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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. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
cause and effect
soapstone
pastoral elegy
ellipsis
2. A figure of speech
idiom
extended metaphor
antithesis
false dilemma
3. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
Spenserian rhyme
implicit
Auxiliary verb
simile
4. 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
third person limited
decorum
anthropomorphism
oxymoron
5. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
ellipsis
discretion
understatement
6. 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
antithesis
personification
metonymy
7. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
cadence
masculine rhyme
voice
complement
8. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
antithesis balanced
damn with faint praise
pathos
catalog
9. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
burlesque
abstract noun
naivete
simile
10. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
negation
understatement
concrete
vocative
11. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
vocative
induction
qualifying a claim
anthropomorphism
12. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
maxim
extended metaphor
abstraction
hypothetic example
13. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
rebuttal
subordinate conjunction
emphatic organization
doggerel
14. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
figurative language
rebuttal
syntax
dilemma
15. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
second person
epithet
circumlocution
16. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
cadence
metonymy
subjunctive
Italian rhyme
17. To move off point
epithalamium
digress
masculine rhyme
rebuttal
18. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
juxtapose
feminine rhyme
qualifying a claim
damn with faint praise
19. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
imagery
refutation
infinitive
false dilemma
20. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
qualifying a claim
apostrophe
antecedent
rebuttal
21. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
substantive
hypothetic example
capitol
vernacular
22. Quiet reflection upon a topic
colloquial
musing
third person
understatement
23. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
capitol
ellipsis
imperative
infinitive
24. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
second person
decorum
gerund
diction
25. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
allegory
oxymoron
pathos
Shakespearean rhyme
26. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
assonance
doggerel
under
neutrality
27. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
second person
double entendre
Italian rhyme
parallel structure
28. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
dilemma
naivete
discretion
neutrality
29. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
epithet
epithalamium
Shakespearean rhyme
30. Not taking a position
naivete
diction
neutrality
wit
31. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
bias
oxymoron
compound complex sentence
anthropomorphism
32. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
syllogism
allegory
second person
damn with faint praise
33. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
antithesis
since
apostrophe
problem-solution organization
34. Language chosen by the writer
induction
verb phrase
diction
counterexample
35. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
cadence
maxim
discretion
digress
36. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
allegory
extended metaphor
protagonist
colloquial
37. Expressly stated
explicit
syntax
paradox
tongue-in-cheek
38. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
Spenserian rhyme
candor
chronological organization
ellipsis
39. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
antecedent
allusion
candor
pathos
40. Can be verified
subjunctive
fact
abstract
simile
41. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
footnote
predicate
mock
capitol
42. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
masculine rhyme
Auxiliary verb
empirical
syntax
43. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
ethos
metonymy
epithalamium
problem-solution organization
44. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
cause-effect organization
double entendre
naivete
satire
45. 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'
antithesis balanced
thesis
figurative language
qualifying a claim
46. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
comparison organization
epigram
double entendre
caesura
47. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
Alexandrine
circumlocution
paraody
epithalamium
48. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
subordinate conjunction
truism
euphemism
induction
49. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
thesis
catalog
framing
abstract noun
50. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
qualifying a claim
burlesque
comparison organization
musing