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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. (1) a short poetic nickname; (2) a term used to describe the name or title of a person -ie 'The Great Emancipator' for Abraham Lincoln; (3) an abusive slur
implicit
maxim
synaesthesia
epithet
2. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
symbol
colon
third person omniscient
decorum
3. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
symbol
first person
predicate
soapstone
4. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
since
irony
hyperbole
empirical
5. Refers to the way the writer lets readers know what will be discussed - a framing statement gives the reader some sense of what to expect
fiction
framing
episodic
soapstone
6. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
allegory
generality organization
oxymoron
idealism
7. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
Spenserian rhyme
indicative
Auxiliary verb
8. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
Alexandrine
gerund
analogy
antithesis
9. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
antagonist
synaesthesia
qualifying a claim
truism
10. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
burlesque
ethos
third person limited
ellipsis
11. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
caesura
protagonist
soapstone
pathos
12. To make fun of
propaganda
onomatopoeia
mock
anthropomorphism
13. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
feminine rhyme
damn with faint praise
metaphor
parallel structure
14. One of many conjunctive adverbs
understatement
fact
compound complex sentence
accordingly
15. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
compliment
paraody
antagonist
16. Understatement created through double negative
masculine rhyme
irony
exemplar
litotes
17. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
analogy
vernacular
syntax
symbol
18. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
truism
compound sentence
predicate
19. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
epithalamium
anecdote
compound complex sentence
candor
20. A figure of speech
antecedent
idiom
decorum
third person
21. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
participle
naivete
irony
doggerel
22. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
concrete
maxim
over generalization
23. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
personification
syntax
tone
fact
24. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
inference
accordingly
participle
25. The commentator does not mean what she writes
rhetorical question
ironic commentary
indicative
over generalization
26. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
onomatopoeia
personification
idealism
pastoral elegy
27. 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'
syllogism
analogical comparison
diatribe
antithesis balanced
28. Open - honest communication
synaesthesia
euphemism
candor
Italian rhyme
29. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
syllogism
idiom
circumlocution
anecdote
30. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
colloquial
burlesque
repetition
ethos
31. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
antecedent
rhetorical question
circular reasoning
32. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
cadence
third person
infinitive
caesura
33. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
analogy
compound complex sentence
compound sentence
abstract noun
34. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
syntax
cause-effect organization
double entendre
concrete
35. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
mock
truism
inference
burlesque
36. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
ethos
inference
paradox
infinitive
37. Vowel rhyme
over generalization
repetition
assonance
infinitive
38. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
under
induction
second person
caesura
39. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
first person
innuendo
problem-solution organization
accordingly
40. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
colon
metaphor
simple sentence
41. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
diatribe
idealism
epithalamium
42. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
hyperbole
alliteration
allegory
epithet
43. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
circular reasoning
paraody
dilemma
onomatopoeia
44. 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
predicate
epithalamium
first person
concrete
45. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
third person omniscient
idiom
synaesthesia
46. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
epigram
negation
tongue-in-cheek
simile
47. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
oxymoron
hypothetic example
synecdoche
colon
48. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
diatribe
compliment
antithesis balanced
under
49. Expressly stated
dilemma
rhetorical question
explicit
ethos
50. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
digress
capital
episodic
complement