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CLEP College Composition
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
Auxiliary verb
euphemism
emphatic organization
dilemma
2. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
third person omniscient
pathos
feminine rhyme
apostrophe
3. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
repetition
discretion
candor
4. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
truism
hyperbole
cause and effect
cadence
5. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
fiction
qualifying a claim
explicit
gerund
6. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
damn with faint praise
masculine rhyme
colon
syllogism
7. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
Alexandrine
imperative
hypothetic example
subordinate conjunction
8. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
synaesthesia
extended metaphor
epithet
metonymy
9. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
allusion
repetition
soapstone
negation
10. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
under
repetition
assonance
11. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
footnote
juxtapose
negation
counterexample
12. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
alliteration
symbol
diatribe
cause-effect organization
13. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
discretion
diatribe
fallacy
simile
14. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
under
verb phrase
euphemism
15. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
feminine rhyme
subjunctive
anecdote
naivete
16. 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
predicate
circumlocution
complement
anthropomorphism
17. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
simile
pastoral elegy
naivete
dilemma
18. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
circumlocution
subjunctive
epithet
predicate
19. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
Italian rhyme
diatribe
compound complex sentence
ellipsis
20. Vague - not easily defined
abstract
epigram
implicit
assonance
21. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
exemplar
chronological organization
imagery
synaesthesia
22. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
tongue-in-cheek
decorum
vernacular
footnote
23. The verb and its object and modifiers
verb phrase
implicit
Auxiliary verb
soapstone
24. The main character - usually the hero
simple sentence
protagonist
third person omniscient
generality organization
25. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
synecdoche
abstract
juxtapose
propaganda
26. A figure of speech
oxymoron
irony
predicate
idiom
27. Open - honest communication
feminine rhyme
refutation
emphatic organization
candor
28. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
abstract noun
musing
induction
bias
29. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
caesura
satire
counterexample
footnote
30. Consists of a single independent clause
false dilemma
allegory
simple sentence
fact
31. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
counterexample
oxymoron
under
32. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
Spenserian rhyme
parallel structure
participle
generality organization
33. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
comparison organization
Auxiliary verb
bias
paraody
34. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
tone
assertion
vocative
allegory
35. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
syntax
repetition
hyperbole
metaphor
36. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
allusion
pathos
epigram
37. Understatement created through double negative
litotes
soapstone
fiction
vocative
38. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
negation
tone
diatribe
39. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
empirical
naivete
counterexample
capitol
40. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
substantive
cadence
onomatopoeia
Spenserian rhyme
41. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
cause-effect organization
rhetorical question
footnote
compound sentence
42. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
Alexandrine
repetition
assertion
exemplar
43. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
footnote
hypothetic example
innuendo
doggerel
44. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
allegory
personification
tone
diction
45. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
over generalization
understatement
cause-effect organization
feminine rhyme
46. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
doggerel
propaganda
indicative
tone
47. The commentator does not mean what she writes
simple sentence
rebuttal
antithesis
ironic commentary
48. One of many prepositions
innuendo
thesis
under
neutrality
49. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
over generalization
epigram
idealism
third person
50. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
capital
Auxiliary verb
substantive
juxtapose