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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. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
pastoral elegy
figurative language
anticlimax
irony
2. The main character - usually the hero
qualifying a claim
protagonist
Italian rhyme
since
3. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
compound sentence
framing
cause-effect organization
problem-solution organization
4. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
oxymoron
third person
Auxiliary verb
juxtapose
5. 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
epithet
synecdoche
anthropomorphism
digress
6. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
rhetorical question
verb phrase
epigram
abstraction
7. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
maxim
problem-solution organization
accordingly
ethos
8. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
pastoral elegy
fiction
compound sentence
oxymoron
9. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
refutation
ellipsis
protagonist
subjunctive
10. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
subjunctive
episodic
third person limited
11. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
induction
assertion
gerund
12. Something that is implied
allusion
thesis
implicit
circular reasoning
13. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
substantive
anticlimax
innuendo
alliteration
14. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
consonance
negation
cadence
imagery
15. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
concrete
abstract noun
induction
caesura
16. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
indicative
subordinate conjunction
analogy
cause and effect
17. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
simile
hyperbole
rebuttal
litotes
18. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
extended metaphor
symbol
hypothetic example
19. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
infinitive
understatement
concrete
20. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
masculine rhyme
juxtapose
symbol
metonymy
21. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
truism
alliteration
compound complex sentence
Italian rhyme
22. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
emphatic organization
participle
false dilemma
23. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
capitol
figurative language
paradox
mock
24. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
antithesis balanced
cause and effect
antagonist
anthropomorphism
25. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
colloquial
under
simile
repetition
26. Language chosen by the writer
antithesis
metaphor
third person
diction
27. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
counterexample
parallel structure
infinitive
Spenserian rhyme
28. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
induction
imperative
episodic
understatement
29. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
abstraction
neutrality
compliment
extended metaphor
30. An exaggeration or overstatement
hyperbole
participle
antithesis balanced
thesis
31. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
verb phrase
metaphor
implicit
compound sentence
32. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
inference
colloquial
Alexandrine
false dilemma
33. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
generality organization
caesura
pastoral elegy
episodic
34. An indirect attack or insinuation
innuendo
emphatic organization
gerund
catalog
35. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
implicit
tongue-in-cheek
vocative
epithet
36. (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
alliteration
double entendre
epithet
negation
37. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
double entendre
imagery
abstract
second person
38. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
fact
ellipsis
Alexandrine
assertion
39. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
idealism
capitol
pastoral elegy
caesura
40. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
damn with faint praise
rhetorical question
induction
feminine rhyme
41. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
compound complex sentence
vernacular
over generalization
verb phrase
42. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
Italian rhyme
pathos
pathetic fallacy
cause and effect
43. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
mock
abstract noun
third person limited
masculine rhyme
44. Can be verified
pathos
fact
predicate
cause and effect
45. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
satire
diction
Spenserian rhyme
Auxiliary verb
46. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
candor
semicolon
fiction
complement
47. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
satire
emphatic organization
circular reasoning
comparison organization
48. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
colloquial
paradox
hypothetic example
extended metaphor
49. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
circumlocution
fiction
pastoral elegy
symbol
50. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
cadence
gerund
emphatic organization
truism