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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. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
allusion
counterexample
third person
euphemism
2. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
tongue-in-cheek
pastoral elegy
subordinate conjunction
damn with faint praise
3. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
second person
apostrophe
protagonist
fiction
4. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
digress
refutation
abstract
musing
5. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
inference
negation
dilemma
6. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
hyperbole
inference
problem-solution organization
pathetic fallacy
7. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
false dilemma
compliment
soapstone
hypothetic example
8. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
since
colon
thesis
problem-solution organization
9. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
colloquial
innuendo
anthropomorphism
epithalamium
10. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
satire
vernacular
anticlimax
oxymoron
11. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
gerund
symbol
juxtapose
colloquial
12. Abab cdcd efef gg
Shakespearean rhyme
third person
generality organization
compound complex sentence
13. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
epithet
metaphor
emphatic organization
footnote
14. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
imagery
innuendo
empirical
rhetorical question
15. An exaggeration or overstatement
metaphor
colon
metonymy
hyperbole
16. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
third person
caesura
tongue-in-cheek
neutrality
17. Opposing point of view
bias
epithet
compound complex sentence
rebuttal
18. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
refutation
subjunctive
exemplar
imperative
19. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
verb phrase
doggerel
circular reasoning
allusion
20. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
fallacy
anticlimax
abstract
inference
21. The main character - usually the hero
semicolon
protagonist
qualifying a claim
participle
22. The verb and its object and modifiers
verb phrase
ethos
induction
qualifying a claim
23. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
fiction
allegory
syllogism
vernacular
24. Understatement created through double negative
litotes
masculine rhyme
over generalization
circumlocution
25. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
idiom
capital
understatement
26. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
mock
maxim
subjunctive
metaphor
27. 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'
since
cadence
substantive
euphemism
28. Example based on supposition or uncertainty
hypothetic example
comparison organization
cadence
capital
29. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
burlesque
first person
capitol
figurative language
30. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
allusion
colon
fallacy
antithesis balanced
31. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
subordinate conjunction
qualifying a claim
tone
antagonist
32. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
symbol
Auxiliary verb
antecedent
analogy
33. The commentator does not mean what she writes
understatement
footnote
ironic commentary
compound complex sentence
34. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
pathos
implicit
soapstone
understatement
35. Consists of a single independent clause
protagonist
symbol
simple sentence
ethos
36. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
abstract
euphemism
circumlocution
37. A humorous imitation of an original text meant to ridicule - often used in satire
participle
maxim
paraody
chronological organization
38. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
juxtapose
simile
voice
cause-effect organization
39. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
cause-effect organization
syntax
fallacy
protagonist
40. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
masculine rhyme
doggerel
tone
Shakespearean rhyme
41. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
euphemism
diction
hyperbole
42. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
third person omniscient
repetition
protagonist
43. The claim or point that the writer is making
assertion
propaganda
anticlimax
figurative language
44. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
pastoral elegy
hyperbole
propaganda
45. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
problem-solution organization
capital
induction
refutation
46. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
vocative
candor
circumlocution
refutation
47. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
decorum
musing
epithet
48. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
compliment
third person omniscient
inference
colon
49. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
abstraction
qualifying a claim
decorum
analogical comparison
50. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
feminine rhyme
false dilemma
allegory
diatribe