
second person
thesis
compliment
abstraction
35. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
digress
onomatopoeia
pathetic fallacy
substantive
36. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
antithesis
cause and effect
truism
propaganda
37. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
simple sentence
Shakespearean rhyme
predicate
discretion
38. Language chosen by the writer
pastoral elegy
diction
ethos
satire
39. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
Spenserian rhyme
metonymy
assonance
40. Vague - not easily defined
abstract
emphatic organization
ethos
rhetorical question
41. The main character - usually the hero
concrete
subordinate conjunction
verb phrase
protagonist
42. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
doggerel
allegory
abstract noun
43. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
allegory
qualifying a claim
synaesthesia
generality organization
44. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
wit
tone
understatement
allusion
45. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
footnote
anecdote
juxtapose
hypothetic example
46. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
caesura
capitol
figurative language
47. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
accordingly
anticlimax
idealism
predicate
48. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
substantive
innuendo
semicolon
alliteration
49. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
under
subjunctive
vocative
concrete
50. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
exemplar
metaphor
epithet
false dilemma