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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 official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
masculine rhyme
metonymy
capital
empirical
2. Abab cdcd efef gg
irony
assertion
Shakespearean rhyme
epigram
3. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
chronological organization
ironic commentary
voice
gerund
4. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
tone
satire
discretion
epithet
5. Opposing point of view
double entendre
rebuttal
Italian rhyme
burlesque
6. Something that is implied
implicit
alliteration
empirical
thesis
7. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
catalog
verb phrase
rhetorical question
epigram
8. Understatement created through double negative
metaphor
litotes
indicative
counterexample
9. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
empirical
analogical comparison
ethos
subjunctive
10. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
vernacular
colloquial
exemplar
11. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
capitol
vernacular
vocative
oxymoron
12. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
simile
decorum
dilemma
capitol
13. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
concrete
fallacy
comparison organization
second person
14. Neoclassical principles of drama
ellipsis
generality organization
decorum
tone
15. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
epithalamium
compound complex sentence
naivete
idealism
16. Vague - not easily defined
vernacular
caesura
footnote
abstract
17. Can be verified
fact
anthropomorphism
bias
consonance
18. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
diatribe
anticlimax
abstract
Italian rhyme
19. Quiet reflection upon a topic
allusion
cause and effect
musing
soapstone
20. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
antecedent
third person
apostrophe
explicit
21. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
compound complex sentence
since
induction
consonance
22. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
infinitive
colon
footnote
ironic commentary
23. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
rhetorical question
qualifying a claim
metonymy
tone
24. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
cause-effect organization
anticlimax
diction
naivete
25. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
dilemma
thesis
allusion
imagery
26. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
participle
tone
diatribe
27. The work is narrated by the person 'I' - who can also be the protagonist - omniscient speaker. There can be multiple narrators of the same work
decorum
idealism
paradox
first person
28. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
litotes
qualifying a claim
naivete
colloquial
29. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
complement
assertion
decorum
30. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
idiom
epithet
tongue-in-cheek
onomatopoeia
31. An indirect attack or insinuation
burlesque
abstract noun
innuendo
diction
32. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
pathos
figurative language
damn with faint praise
inference
33. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
mock
musing
abstraction
colon
34. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
ethos
epithalamium
catalog
35. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
tone
substantive
imagery
simile
36. Open - honest communication
candor
onomatopoeia
voice
soapstone
37. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
assonance
compound sentence
implicit
gerund
38. A figure of speech
idiom
epithet
abstract noun
symbol
39. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
thesis
participle
fallacy
juxtapose
40. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
parallel structure
chronological organization
epigram
paraody
41. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
gerund
propaganda
predicate
paradox
42. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
repetition
counterexample
oxymoron
Alexandrine
43. Expressly stated
third person
allegory
explicit
understatement
44. The verb and its object and modifiers
litotes
verb phrase
damn with faint praise
third person
45. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
fact
counterexample
hyperbole
infinitive
46. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
third person limited
implicit
over generalization
rhetorical question
47. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
synecdoche
pathetic fallacy
abstract noun
neutrality
48. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
maxim
synaesthesia
soapstone
idealism
49. The main character - usually the hero
abstract
protagonist
comparison organization
Shakespearean rhyme
50. 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
compound complex sentence
generality organization
syllogism
soapstone