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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. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
symbol
cause-effect organization
subjunctive
emphatic organization
2. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
personification
framing
apostrophe
empirical
3. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
feminine rhyme
colon
second person
litotes
4. Understatement created through double negative
symbol
litotes
metaphor
synaesthesia
5. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
oxymoron
understatement
explicit
tongue-in-cheek
6. The commentator does not mean what she writes
propaganda
parallel structure
ironic commentary
oxymoron
7. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
assonance
mock
comparison organization
8. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
doggerel
satire
simile
neutrality
9. (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
first person
wit
ellipsis
epithet
10. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
Italian rhyme
bias
onomatopoeia
circumlocution
11. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
compound sentence
personification
satire
tone
12. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
concrete
generality organization
repetition
epithalamium
13. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
onomatopoeia
irony
caesura
paradox
14. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
personification
third person omniscient
rhetorical question
irony
15. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
colon
anecdote
extended metaphor
oxymoron
16. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
consonance
soapstone
capital
dilemma
17. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
thesis
euphemism
empirical
predicate
18. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
participle
framing
alliteration
tone
19. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
allegory
cadence
since
epithet
20. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
caesura
anthropomorphism
problem-solution organization
discretion
21. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
epigram
colloquial
cadence
wit
22. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
voice
repetition
problem-solution organization
tongue-in-cheek
23. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
litotes
dilemma
assertion
synaesthesia
24. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
dilemma
soapstone
complement
allusion
25. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
caesura
cadence
capital
refutation
26. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
infinitive
extended metaphor
innuendo
capital
27. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
diction
epithet
syllogism
paraody
28. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
participle
catalog
compliment
29. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
metaphor
chronological organization
concrete
thesis
30. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
Spenserian rhyme
apostrophe
paraody
innuendo
31. Opposing point of view
discretion
rebuttal
repetition
idiom
32. An exaggeration or overstatement
discretion
hyperbole
compliment
empirical
33. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
antecedent
first person
pathetic fallacy
juxtapose
34. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
naivete
double entendre
hyperbole
antithesis
35. Language chosen by the writer
syllogism
cadence
diction
episodic
36. Vowel rhyme
allegory
accordingly
over generalization
assonance
37. List of details that reinforces a concept
irony
idiom
hypothetic example
catalog
38. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
bias
cause-effect organization
Shakespearean rhyme
analogy
39. 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'
circular reasoning
counterexample
antithesis balanced
hyperbole
40. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
metonymy
alliteration
synaesthesia
41. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
paradox
diatribe
double entendre
protagonist
42. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
analogical comparison
chronological organization
abstract
extended metaphor
43. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
second person
vernacular
idealism
inference
44. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
naivete
imagery
footnote
apostrophe
45. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
qualifying a claim
digress
counterexample
apostrophe
46. The verb and its object and modifiers
truism
verb phrase
pathos
juxtapose
47. The assigning of human attributes - such as emotions or physical characteristics - to nonhumans - usually plants or animals. Differs from personification in that it is a pattern applied to a nonhuman character throughout the entire literary work
discretion
anthropomorphism
gerund
idealism
48. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
figurative language
substantive
paradox
Alexandrine
49. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
alliteration
truism
induction
fiction
50. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
third person limited
refutation
neutrality
masculine rhyme