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CLEP College Composition
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literature
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
paraody
cadence
ironic commentary
fiction
2. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
chronological organization
pastoral elegy
first person
vocative
3. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
apostrophe
antithesis balanced
understatement
4. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
inference
assertion
satire
5. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
allusion
imperative
doggerel
indicative
6. Quiet reflection upon a topic
musing
pastoral elegy
abstract noun
double entendre
7. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
infinitive
problem-solution organization
substantive
subjunctive
8. Can be verified
apostrophe
wit
fact
Alexandrine
9. Language chosen by the writer
simple sentence
framing
idiom
diction
10. 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
rebuttal
complement
simile
11. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
semicolon
imagery
onomatopoeia
12. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
chronological organization
protagonist
understatement
compound complex sentence
13. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
vernacular
discretion
burlesque
14. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
under
anecdote
antithesis balanced
participle
15. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
rhetorical question
idiom
feminine rhyme
antithesis
16. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
figurative language
compliment
pathetic fallacy
over generalization
17. Understatement created through double negative
digress
abstract noun
antecedent
litotes
18. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
idiom
fallacy
masculine rhyme
hypothetic example
19. (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
paraody
epithet
apostrophe
accordingly
20. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
accordingly
oxymoron
second person
symbol
21. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
Spenserian rhyme
comparison organization
rhetorical question
antecedent
22. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
analogical comparison
circular reasoning
allegory
implicit
23. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
digress
vocative
compound complex sentence
24. Expressly stated
explicit
vocative
caesura
doggerel
25. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
tongue-in-cheek
episodic
epithalamium
candor
26. Abab cdcd efef gg
paradox
ethos
Shakespearean rhyme
truism
27. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
neutrality
framing
pathos
subordinate conjunction
28. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
paraody
protagonist
figurative language
infinitive
29. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
idiom
alliteration
Auxiliary verb
antithesis
30. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
personification
analogical comparison
juxtapose
complement
31. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
predicate
cadence
third person
diction
32. 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'
euphemism
juxtapose
allusion
paradox
33. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
wit
hyperbole
satire
musing
34. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
Italian rhyme
oxymoron
antithesis
35. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
antithesis balanced
Spenserian rhyme
synaesthesia
36. To move off point
rhetorical question
abstract
digress
inference
37. Consists of a single independent clause
simile
framing
assertion
simple sentence
38. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
abstraction
satire
abstract noun
39. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
epithalamium
predicate
assertion
abstract
40. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
compliment
over generalization
false dilemma
predicate
41. An exaggeration or overstatement
apostrophe
antecedent
abstract noun
hyperbole
42. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
epithet
bias
euphemism
43. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
catalog
idiom
circular reasoning
semicolon
44. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
syntax
tone
understatement
infinitive
45. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
synecdoche
second person
imagery
46. Open - honest communication
negation
satire
candor
Auxiliary verb
47. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
ironic commentary
pastoral elegy
antecedent
musing
48. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
fiction
Alexandrine
paradox
inference
49. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
rhetorical question
false dilemma
syllogism
mock
50. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
since
second person
pathos
damn with faint praise