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CLEP College Composition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
oxymoron
tone
rhetorical question
anecdote
2. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
repetition
pastoral elegy
dilemma
caesura
3. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
epithet
allusion
exemplar
anticlimax
4. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
cadence
first person
Auxiliary verb
refutation
5. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
antithesis
allegory
idealism
explicit
6. Can be verified
fact
catalog
bias
idealism
7. 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
idiom
propaganda
anthropomorphism
wit
8. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
satire
anecdote
dilemma
implicit
9. Expressly stated
pathetic fallacy
emphatic organization
diction
explicit
10. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
framing
capital
ethos
11. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
accordingly
idealism
problem-solution organization
exemplar
12. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
simple sentence
infinitive
analogical comparison
simile
13. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
discretion
simile
implicit
compound sentence
14. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
emphatic organization
substantive
framing
ellipsis
15. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
assertion
Shakespearean rhyme
feminine rhyme
compound complex sentence
16. One of many prepositions
diatribe
under
damn with faint praise
diction
17. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
compliment
substantive
understatement
circumlocution
18. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
fact
implicit
concrete
19. An exaggeration or overstatement
allegory
fact
hyperbole
compound sentence
20. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
mock
apostrophe
vernacular
empirical
21. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
oxymoron
semicolon
compound sentence
diatribe
22. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
oxymoron
thesis
exemplar
epithet
23. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
syllogism
rhetorical question
innuendo
maxim
24. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
figurative language
third person omniscient
satire
25. An indirect attack or insinuation
Auxiliary verb
innuendo
anticlimax
substantive
26. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
first person
verb phrase
second person
27. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
metonymy
circumlocution
abstract noun
extended metaphor
28. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
complement
anecdote
epithalamium
over generalization
29. Combines a compound sentence with a complex sentence
cause and effect
cause-effect organization
compound complex sentence
episodic
30. Abab cdcd efef gg
abstraction
capitol
Shakespearean rhyme
episodic
31. The main character - usually the hero
counterexample
protagonist
Shakespearean rhyme
ellipsis
32. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
anthropomorphism
personification
gerund
imagery
33. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
satire
damn with faint praise
hypothetic example
abstract noun
34. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
bias
wit
compound sentence
infinitive
35. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
mock
vocative
complement
hypothetic example
36. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
pathos
syntax
footnote
antithesis balanced
37. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
repetition
second person
Alexandrine
38. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
antithesis balanced
anthropomorphism
naivete
masculine rhyme
39. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
extended metaphor
onomatopoeia
assertion
Italian rhyme
40. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
colloquial
feminine rhyme
compliment
complement
41. The commentator does not mean what she writes
synecdoche
repetition
ironic commentary
abstraction
42. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
double entendre
burlesque
footnote
doggerel
43. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
double entendre
syntax
onomatopoeia
burlesque
44. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
protagonist
synecdoche
concrete
allusion
45. 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'
mock
idiom
euphemism
empirical
46. 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
allusion
consonance
parallel structure
third person limited
47. 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)
caesura
synaesthesia
symbol
third person omniscient
48. To move off point
pathetic fallacy
digress
decorum
false dilemma
49. 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
analogical comparison
repetition
abstraction
50. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
double entendre
allegory
complement
footnote