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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. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
maxim
juxtapose
antecedent
hyperbole
2. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
over generalization
Spenserian rhyme
vernacular
compliment
3. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
imagery
colon
circumlocution
burlesque
4. Language chosen by the writer
diction
mock
satire
soapstone
5. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
bias
ellipsis
decorum
6. The commentator does not mean what she writes
soapstone
figurative language
ironic commentary
comparison organization
7. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
discretion
innuendo
irony
8. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
fiction
vernacular
protagonist
9. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
fiction
feminine rhyme
burlesque
idiom
10. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
innuendo
irony
fact
oxymoron
11. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
metonymy
satire
analogical comparison
personification
12. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
hypothetic example
figurative language
third person
false dilemma
13. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
candor
capitol
gerund
epigram
14. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
counterexample
extended metaphor
mock
synecdoche
15. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
capital
rebuttal
extended metaphor
colloquial
16. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
bias
assonance
innuendo
substantive
17. One of many prepositions
consonance
tongue-in-cheek
concrete
under
18. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
discretion
second person
understatement
syntax
19. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
epithet
pathos
episodic
20. One of many conjunctive adverbs
naivete
accordingly
irony
tongue-in-cheek
21. Vague - not easily defined
problem-solution organization
abstract
feminine rhyme
false dilemma
22. Abab cdcd efef gg
colloquial
indicative
Shakespearean rhyme
consonance
23. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
imagery
colon
cadence
allegory
24. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
anecdote
tongue-in-cheek
epithalamium
propaganda
25. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
antithesis
alliteration
exemplar
allusion
26. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
complement
idealism
figurative language
analogical comparison
27. Consists of a single independent clause
syllogism
abstraction
dilemma
simple sentence
28. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
syntax
third person
accordingly
concrete
29. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
antecedent
antithesis
comparison organization
indicative
30. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
false dilemma
protagonist
maxim
masculine rhyme
31. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
concrete
masculine rhyme
feminine rhyme
caesura
32. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
decorum
33. An exception to a proposed general rule
ellipsis
fallacy
counterexample
inference
34. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
pathetic fallacy
epigram
counterexample
alliteration
35. Can be verified
false dilemma
fact
empirical
subjunctive
36. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
second person
induction
euphemism
chronological organization
37. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
tongue-in-cheek
circumlocution
metonymy
complement
38. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
decorum
substantive
comparison organization
counterexample
39. 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
negation
first person
vocative
diction
40. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
analogy
tone
problem-solution organization
vernacular
41. Not taking a position
neutrality
third person
antagonist
implicit
42. Vowel rhyme
subordinate conjunction
under
complement
assonance
43. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
alliteration
Italian rhyme
antithesis
44. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
generality organization
epigram
concrete
fiction
45. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
antithesis balanced
oxymoron
pathos
epigram
46. 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'
ellipsis
Alexandrine
indicative
euphemism
47. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
protagonist
imagery
imperative
ironic commentary
48. Neoclassical principles of drama
protagonist
chronological organization
maxim
decorum
49. The perspective from which a story is written
pathos
voice
accordingly
colloquial
50. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
extended metaphor
under
Spenserian rhyme