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CLEP College Composition
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
compound complex sentence
neutrality
anthropomorphism
rhetorical question
2. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
decorum
predicate
gerund
apostrophe
3. Simplifying a complex problem into an either or dichotomy
third person limited
false dilemma
oxymoron
damn with faint praise
4. The building housing lawmakers of a state or nation
capitol
capital
juxtapose
epithalamium
5. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
analogical comparison
syllogism
chronological organization
metonymy
6. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
analogical comparison
satire
compound sentence
colloquial
7. Verb in present tense - 'Bettina plays with children'
indicative
parallel structure
capitol
counterexample
8. Ideas or things that can mean many things to many people - such as peace - honor
abstract noun
paraody
cadence
figurative language
9. Quiet reflection upon a topic
Alexandrine
idealism
damn with faint praise
musing
10. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
cadence
assonance
chronological organization
circular reasoning
11. Neoclassical principles of drama
diction
decorum
tone
accordingly
12. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
symbol
gerund
second person
apostrophe
13. Abab bcbc cdcd ee
Spenserian rhyme
Auxiliary verb
apostrophe
Shakespearean rhyme
14. Unconjugated verb with 'to' in front of it
first person
candor
epithalamium
infinitive
15. Repetition - at close intervals - of beginning sounds
alliteration
hypothetic example
protagonist
predicate
16. Descriptive language to evoke the senses
diatribe
imagery
figurative language
compliment
17. A figure of speech
doggerel
maxim
tongue-in-cheek
idiom
18. Comparison of two things that are similar in several respects in order to prove a point or clarify an idea
truism
anticlimax
Shakespearean rhyme
analogy
19. Something that is implied
cause-effect organization
compound complex sentence
implicit
maxim
20. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
musing
consonance
damn with faint praise
simile
21. The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form; seeing things as they could be
figurative language
idealism
allusion
tone
22. Used to link two independent clauses of parallel connection
bias
idealism
burlesque
semicolon
23. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
onomatopoeia
burlesque
emphatic organization
empirical
24. Example - I think that your sweater is lovely
compliment
predicate
abstract
diatribe
25. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
metonymy
extended metaphor
consonance
vernacular
26. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
negation
burlesque
empirical
figurative language
27. Rarely used - the writer uses the pronoun 'you' making the reader an active participant in the work
episodic
second person
diatribe
ethos
28. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
epithalamium
cause and effect
decorum
rhetorical question
29. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
syntax
paraody
repetition
caesura
30. ... - used to indicate omission of words or letters
ellipsis
footnote
consonance
qualifying a claim
31. The perspective from which a story is written
voice
irony
pathetic fallacy
third person omniscient
32. The verb and its object and modifiers
verb phrase
protagonist
paraody
personification
33. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
negation
analogy
problem-solution organization
34. 'ed' form of a verb - 'Bettina played with the children'
participle
Auxiliary verb
onomatopoeia
Italian rhyme
35. A work or poem written to celebrate a wedding
damn with faint praise
epithalamium
masculine rhyme
antithesis balanced
36. A type of poem that takes the form of a lament for the dead sung by a shepherd
analogy
pastoral elegy
framing
episodic
37. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
feminine rhyme
Italian rhyme
hyperbole
satire
38. Vowel rhyme
tongue-in-cheek
figurative language
antithesis
assonance
39. 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
first person
imperative
simple sentence
imagery
40. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
rhetorical question
symbol
catalog
damn with faint praise
41. Information distributed to promote a specific cause usually of a biased or misleading nature
thesis
propaganda
pathos
allusion
42. Verb used to express conditional or counterfactual statements - i.e. 'If I were rich'
cadence
subjunctive
discretion
paradox
43. The order of words in a sentence - also the types and structures of sentences
complement
dilemma
idealism
syntax
44. Expressed of direct address - i.e. 'Sit - Bettina - sit!'
cadence
understatement
third person
vocative
45. A verb acting as a noun - usually 'ing' form of the verb
figurative language
gerund
Italian rhyme
pathetic fallacy
46. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
Italian rhyme
colloquial
episodic
antithesis
47. Main idea of an essay - what the writer hope to prove is true
refutation
innuendo
thesis
pathetic fallacy
48. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
voice
false dilemma
colloquial
damn with faint praise
49. 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'
symbol
antithesis balanced
syntax
Spenserian rhyme
50. (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
epithet
extended metaphor
Auxiliary verb
tongue-in-cheek