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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. 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
anthropomorphism
candor
extended metaphor
doggerel
2. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
first person
episodic
participle
3. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
third person limited
syntax
complement
hypothetic example
4. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
feminine rhyme
idealism
rebuttal
5. List of details that reinforces a concept
idealism
abstraction
second person
catalog
6. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
synecdoche
subordinate conjunction
analogical comparison
truism
7. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
compound sentence
predicate
pathetic fallacy
8. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
dilemma
refutation
indicative
concrete
9. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
syllogism
third person
wit
paraody
10. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
problem-solution organization
tone
voice
11. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
circumlocution
subordinate conjunction
allegory
repetition
12. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
qualifying a claim
syllogism
colon
cause and effect
13. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
imperative
chronological organization
induction
satire
14. Something that is implied
implicit
idealism
figurative language
burlesque
15. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
cause and effect
comparison organization
ethos
antithesis
16. Expressly stated
accordingly
under
explicit
since
17. To move off point
capital
alliteration
implicit
digress
18. Vague - not easily defined
cadence
hyperbole
abstract
pastoral elegy
19. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
tone
gerund
pastoral elegy
anticlimax
20. Vowel rhyme
footnote
assonance
anthropomorphism
empirical
21. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
imagery
abstract noun
paraody
allusion
22. 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'
paraody
hyperbole
circular reasoning
euphemism
23. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
predicate
anecdote
footnote
24. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
over generalization
imagery
candor
25. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
propaganda
imperative
satire
cause-effect organization
26. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
qualifying a claim
second person
idealism
imperative
27. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
empirical
allusion
personification
assertion
28. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
third person limited
bias
fact
cause and effect
29. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
indicative
symbol
innuendo
colon
30. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
double entendre
fact
anecdote
Auxiliary verb
31. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
Auxiliary verb
hyperbole
ethos
32. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
simile
innuendo
third person
33. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
tongue-in-cheek
personification
imperative
34. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
framing
feminine rhyme
assonance
antithesis balanced
35. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
capital
doggerel
rebuttal
voice
36. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
accordingly
allusion
compliment
capitol
37. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
imagery
voice
empirical
circumlocution
38. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
qualifying a claim
third person limited
colon
diatribe
39. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
substantive
anthropomorphism
problem-solution organization
second person
40. 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)
third person omniscient
metonymy
cadence
simple sentence
41. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
ellipsis
refutation
rhetorical question
Shakespearean rhyme
42. Language chosen by the writer
antithesis
metaphor
ellipsis
diction
43. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
accordingly
infinitive
caesura
44. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
feminine rhyme
participle
refutation
parallel structure
45. A negative statement
subordinate conjunction
analogy
tongue-in-cheek
negation
46. An exaggeration or overstatement
Spenserian rhyme
hyperbole
litotes
fallacy
47. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
since
subordinate conjunction
framing
over generalization
48. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
tone
subjunctive
cadence
third person limited
49. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
framing
over generalization
abstraction
exemplar
50. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
negation
onomatopoeia
emphatic organization
complement