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CLEP College Composition
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literature
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. List of details that reinforces a concept
complement
participle
catalog
oxymoron
2. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
wit
footnote
extended metaphor
syllogism
3. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
compound complex sentence
vocative
false dilemma
compound sentence
4. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
decorum
assertion
Italian rhyme
double entendre
5. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
epithet
decorum
repetition
6. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
truism
masculine rhyme
bias
figurative language
7. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
synecdoche
dilemma
idiom
bias
8. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
anthropomorphism
catalog
burlesque
9. 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
soapstone
Alexandrine
figurative language
10. Refers to the way the writer lets readers know what will be discussed - a framing statement gives the reader some sense of what to expect
assertion
compound sentence
chronological organization
framing
11. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
analogical comparison
compliment
qualifying a claim
12. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
verb phrase
diatribe
extended metaphor
alliteration
13. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
capitol
compound complex sentence
emphatic organization
empirical
14. 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'
cause and effect
fallacy
candor
antithesis balanced
15. 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
subjunctive
semicolon
first person
circumlocution
16. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
thesis
subjunctive
empirical
qualifying a claim
17. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
concrete
double entendre
anticlimax
Spenserian rhyme
18. Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
consonance
epigram
pathos
alliteration
19. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
euphemism
abstraction
paraody
tongue-in-cheek
20. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
syllogism
parallel structure
ironic commentary
decorum
21. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
syllogism
Spenserian rhyme
soapstone
dilemma
22. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
footnote
pastoral elegy
episodic
double entendre
23. One of many subordinating conjunctions
dilemma
induction
truism
since
24. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
wit
diatribe
syntax
parallel structure
25. Language chosen by the writer
synaesthesia
diction
doggerel
masculine rhyme
26. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
litotes
compound sentence
feminine rhyme
digress
27. The perspective from which a story is written
antagonist
Shakespearean rhyme
Auxiliary verb
voice
28. Neoclassical principles of drama
voice
extended metaphor
decorum
analogical comparison
29. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
understatement
colon
hyperbole
simile
30. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
neutrality
pathos
synecdoche
31. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
euphemism
circumlocution
figurative language
paradox
32. Vague - not easily defined
abstract
subjunctive
third person
colloquial
33. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
discretion
allegory
oxymoron
third person omniscient
34. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
Shakespearean rhyme
induction
synecdoche
inference
35. 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
Auxiliary verb
litotes
hypothetic example
parallel structure
36. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
decorum
synaesthesia
allusion
37. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
first person
cadence
cause and effect
colon
38. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
under
satire
juxtapose
ellipsis
39. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
protagonist
personification
since
chronological organization
40. An indirect attack or insinuation
cause and effect
innuendo
subjunctive
oxymoron
41. To move off point
ellipsis
over generalization
digress
decorum
42. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
qualifying a claim
apostrophe
extended metaphor
second person
43. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract
simple sentence
epigram
abstract noun
44. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
over generalization
false dilemma
digress
damn with faint praise
45. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
idiom
hyperbole
apostrophe
circular reasoning
46. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
predicate
thesis
compound sentence
second person
47. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
exemplar
parallel structure
cadence
tone
48. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
truism
Italian rhyme
fact
colon
49. Can be verified
fact
generality organization
Spenserian rhyme
colon
50. Not taking a position
ethos
cadence
neutrality
paraody