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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. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
feminine rhyme
understatement
epigram
synaesthesia
2. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
satire
naivete
Alexandrine
figurative language
3. Not taking a position
naivete
neutrality
fiction
generality organization
4. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
indicative
third person limited
oxymoron
colloquial
5. 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'
imperative
litotes
antithesis balanced
capitol
6. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
antithesis balanced
participle
subordinate conjunction
understatement
7. One of many prepositions
onomatopoeia
paradox
hyperbole
under
8. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
ethos
epigram
repetition
naivete
9. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
parallel structure
problem-solution organization
Italian rhyme
understatement
10. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
antagonist
feminine rhyme
compliment
consonance
11. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
complement
inference
dilemma
apostrophe
12. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
compliment
metonymy
satire
symbol
13. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
parallel structure
anecdote
epithet
capitol
14. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
false dilemma
under
epithalamium
syllogism
15. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
consonance
soapstone
subjunctive
third person omniscient
16. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
predicate
alliteration
generality organization
synecdoche
17. Can be verified
participle
fact
candor
subjunctive
18. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
concrete
allusion
maxim
imperative
19. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
repetition
cadence
synaesthesia
allusion
20. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
implicit
emphatic organization
complement
21. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
emphatic organization
participle
gerund
simple sentence
22. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
assertion
syntax
discretion
participle
23. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
onomatopoeia
Auxiliary verb
litotes
capitol
24. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
rhetorical question
indicative
satire
idealism
25. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
third person omniscient
problem-solution organization
repetition
caesura
26. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
oxymoron
idiom
anticlimax
implicit
27. An exaggeration or overstatement
understatement
subjunctive
hyperbole
diatribe
28. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
colon
induction
propaganda
abstract noun
29. One of many conjunctive adverbs
accordingly
litotes
hypothetic example
paraody
30. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
innuendo
abstract noun
fiction
subjunctive
31. 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
anthropomorphism
accordingly
naivete
32. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
tongue-in-cheek
semicolon
double entendre
Auxiliary verb
33. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
under
abstract
analogy
34. A figure of speech
onomatopoeia
idiom
negation
anticlimax
35. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
predicate
antecedent
consonance
third person
36. The main character - usually the hero
protagonist
participle
diatribe
counterexample
37. Vague - not easily defined
empirical
abstract
damn with faint praise
antecedent
38. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
tone
cause and effect
episodic
qualifying a claim
39. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
emphatic organization
epithet
masculine rhyme
cadence
40. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
inference
consonance
counterexample
alliteration
41. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
bias
fiction
compound sentence
epigram
42. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
capitol
over generalization
imperative
cause and effect
43. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
imagery
digress
vocative
neutrality
44. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
rebuttal
epithet
doggerel
extended metaphor
45. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
capitol
comparison organization
counterexample
participle
46. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
syntax
naivete
subjunctive
bias
47. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
ethos
under
cadence
Alexandrine
48. (1) a short poetic nickname; (2) a term used to describe the name or title of a person -ie 'The Great Emancipator' for Abraham Lincoln; (3) an abusive slur
pathetic fallacy
diction
epithet
subordinate conjunction
49. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
analogical comparison
circular reasoning
subordinate conjunction
false dilemma
50. Expressly stated
explicit
subjunctive
fiction
verb phrase