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CLEP College Composition

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1. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area






2. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow






3. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'






4. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior






5. An indirect attack or insinuation






6. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine






7. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion






8. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work






9. Another way to say the writer used an analogy






10. Open - honest communication






11. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples






12. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon






13. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment






14. 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)






15. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.






16. Understatement created through double negative






17. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence






18. Neoclassical principles of drama






19. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event






20. Consists of a single independent clause






21. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified






22. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating






23. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence






24. Example based on supposition or uncertainty






25. One of many conjunctive adverbs






26. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns






27. A figure of speech






28. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region






29. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'






30. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd






31. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it






32. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'






33. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy






34. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning






35. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony






36. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone






37. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure - i.e. 'to err is human; to forgive - divine'






38. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion






39. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting






40. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language






41. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge






42. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'






43. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences






44. The claim or point that the writer is making






45. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting






46. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth






47. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'






48. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be






49. A negative statement






50. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else