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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. The verb and its object and modifiers
verb phrase
circular reasoning
capitol
Auxiliary verb
2. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
litotes
understatement
fiction
synaesthesia
3. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
colon
ethos
chronological organization
naivete
4. A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting
discretion
complement
epithalamium
truism
5. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
Auxiliary verb
analogy
subjunctive
double entendre
6. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
hyperbole
infinitive
qualifying a claim
tone
7. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
assonance
vocative
inference
antagonist
8. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
tone
tongue-in-cheek
hyperbole
truism
9. To place side by side in order to show similarities or differences
juxtapose
rebuttal
since
paradox
10. The use of parallel elements in sentences or in the structure of an essay or prose passage ie - essay consisting of 4 paragraphs - each beginning with a question followed by the answer
induction
cause-effect organization
third person limited
parallel structure
11. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
predicate
tone
third person
since
12. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
subjunctive
apostrophe
understatement
candor
13. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
tongue-in-cheek
simile
capitol
truism
14. Refers to ascribing emotion and agency to inanimate objects
problem-solution organization
circumlocution
inference
pathetic fallacy
15. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
synecdoche
pastoral elegy
compliment
framing
16. The rhythm of phrases or sentences created through repetitive elements
capital
abstract
diction
cadence
17. To move off point
maxim
pastoral elegy
digress
juxtapose
18. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
bias
complement
fallacy
cause and effect
19. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
imagery
compound complex sentence
metaphor
euphemism
20. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
anthropomorphism
framing
third person limited
irony
21. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
semicolon
antithesis balanced
oxymoron
gerund
22. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
maxim
predicate
idealism
comparison organization
23. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
antithesis
ellipsis
dilemma
24. That which comes before; the antecedent of a pronoun is the noun to which the pronoun refers
antecedent
pathetic fallacy
damn with faint praise
paradox
25. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
negation
onomatopoeia
decorum
circular reasoning
26. Essay that presents information in order of specificity - beginning with a general theme and focuses on a specific topic of interest - often the 5 paragraph essay
diction
allusion
candor
generality organization
27. The main character - usually the hero
understatement
gerund
compliment
protagonist
28. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
infinitive
Alexandrine
epithalamium
abstraction
29. Language chosen by the writer
juxtapose
circumlocution
diction
burlesque
30. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
comparison organization
negation
chronological organization
predicate
31. Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence
subordinate conjunction
explicit
epithalamium
over generalization
32. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
wit
cadence
imperative
semicolon
33. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
footnote
idealism
masculine rhyme
34. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
cause-effect organization
irony
anthropomorphism
capitol
35. 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'
onomatopoeia
antithesis balanced
implicit
irony
36. An attack on an opposing view to weaken - invalidate - or make it less credible
footnote
refutation
indicative
cause-effect organization
37. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
footnote
emphatic organization
discretion
personification
38. An indirect attack or insinuation
analogy
dilemma
innuendo
capitol
39. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
antithesis
Shakespearean rhyme
alliteration
diction
40. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
feminine rhyme
vocative
thesis
discretion
41. 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
compliment
discretion
under
42. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
under
irony
vernacular
figurative language
43. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
juxtapose
antagonist
complement
wit
44. A figure of speech in which two contradictory elements are combined for effect - i.e. 'random order'
naivete
oxymoron
innuendo
tone
45. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
fact
personification
idealism
abstract
46. An exception to a proposed general rule
antecedent
third person omniscient
counterexample
litotes
47. Condemn by seeming to offer praise - ie 'well - I could not have done better myself'
ironic commentary
gerund
damn with faint praise
synecdoche
48. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
simple sentence
assonance
gerund
burlesque
49. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
diatribe
first person
generality organization
ellipsis
50. 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'
thesis
counterexample
euphemism
capital