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CLEP College Composition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
thesis
imperative
truism
capitol
2. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
Auxiliary verb
anecdote
idealism
participle
3. Can be verified
Shakespearean rhyme
oxymoron
fact
innuendo
4. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
extended metaphor
allegory
simile
accordingly
5. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
anticlimax
compound complex sentence
footnote
refutation
6. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
consonance
compliment
caesura
7. The commentator does not mean what she writes
irony
antithesis
ironic commentary
concrete
8. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
symbol
problem-solution organization
masculine rhyme
caesura
9. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
antagonist
bias
satire
synecdoche
10. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
exemplar
Alexandrine
consonance
rebuttal
11. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
over generalization
discretion
assertion
12. Third person narrator sees and knows all without constraints of time - space. Can digress into contemplative or philosophical forays - often voicing the viewpoint of the author (mostly found in fiction)
vernacular
under
antagonist
third person omniscient
13. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
problem-solution organization
diatribe
soapstone
alliteration
14. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
empirical
pastoral elegy
protagonist
15. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
circular reasoning
propaganda
diction
anticlimax
16. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
vocative
masculine rhyme
third person
17. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
circular reasoning
substantive
fiction
understatement
18. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
synecdoche
bias
subjunctive
colloquial
19. 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
colon
pathos
indicative
20. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
capitol
compound complex sentence
propaganda
21. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
third person limited
refutation
satire
hypothetic example
22. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
analogy
antithesis balanced
euphemism
colloquial
23. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
analogical comparison
compliment
Auxiliary verb
24. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
juxtapose
implicit
cause-effect organization
personification
25. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
false dilemma
complement
metaphor
idealism
26. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
maxim
tongue-in-cheek
implicit
third person limited
27. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
feminine rhyme
abstraction
third person omniscient
epithalamium
28. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
fiction
irony
personification
participle
29. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
assonance
caesura
under
paraody
30. The claim or point that the writer is making
subjunctive
semicolon
subordinate conjunction
assertion
31. List of details that reinforces a concept
catalog
truism
syllogism
consonance
32. Consists of a single independent clause
understatement
decorum
simple sentence
pathos
33. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
hyperbole
hypothetic example
extended metaphor
idealism
34. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
personification
counterexample
juxtapose
metaphor
35. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
voice
imagery
simple sentence
36. One of many subordinating conjunctions
voice
generality organization
since
gerund
37. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
circular reasoning
Spenserian rhyme
qualifying a claim
participle
38. Understatement created through double negative
antithesis
indicative
tongue-in-cheek
litotes
39. One of many prepositions
problem-solution organization
paraody
under
onomatopoeia
40. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
idealism
maxim
hyperbole
41. Quiet reflection upon a topic
negation
concrete
bias
musing
42. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
diatribe
paraody
truism
bias
43. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
synaesthesia
irony
indicative
assonance
44. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
inference
syllogism
since
candor
45. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
assonance
fact
Italian rhyme
rhetorical question
46. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
masculine rhyme
extended metaphor
Shakespearean rhyme
47. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
semicolon
infinitive
subjunctive
vernacular
48. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
consonance
Spenserian rhyme
hypothetic example
personification
49. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
Spenserian rhyme
personification
parallel structure
anthropomorphism
50. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
colloquial
figurative language
hyperbole