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CLEP College Composition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Neoclassical principles of drama
decorum
indicative
abstract
vernacular
2. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
anticlimax
second person
paradox
anthropomorphism
3. Observable - measurable - easily perceived
digress
fallacy
metonymy
concrete
4. One of many subordinating conjunctions
candor
since
implicit
emphatic organization
5. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
masculine rhyme
chronological organization
third person omniscient
third person
6. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
figurative language
metonymy
candor
7. The metaphor forms the basis for the entire work - extends throughout the work or passage
second person
extended metaphor
abstract noun
infinitive
8. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
semicolon
qualifying a claim
extended metaphor
paraody
9. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
episodic
rhetorical question
capitol
framing
10. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
imperative
cause-effect organization
musing
comparison organization
11. 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'
under
verb phrase
imperative
euphemism
12. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
subjunctive
neutrality
Alexandrine
musing
13. A group of words acting as a noun - i.e. 'Playing the guitar is extremely difficult'
substantive
voice
catalog
semicolon
14. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
extended metaphor
pastoral elegy
qualifying a claim
15. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
subjunctive
truism
analogical comparison
circumlocution
16. One of many prepositions
fact
inference
wit
under
17. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
syntax
emphatic organization
allegory
under
18. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
epithalamium
doggerel
colloquial
musing
19. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
fiction
epithalamium
juxtapose
caesura
20. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
irony
anthropomorphism
second person
syntax
21. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
problem-solution organization
antagonist
assonance
tone
22. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
colon
pathetic fallacy
understatement
23. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
allusion
refutation
over generalization
chronological organization
24. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
compliment
circular reasoning
hypothetic example
bias
25. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
gerund
personification
synecdoche
anecdote
26. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
anthropomorphism
understatement
predicate
epithet
27. Vowel rhyme
bias
thesis
verb phrase
assonance
28. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
false dilemma
digress
diatribe
explicit
29. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
naivete
repetition
ellipsis
catalog
30. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
propaganda
analogy
synecdoche
anthropomorphism
31. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
semicolon
thesis
comparison organization
participle
32. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
understatement
chronological organization
circular reasoning
complement
33. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
protagonist
analogical comparison
apostrophe
fallacy
34. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
emphatic organization
compound sentence
explicit
35. 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)
symbol
thesis
third person omniscient
tone
36. A negative statement
musing
negation
generality organization
antithesis
37. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
apostrophe
candor
feminine rhyme
consonance
38. Something that is implied
footnote
figurative language
implicit
fallacy
39. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
analogical comparison
pastoral elegy
compliment
problem-solution organization
40. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
footnote
circumlocution
since
Shakespearean rhyme
41. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
tone
fact
compliment
decorum
42. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anticlimax
vernacular
Shakespearean rhyme
syntax
43. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
pathos
under
protagonist
44. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
antagonist
framing
syntax
neutrality
45. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
Alexandrine
problem-solution organization
dilemma
naivete
46. Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples
mock
induction
hypothetic example
analogical comparison
47. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
colloquial
naivete
over generalization
false dilemma
48. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
Auxiliary verb
subjunctive
anecdote
refutation
49. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
footnote
compliment
fiction
anecdote
50. An indirect attack or insinuation
synaesthesia
innuendo
idealism
bias