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CLEP College Composition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
chronological organization
accordingly
colon
paraody
2. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
idiom
tone
colloquial
antagonist
3. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
onomatopoeia
discretion
abstract noun
consonance
4. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
decorum
complement
idealism
refutation
5. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
Italian rhyme
understatement
bias
consonance
6. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
refutation
satire
fact
7. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
over generalization
simile
vernacular
antithesis balanced
8. The claim or point that the writer is making
understatement
qualifying a claim
vocative
assertion
9. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
antithesis balanced
anthropomorphism
circular reasoning
problem-solution organization
10. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
subordinate conjunction
tongue-in-cheek
wit
personification
11. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
circumlocution
fallacy
complement
12. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
capitol
pathos
capital
consonance
13. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
qualifying a claim
cause-effect organization
Alexandrine
negation
14. 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
gerund
maxim
naivete
15. Consists of a single independent clause
voice
syllogism
episodic
simple sentence
16. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
understatement
feminine rhyme
comparison organization
consonance
17. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
allusion
substantive
apostrophe
damn with faint praise
18. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
epithalamium
catalog
first person
19. Vowel rhyme
pastoral elegy
fiction
since
assonance
20. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
diatribe
subjunctive
ironic commentary
21. To move off point
digress
musing
synaesthesia
allegory
22. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
abstract noun
antithesis balanced
verb phrase
synecdoche
23. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
second person
imagery
capital
24. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
soapstone
false dilemma
footnote
extended metaphor
25. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
circular reasoning
masculine rhyme
catalog
Alexandrine
26. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
pastoral elegy
dilemma
refutation
irony
27. The verb and its object and modifiers
ellipsis
hyperbole
participle
verb phrase
28. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
rebuttal
antagonist
consonance
29. One of many subordinating conjunctions
since
pathetic fallacy
repetition
maxim
30. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
litotes
implicit
allusion
31. List of details that reinforces a concept
catalog
candor
chronological organization
Auxiliary verb
32. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
neutrality
ellipsis
allegory
33. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
chronological organization
doggerel
wit
colon
34. An exaggeration or overstatement
since
diatribe
figurative language
hyperbole
35. Not taking a position
substantive
satire
neutrality
fact
36. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
juxtapose
epithet
ellipsis
compliment
37. 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)
ethos
colon
third person omniscient
second person
38. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
Alexandrine
emphatic organization
metonymy
rhetorical question
39. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
anticlimax
metaphor
footnote
musing
40. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
framing
imperative
capital
metonymy
41. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
tone
mock
hypothetic example
subjunctive
42. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
personification
Alexandrine
catalog
cadence
43. To make fun of
mock
empirical
idiom
under
44. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
verb phrase
tongue-in-cheek
juxtapose
45. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
ellipsis
oxymoron
naivete
46. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
vernacular
syntax
irony
over generalization
47. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
candor
oxymoron
antithesis balanced
voice
48. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
compound sentence
emphatic organization
metaphor
irony
49. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
chronological organization
epigram
indicative
analogy
50. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
capitol
tongue-in-cheek
verb phrase
apostrophe