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CLEP College Composition
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1. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
chronological organization
paradox
predicate
onomatopoeia
2. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
rhetorical question
tone
subjunctive
tongue-in-cheek
3. A figure of speech
antagonist
fallacy
idiom
negation
4. The main character - usually the hero
generality organization
decorum
cause and effect
protagonist
5. List of details that reinforces a concept
participle
vocative
assonance
catalog
6. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
compound complex sentence
analogical comparison
fact
tone
7. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
abstract
circumlocution
syllogism
empirical
8. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
third person
indicative
diction
neutrality
9. Quiet reflection upon a topic
musing
allegory
participle
double entendre
10. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
metaphor
alliteration
capitol
masculine rhyme
11. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
framing
colloquial
tongue-in-cheek
complement
12. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
assertion
synecdoche
antagonist
simile
13. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
idealism
figurative language
repetition
diction
14. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
fiction
syntax
circular reasoning
truism
15. 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)
hypothetic example
decorum
metonymy
third person omniscient
16. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
third person
hypothetic example
counterexample
juxtapose
17. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
damn with faint praise
neutrality
compound sentence
fallacy
18. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
digress
subjunctive
soapstone
synaesthesia
19. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
rebuttal
innuendo
concrete
metonymy
20. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
analogy
imperative
Italian rhyme
abstract
21. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
empirical
footnote
discretion
refutation
22. The work is narrated by the person 'I' - who can also be the protagonist - omniscient speaker. There can be multiple narrators of the same work
bias
first person
cadence
soapstone
23. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
substantive
refutation
tongue-in-cheek
24. 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
simple sentence
bias
Spenserian rhyme
anthropomorphism
25. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
protagonist
pathos
tone
pathetic fallacy
26. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
empirical
inference
caesura
personification
27. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
problem-solution organization
epithalamium
abstract
candor
28. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
framing
vocative
alliteration
analogy
29. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
apostrophe
bias
irony
30. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
pathetic fallacy
repetition
extended metaphor
propaganda
31. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
qualifying a claim
abstraction
maxim
tongue-in-cheek
32. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
personification
second person
Auxiliary verb
consonance
33. Abab cdcd efef gg
irony
capital
pastoral elegy
Shakespearean rhyme
34. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
pastoral elegy
Italian rhyme
Alexandrine
innuendo
35. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
double entendre
abstract noun
ethos
paradox
36. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
chronological organization
implicit
idiom
cadence
37. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
compound sentence
pastoral elegy
abstraction
maxim
38. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
metonymy
refutation
propaganda
simple sentence
39. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
musing
syllogism
exemplar
induction
40. 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
Alexandrine
fallacy
parallel structure
abstract
41. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
colon
paraody
empirical
cause and effect
42. Language chosen by the writer
diction
semicolon
understatement
hypothetic example
43. Opposing point of view
rhetorical question
capitol
induction
rebuttal
44. (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
antithesis
abstract noun
epithet
onomatopoeia
45. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
exemplar
fact
indicative
subordinate conjunction
46. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
circumlocution
empirical
episodic
antithesis
47. To make fun of
comparison organization
assonance
catalog
mock
48. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
complement
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
truism
49. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
apostrophe
damn with faint praise
fallacy
antecedent
50. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
abstract
syllogism
third person
pathos
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