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CLEP College Composition
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writing-skills
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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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1. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
epithalamium
feminine rhyme
assertion
Italian rhyme
2. An indirect attack or insinuation
neutrality
innuendo
cadence
Italian rhyme
3. Abab cdcd efef gg
negation
mock
Shakespearean rhyme
diction
4. 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
thesis
synecdoche
cause-effect organization
anthropomorphism
5. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
cadence
repetition
litotes
oxymoron
6. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
third person
Auxiliary verb
qualifying a claim
protagonist
7. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
dilemma
alliteration
feminine rhyme
exemplar
8. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
hypothetic example
irony
extended metaphor
discretion
9. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
wit
soapstone
oxymoron
gerund
10. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
satire
Auxiliary verb
capitol
compound sentence
11. 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
capitol
third person omniscient
framing
catalog
12. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
assonance
subjunctive
comparison organization
wit
13. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
fiction
dilemma
feminine rhyme
antecedent
14. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
ellipsis
anecdote
extended metaphor
15. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
empirical
personification
syllogism
fiction
16. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
antagonist
syntax
anecdote
caesura
17. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
wit
mock
caesura
cause-effect organization
18. One of many prepositions
cadence
generality organization
thesis
under
19. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
problem-solution organization
extended metaphor
compound complex sentence
allusion
20. Can be verified
fact
false dilemma
substantive
epithalamium
21. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
idiom
figurative language
rhetorical question
metonymy
22. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
personification
compliment
Italian rhyme
exemplar
23. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
vocative
exemplar
participle
voice
24. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
subordinate conjunction
third person
metaphor
musing
25. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
subordinate conjunction
framing
accordingly
burlesque
26. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
masculine rhyme
bias
litotes
tone
27. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
vocative
Italian rhyme
juxtapose
anticlimax
28. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
litotes
diatribe
analogy
ironic commentary
29. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
bias
Auxiliary verb
metaphor
30. A figure of speech
wit
empirical
pathos
idiom
31. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
dilemma
damn with faint praise
extended metaphor
antithesis balanced
32. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
capital
compliment
juxtapose
fact
33. Referring to phrases that suggest an interplay of the senses - ie 'hot pink' or 'golden voice'
synaesthesia
epigram
vocative
doggerel
34. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
induction
circumlocution
Shakespearean rhyme
ellipsis
35. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
over generalization
compliment
compound sentence
synaesthesia
36. Opposing point of view
hypothetic example
litotes
rebuttal
alliteration
37. 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'
feminine rhyme
vocative
personification
antithesis balanced
38. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
euphemism
double entendre
naivete
subjunctive
39. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
chronological organization
problem-solution organization
participle
anticlimax
40. Words whose sounds mimic their meaning - buzz - woof
onomatopoeia
implicit
extended metaphor
first person
41. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
third person
syllogism
second person
epigram
42. A preference or inclination - especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
colloquial
bias
maxim
negation
43. The main character - usually the hero
Italian rhyme
innuendo
hyperbole
protagonist
44. Vowel rhyme
induction
catalog
diatribe
assonance
45. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
repetition
pathos
damn with faint praise
circumlocution
46. A short quotation or verse that precedes text that sets the tone or provides a setting
epigram
maxim
satire
participle
47. Language chosen by the writer
diction
first person
wit
circumlocution
48. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
synecdoche
pastoral elegy
analogical comparison
juxtapose
49. An exception to a proposed general rule
third person limited
Shakespearean rhyme
simile
counterexample
50. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
emphatic organization
idealism
concrete
generality organization