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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. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
euphemism
pathetic fallacy
ironic commentary
abstract noun
2. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
chronological organization
bias
fact
maxim
3. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
under
synecdoche
symbol
synaesthesia
4. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
ellipsis
allegory
epithalamium
voice
5. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
Auxiliary verb
apostrophe
circumlocution
truism
6. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
voice
colon
epithalamium
oxymoron
7. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
emphatic organization
empirical
third person omniscient
apostrophe
8. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
discretion
doggerel
fiction
first person
9. The commentator does not mean what she writes
irony
ironic commentary
neutrality
imagery
10. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
complement
alliteration
figurative language
imagery
11. The claim or point that the writer is making
comparison organization
assertion
predicate
qualifying a claim
12. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
rhetorical question
imagery
onomatopoeia
syllogism
13. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
rebuttal
caesura
dilemma
negation
14. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
pastoral elegy
inference
soapstone
15. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
extended metaphor
participle
protagonist
qualifying a claim
16. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
symbol
circumlocution
participle
hyperbole
17. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
alliteration
hypothetic example
juxtapose
generality organization
18. 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
chronological organization
oxymoron
generality organization
epithet
19. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
generality organization
naivete
figurative language
soapstone
20. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
antecedent
colloquial
compound complex sentence
21. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
Spenserian rhyme
chronological organization
repetition
22. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
rhetorical question
cadence
imperative
indicative
23. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
masculine rhyme
Alexandrine
pathos
diatribe
24. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
concrete
ethos
rhetorical question
third person
25. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
oxymoron
burlesque
satire
propaganda
26. Language chosen by the writer
repetition
diction
wit
syllogism
27. An exaggeration or overstatement
analogy
hyperbole
litotes
imperative
28. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
feminine rhyme
predicate
fiction
under
29. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
subjunctive
tongue-in-cheek
synecdoche
pathos
30. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
exemplar
figurative language
double entendre
assonance
31. The verb and its object and modifiers
fallacy
imperative
qualifying a claim
verb phrase
32. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
third person omniscient
emphatic organization
compound sentence
repetition
33. 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)
maxim
epithet
euphemism
third person omniscient
34. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
third person
imagery
since
personification
35. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
soapstone
ethos
oxymoron
36. Neoclassical principles of drama
under
ellipsis
compliment
decorum
37. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
third person limited
syllogism
cause-effect organization
burlesque
38. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
paradox
wit
antithesis
abstraction
39. 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'
fact
euphemism
juxtapose
masculine rhyme
40. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
metonymy
capitol
semicolon
Italian rhyme
41. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
predicate
naivete
digress
framing
42. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
damn with faint praise
pastoral elegy
capital
ellipsis
43. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
abstract
metaphor
qualifying a claim
fiction
44. Can be verified
fact
compliment
idealism
Alexandrine
45. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
problem-solution organization
implicit
syllogism
gerund
46. One of many prepositions
candor
under
discretion
euphemism
47. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
chronological organization
tongue-in-cheek
anecdote
allegory
48. One of many conjunctive adverbs
pathos
accordingly
apostrophe
dilemma
49. To make fun of
verb phrase
mock
personification
maxim
50. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
hyperbole
allegory
discretion
extended metaphor