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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. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
hypothetic example
understatement
analogical comparison
imagery
2. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
litotes
pathos
empirical
chronological organization
3. An exception to a proposed general rule
counterexample
problem-solution organization
footnote
irony
4. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
syntax
juxtapose
anecdote
satire
5. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
synaesthesia
masculine rhyme
burlesque
6. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
antecedent
epithet
rhetorical question
predicate
7. Refined taste - tact - the ability to avoid distress or embarrassment
dilemma
tone
gerund
discretion
8. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
rebuttal
fiction
repetition
problem-solution organization
9. 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
damn with faint praise
first person
simile
hyperbole
10. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
emphatic organization
euphemism
allegory
simile
11. 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'
Auxiliary verb
masculine rhyme
antithesis balanced
assertion
12. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
propaganda
satire
paraody
cause-effect organization
13. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
anthropomorphism
second person
hypothetic example
anticlimax
14. A derogatory term used to described poorly written poetry of little or no literary value
truism
doggerel
complement
synecdoche
15. List of details that reinforces a concept
catalog
epithalamium
burlesque
third person omniscient
16. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
anthropomorphism
second person
fact
infinitive
17. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
under
personification
problem-solution organization
analogy
18. Opposing point of view
capital
personification
rebuttal
assertion
19. A figure of speech in the form of a question posed for persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply
juxtapose
feminine rhyme
rhetorical question
fiction
20. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
personification
compliment
refutation
juxtapose
21. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
musing
colloquial
vocative
22. A reference to something in culture - history or literature that expands the depth of the text that allows the reader to make a 'connection'
Auxiliary verb
refutation
second person
allusion
23. A formula of deductive argument that consists of 3 propositions - the major premise - minor premise - and conclusion
repetition
syllogism
gerund
imagery
24. 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
subordinate conjunction
under
anthropomorphism
episodic
25. (1) a short poetic nickname; (2) a term used to describe the name or title of a person -ie 'The Great Emancipator' for Abraham Lincoln; (3) an abusive slur
induction
refutation
epithet
antithesis balanced
26. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
imperative
colloquial
irony
subordinate conjunction
27. A figure of speech
idiom
fiction
symbol
abstraction
28. A variety of literary devices i.e. - anaphora - repeating
subjunctive
repetition
naivete
understatement
29. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
concrete
tone
idiom
subjunctive
30. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
complement
hypothetic example
assonance
induction
31. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
symbol
subjunctive
musing
vocative
32. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
pathetic fallacy
third person
Auxiliary verb
catalog
33. Knowledge based on experience or observation - the view that experience - especially of the senses - is the only source of knowledge
understatement
empirical
inference
antagonist
34. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
pathetic fallacy
irony
Alexandrine
semicolon
35. Not taking a position
decorum
voice
neutrality
predicate
36. The verb and its object and modifiers
abstraction
idealism
verb phrase
diatribe
37. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
anthropomorphism
third person
over generalization
implicit
38. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
second person
paraody
capital
apostrophe
39. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
tongue-in-cheek
generality organization
epithalamium
metaphor
40. Can be verified
allegory
problem-solution organization
complement
fact
41. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
concrete
Spenserian rhyme
idiom
chronological organization
42. The juxtaposition of incongruous or conflicting ideas that reveals a truth or insight
paradox
idealism
synaesthesia
abstract noun
43. A phrase that refers to a person or object by a single important feature - ie 'the pen is mightier than the sword'
circular reasoning
metonymy
satire
compound sentence
44. Short narrative of an amusing - unusual - revealing or interesting event
euphemism
abstraction
Auxiliary verb
anecdote
45. The official 'headquarters' of a state or nation - its actual location or area
capital
imperative
capitol
doggerel
46. One of many prepositions
ironic commentary
alliteration
juxtapose
under
47. Essay that presents information about the causes of some known or likely outcome - how different causes contribute to the outcome
subordinate conjunction
Alexandrine
cause-effect organization
metonymy
48. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
inference
capitol
under
over generalization
49. To move off point
masculine rhyme
digress
footnote
fact
50. One of many subordinating conjunctions
third person
since
burlesque
generality organization