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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. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
maxim
simile
simple sentence
feminine rhyme
2. An example that is particularly apt for the situation at hand
cause-effect organization
vocative
circular reasoning
exemplar
3. One of many prepositions
under
ethos
feminine rhyme
euphemism
4. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
soapstone
cadence
epithet
problem-solution organization
5. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
voice
apostrophe
third person limited
third person
6. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
epithet
antecedent
cause-effect organization
7. Opposing point of view
subordinate conjunction
rhetorical question
imagery
rebuttal
8. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
neutrality
doggerel
apostrophe
chronological organization
9. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
simile
catalog
maxim
personification
10. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
oxymoron
syntax
Italian rhyme
synaesthesia
11. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
ellipsis
alliteration
hyperbole
participle
12. A figure of speech
Italian rhyme
semicolon
idiom
assonance
13. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
truism
ellipsis
paraody
vocative
14. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
footnote
imagery
since
inference
15. List of details that reinforces a concept
damn with faint praise
catalog
wit
abstraction
16. An indirect attack or insinuation
irony
innuendo
figurative language
compound complex sentence
17. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
concrete
empirical
semicolon
ellipsis
18. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
idiom
synecdoche
symbol
simple sentence
19. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
metonymy
anthropomorphism
framing
idiom
20. 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
verb phrase
anthropomorphism
diction
empirical
21. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
assonance
empirical
maxim
concrete
22. A negative statement
abstraction
cause and effect
negation
colloquial
23. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
ellipsis
metonymy
mock
third person
24. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
digress
antithesis
Alexandrine
predicate
25. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
soapstone
vocative
epithalamium
Italian rhyme
26. To make fun of
idiom
mock
metonymy
subjunctive
27. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
litotes
vernacular
protagonist
Spenserian rhyme
28. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
compliment
indicative
satire
epigram
29. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
epithet
dilemma
oxymoron
truism
30. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
feminine rhyme
propaganda
compliment
pathetic fallacy
31. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
figurative language
vernacular
compound complex sentence
comparison organization
32. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
assonance
paradox
indicative
dilemma
33. 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'
figurative language
metonymy
euphemism
alliteration
34. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
discretion
musing
allegory
syllogism
35. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
mock
imagery
wit
since
36. One of many conjunctive adverbs
accordingly
assonance
under
digress
37. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
episodic
colloquial
synecdoche
over generalization
38. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
imagery
framing
Alexandrine
damn with faint praise
39. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
over generalization
verb phrase
anticlimax
pathos
40. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
damn with faint praise
capital
inference
fiction
41. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
Auxiliary verb
doggerel
participle
under
42. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
extended metaphor
induction
pathos
metonymy
43. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
antagonist
compliment
metonymy
litotes
44. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
discretion
hypothetic example
capital
generality organization
45. Abab cdcd efef gg
qualifying a claim
Shakespearean rhyme
digress
participle
46. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
litotes
antithesis balanced
hypothetic example
abstract noun
47. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
feminine rhyme
ethos
imperative
compliment
48. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
apostrophe
paraody
symbol
analogy
49. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
allegory
implicit
analogical comparison
counterexample
50. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
metaphor
damn with faint praise
tone
negation