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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. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
compound sentence
explicit
tongue-in-cheek
comparison organization
2. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
explicit
vernacular
mock
3. To make fun of
footnote
tone
mock
empirical
4. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
predicate
allegory
semicolon
voice
5. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
epigram
assonance
extended metaphor
abstraction
6. 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
abstract noun
parallel structure
episodic
antecedent
7. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
voice
oxymoron
refutation
compound complex sentence
8. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
consonance
third person
pathos
inference
9. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
extended metaphor
first person
Spenserian rhyme
Alexandrine
10. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
voice
personification
problem-solution organization
antithesis balanced
11. Vague - not easily defined
capital
epigram
problem-solution organization
abstract
12. 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'
cause-effect organization
pathos
soapstone
antithesis balanced
13. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
induction
assertion
since
indicative
14. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
bias
cadence
allusion
fallacy
15. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
capital
negation
understatement
antecedent
16. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
litotes
complement
masculine rhyme
third person limited
17. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
doggerel
symbol
imagery
ellipsis
18. Language chosen by the writer
bias
idealism
caesura
diction
19. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
Alexandrine
footnote
abstract noun
pathetic fallacy
20. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
burlesque
over generalization
participle
innuendo
21. One of many prepositions
under
indicative
generality organization
episodic
22. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
innuendo
compliment
dilemma
23. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
predicate
damn with faint praise
episodic
epithet
24. A negative statement
propaganda
negation
analogical comparison
discretion
25. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
paraody
doggerel
wit
26. List of details that reinforces a concept
hyperbole
explicit
catalog
double entendre
27. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
idealism
personification
ellipsis
third person limited
28. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
antagonist
synaesthesia
epithalamium
29. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
cadence
damn with faint praise
innuendo
circumlocution
30. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
thesis
double entendre
paraody
simple sentence
31. Neoclassical principles of drama
figurative language
idiom
footnote
decorum
32. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
vernacular
Shakespearean rhyme
bias
33. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
Alexandrine
mock
diction
vernacular
34. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
metaphor
idealism
complement
rhetorical question
35. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
protagonist
synaesthesia
capital
apostrophe
36. An indirect attack or insinuation
concrete
third person omniscient
innuendo
comparison organization
37. One of many conjunctive adverbs
emphatic organization
accordingly
semicolon
subordinate conjunction
38. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
oxymoron
doggerel
fact
39. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
epithet
Italian rhyme
colloquial
colon
40. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
feminine rhyme
induction
symbol
colon
41. Can be verified
neutrality
Spenserian rhyme
exemplar
fact
42. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
fact
colon
analogy
assonance
43. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
substantive
epigram
irony
paradox
44. To move off point
ironic commentary
false dilemma
digress
syllogism
45. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
antagonist
second person
vocative
46. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
anthropomorphism
onomatopoeia
vocative
indicative
47. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
substantive
abstract noun
complement
compliment
48. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
discretion
pathetic fallacy
antecedent
anecdote
49. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
problem-solution organization
fiction
juxtapose
syntax
50. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
assonance
tongue-in-cheek
bias
subjunctive