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CLEP College Composition
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1. A negative statement
framing
ironic commentary
colon
negation
2. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
pastoral elegy
capitol
cause and effect
satire
3. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
imagery
metaphor
complement
explicit
4. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
Alexandrine
catalog
emphatic organization
anticlimax
5. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
vernacular
naivete
second person
verb phrase
6. One of many prepositions
analogy
cadence
imagery
under
7. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
epithet
concrete
idealism
8. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
digress
apostrophe
extended metaphor
anecdote
9. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
synecdoche
imperative
implicit
circumlocution
10. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
Shakespearean rhyme
epigram
pathetic fallacy
apostrophe
11. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
protagonist
bias
concrete
12. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
rebuttal
third person omniscient
synecdoche
tone
13. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
participle
paradox
empirical
thesis
14. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
voice
refutation
fiction
15. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
anecdote
predicate
fallacy
metonymy
16. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
induction
ethos
mock
antagonist
17. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
musing
abstract noun
doggerel
problem-solution organization
18. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
empirical
decorum
pathetic fallacy
assertion
19. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
damn with faint praise
juxtapose
colloquial
irony
20. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
truism
pathos
rhetorical question
explicit
21. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
doggerel
Spenserian rhyme
generality organization
metonymy
22. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
ethos
implicit
repetition
satire
23. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
anthropomorphism
repetition
under
false dilemma
24. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
rhetorical question
substantive
double entendre
gerund
25. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
pathetic fallacy
false dilemma
feminine rhyme
substantive
26. 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'
feminine rhyme
abstraction
antithesis balanced
synecdoche
27. To make fun of
mock
decorum
rhetorical question
discretion
28. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
anthropomorphism
catalog
explicit
29. One of many subordinating conjunctions
under
since
bias
chronological organization
30. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
antithesis balanced
fact
hypothetic example
caesura
31. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
maxim
diatribe
emphatic organization
caesura
32. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
footnote
compound complex sentence
infinitive
symbol
33. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
cause-effect organization
discretion
under
qualifying a claim
34. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
epithalamium
explicit
tongue-in-cheek
35. (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
circular reasoning
epithet
symbol
epithalamium
36. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
complement
synaesthesia
onomatopoeia
antecedent
37. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
extended metaphor
irony
idealism
compound sentence
38. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
imagery
hyperbole
subjunctive
episodic
39. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
maxim
since
satire
emphatic organization
40. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
discretion
allusion
naivete
tongue-in-cheek
41. Not taking a position
figurative language
neutrality
verb phrase
third person
42. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
abstract noun
subordinate conjunction
innuendo
idealism
43. The perspective from which a story is written
maxim
imperative
voice
damn with faint praise
44. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
abstraction
Auxiliary verb
participle
45. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
hyperbole
Shakespearean rhyme
idealism
onomatopoeia
46. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
vernacular
vocative
Alexandrine
false dilemma
47. An exception to a proposed general rule
Alexandrine
idealism
under
counterexample
48. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
comparison organization
tone
first person
49. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
fiction
cadence
ellipsis
50. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
discretion
qualifying a claim
rhetorical question
irony
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