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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. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
extended metaphor
idealism
paradox
symbol
2. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
counterexample
verb phrase
cadence
3. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
pastoral elegy
induction
catalog
alliteration
4. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
generality organization
tongue-in-cheek
first person
circular reasoning
5. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
substantive
understatement
second person
double entendre
6. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
over generalization
tongue-in-cheek
compliment
litotes
7. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
dilemma
gerund
allegory
counterexample
8. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
assonance
complement
compound complex sentence
epithet
9. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
induction
litotes
abstract noun
epigram
10. (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
imagery
epithet
hyperbole
ethos
11. Abab cdcd efef gg
antithesis
hypothetic example
Shakespearean rhyme
circular reasoning
12. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
anthropomorphism
infinitive
synecdoche
abstraction
13. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
onomatopoeia
mock
capitol
compliment
14. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
complement
burlesque
cause and effect
candor
15. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
capital
semicolon
subjunctive
alliteration
16. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
extended metaphor
figurative language
propaganda
assertion
17. One of many subordinating conjunctions
comparison organization
negation
since
qualifying a claim
18. The verb and its object and modifiers
propaganda
feminine rhyme
verb phrase
neutrality
19. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
rhetorical question
epithalamium
comparison organization
Italian rhyme
20. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
imperative
dilemma
burlesque
21. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
abstract
truism
predicate
22. 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
pastoral elegy
predicate
anthropomorphism
explicit
23. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
caesura
extended metaphor
metaphor
24. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
framing
irony
dilemma
innuendo
25. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
neutrality
Alexandrine
parallel structure
euphemism
26. Not taking a position
predicate
neutrality
pathetic fallacy
repetition
27. Vowel rhyme
metaphor
Alexandrine
assonance
refutation
28. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
diatribe
epigram
innuendo
syntax
29. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
assonance
vernacular
catalog
30. Understatement created through double negative
rhetorical question
litotes
Spenserian rhyme
paradox
31. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
Alexandrine
vernacular
circular reasoning
32. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
thesis
personification
anticlimax
rhetorical question
33. Something that is implied
musing
predicate
hyperbole
implicit
34. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
metaphor
simple sentence
ethos
vernacular
35. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
qualifying a claim
circumlocution
allusion
colon
36. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
comparison organization
consonance
vocative
discretion
37. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
concrete
synecdoche
second person
38. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
imperative
musing
colloquial
39. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
musing
naivete
diatribe
Italian rhyme
40. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
extended metaphor
third person omniscient
compound sentence
diatribe
41. Open - honest communication
third person
consonance
candor
compound sentence
42. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
negation
subordinate conjunction
onomatopoeia
repetition
43. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
fact
extended metaphor
digress
feminine rhyme
44. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
paradox
parallel structure
refutation
digress
45. The claim or point that the writer is making
chronological organization
assertion
diatribe
fallacy
46. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
symbol
inference
pastoral elegy
personification
47. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
since
anthropomorphism
thesis
semicolon
48. 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'
tone
substantive
bias
euphemism
49. Vague - not easily defined
framing
third person
tongue-in-cheek
abstract
50. One of many prepositions
under
oxymoron
exemplar
naivete