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CLEP College Composition
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1. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
abstract
imagery
compound complex sentence
third person omniscient
2. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
allegory
colon
fallacy
third person omniscient
3. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
epigram
first person
feminine rhyme
anecdote
4. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
emphatic organization
third person limited
false dilemma
pathos
5. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
implicit
under
mock
compound sentence
6. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
cause and effect
digress
alliteration
Auxiliary verb
7. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
rhetorical question
abstract
parallel structure
problem-solution organization
8. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
truism
litotes
problem-solution organization
antecedent
9. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
emphatic organization
metonymy
Alexandrine
parallel structure
10. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
substantive
personification
comparison organization
tongue-in-cheek
11. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
third person omniscient
subordinate conjunction
induction
12. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
thesis
anthropomorphism
soapstone
truism
13. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
anecdote
subjunctive
euphemism
catalog
14. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
satire
compliment
anecdote
alliteration
15. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
second person
parallel structure
anthropomorphism
concrete
16. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
rhetorical question
epithet
feminine rhyme
capitol
17. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
refutation
caesura
maxim
candor
18. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
verb phrase
refutation
thesis
emphatic organization
19. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
damn with faint praise
second person
cadence
propaganda
20. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
Auxiliary verb
third person limited
first person
footnote
21. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
vocative
personification
counterexample
ellipsis
22. One of many prepositions
under
cadence
tongue-in-cheek
capitol
23. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
vernacular
first person
rebuttal
footnote
24. To move off point
gerund
digress
footnote
hypothetic example
25. 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'
catalog
antithesis balanced
satire
paraody
26. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
diction
idealism
antagonist
27. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
colloquial
dilemma
tone
understatement
28. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
tone
first person
simile
empirical
29. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
compliment
ironic commentary
synaesthesia
antecedent
30. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
metaphor
simile
Alexandrine
exemplar
31. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
fact
personification
pathos
candor
32. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
imperative
verb phrase
emphatic organization
decorum
33. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
vocative
compliment
assonance
cadence
34. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
imagery
anticlimax
diction
35. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
antagonist
understatement
allegory
Auxiliary verb
36. To make fun of
mock
bias
generality organization
burlesque
37. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
synecdoche
decorum
third person omniscient
rhetorical question
38. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
allegory
propaganda
imperative
39. The main character - usually the hero
subjunctive
verb phrase
accordingly
protagonist
40. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
rhetorical question
verb phrase
infinitive
41. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
paraody
generality organization
pastoral elegy
caesura
42. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
Italian rhyme
cause and effect
participle
satire
43. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
naivete
rhetorical question
abstract
anthropomorphism
44. A negative statement
symbol
abstraction
negation
catalog
45. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
inference
fiction
simile
cause-effect organization
46. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
allusion
chronological organization
caesura
empirical
47. 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
Spenserian rhyme
first person
mock
satire
48. Consists of a single independent clause
negation
repetition
Auxiliary verb
simple sentence
49. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
alliteration
paraody
epigram
chronological organization
50. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
exemplar
episodic
imperative
symbol
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