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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. One of many prepositions
under
wit
antithesis balanced
doggerel
2. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
accordingly
negation
Spenserian rhyme
maxim
3. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
feminine rhyme
emphatic organization
anthropomorphism
allusion
4. Saying less than is warranted by the situation in order to emphasize reality
explicit
maxim
understatement
episodic
5. (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
inference
ethos
epithet
complement
6. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
second person
satire
double entendre
candor
7. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
juxtapose
analogical comparison
hyperbole
tone
8. A word that introduces a subordinate clause - i.e. 'Since you're awake - I'll turn on the radio'
subordinate conjunction
metonymy
counterexample
over generalization
9. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
compliment
mock
abstract noun
juxtapose
10. Basically an 'either or' situation - typically a moral decision
dilemma
paraody
complement
imperative
11. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
abstraction
simile
infinitive
abstract
12. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
hyperbole
dilemma
satire
colloquial
13. Consists or two or more simple sentences joined by a common and coordinating conjunction - or by a semicolon
third person
digress
colon
compound sentence
14. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
caesura
synecdoche
burlesque
assertion
15. A phrase or saying that has two meanings - one being sexual or provocative in nature
pathetic fallacy
diatribe
double entendre
cadence
16. 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'
truism
syntax
antithesis balanced
analogy
17. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
onomatopoeia
circular reasoning
masculine rhyme
diction
18. Refers to the way the writer lets readers know what will be discussed - a framing statement gives the reader some sense of what to expect
ironic commentary
framing
first person
syntax
19. An explanatory reference at the bottom of a page of text
catalog
simile
complement
footnote
20. Can be verified
concrete
catalog
verb phrase
fact
21. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
fallacy
colon
idealism
framing
22. Imagined - even while it may possess truthful elements - it cannot be verified
fiction
framing
symbol
colloquial
23. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
fact
emphatic organization
protagonist
episodic
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
capitol
anthropomorphism
pastoral elegy
indicative
25. The speaker - author - or narrator's attitude toward a person - place - idea - or thing
imagery
Auxiliary verb
irony
tone
26. An interpretation of the facts based on available details
pastoral elegy
inference
antagonist
musing
27. Something that is implied
pathetic fallacy
antecedent
compound sentence
implicit
28. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
antithesis
irony
syllogism
cadence
29. A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable - i.e. know and snow
masculine rhyme
burlesque
catalog
synaesthesia
30. The commentator does not mean what she writes
ironic commentary
antecedent
diction
maxim
31. Abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd
imperative
innuendo
truism
Italian rhyme
32. Humorous or ironic statement not meant to be taken literally
circumlocution
fiction
soapstone
tongue-in-cheek
33. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
soapstone
analogical comparison
pastoral elegy
negation
34. An explosion of harsh language that usually vilifies or condemns an idea
diatribe
allusion
bias
thesis
35. A negative statement
negation
euphemism
framing
ironic commentary
36. The speaker or writer's credibility - honesty
ethos
anticlimax
circumlocution
epithet
37. An exception to a proposed general rule
propaganda
thesis
counterexample
assonance
38. The work is narrated using a name or third person pronoun ie - he - she - etc.
diction
Auxiliary verb
pathetic fallacy
third person
39. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
parallel structure
anecdote
syntax
neutrality
40. A figure of speech
fiction
colon
alliteration
idiom
41. A line of iambic hexameter; the final line of a Spenserian stanza is alexandrine
epithalamium
diction
Alexandrine
antithesis balanced
42. An event or experience that causes disappointment because it is less exciting than what was expected
vocative
counterexample
anticlimax
compliment
43. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
inference
cause and effect
fact
footnote
44. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
caesura
subjunctive
abstract
episodic
45. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
fallacy
discretion
subordinate conjunction
wit
46. Example - this white wine goes well with this fish
colloquial
complement
Alexandrine
circular reasoning
47. A verb used for issuing commands - 'Do it now!'
indicative
imperative
generality organization
abstract noun
48. Quality in literature that appeals to the audience's emotions
allegory
figurative language
ironic commentary
pathos
49. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
metaphor
propaganda
subordinate conjunction
chronological organization
50. A saying or expression that proposes to tell the truth
maxim
musing
soapstone
analogy