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CLEP College Composition
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1. Referring to local custom or sayings; regional language or behavior
colloquial
idiom
synecdoche
third person limited
2. Clever use of language to amuse the reader - but more to make a point
wit
cause-effect organization
caesura
truism
3. Used to introduce a long quotation - list
semicolon
assonance
satire
colon
4. Quiet reflection upon a topic
synaesthesia
oxymoron
syllogism
musing
5. Helping verb (often be - have - or do) - i.e. 'I am working on it'
rebuttal
syntax
gerund
Auxiliary verb
6. To write around a subject - evasively - say nothing
circumlocution
irony
neutrality
explicit
7. A phrase that refers to a person or object by single important feature of that person or object
false dilemma
hypothetic example
synecdoche
digress
8. Essay that presents information in order of importance - either most important to least important or vice versa
compound complex sentence
emphatic organization
figurative language
understatement
9. Further information about the subject (predicate must contain the verb)
damn with faint praise
predicate
oxymoron
compliment
10. The pause that breaks a line of Old English verse
caesura
compliment
hypothetic example
third person
11. One of many subordinating conjunctions
mock
cause and effect
anticlimax
since
12. The commentator does not mean what she writes
masculine rhyme
ironic commentary
irony
capital
13. Type of faulty reasoning in which the writer attempts to support a statement by repeating the statement in different or stronger language
ethos
double entendre
circular reasoning
assonance
14. The opposite of an idea used to emphasize a point
antithesis
predicate
comparison organization
idealism
15. A figure of speech
vocative
antithesis balanced
candor
idiom
16. A negative statement
euphemism
negation
refutation
protagonist
17. 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
refutation
metonymy
framing
Spenserian rhyme
18. (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
vernacular
hyperbole
epithet
verb phrase
19. Lines rhymed by their final two syllables - i.e. running and gunning
refutation
juxtapose
feminine rhyme
rebuttal
20. Essay pattern in which the writer shows the immediate and underlying causes that led to an event or situation
cause and effect
abstract
masculine rhyme
imagery
21. A metaphor using 'like' or 'as' in the comparison
pathos
musing
metaphor
simile
22. Essay that presents information about two or more things - events - or ideas in order to compare them
indicative
dilemma
comparison organization
tongue-in-cheek
23. A type of literature that exposes idiocy - corruption - or other human folly - through humor - exaggeration - irony
thesis
digress
qualifying a claim
satire
24. Abab cdcd efef gg
vocative
pastoral elegy
episodic
Shakespearean rhyme
25. To illustrate how a claim can be true in some ways and false in others
third person omniscient
semicolon
qualifying a claim
symbol
26. The main character - usually the hero
capitol
circumlocution
protagonist
over generalization
27. Expressly stated
explicit
syllogism
oxymoron
problem-solution organization
28. Appearing in episodes - a long string of short individual scenes
Auxiliary verb
antithesis
episodic
verb phrase
29. A speaker directly addresses something or someone not living - that cannot answer back
apostrophe
epithalamium
bias
tone
30. Words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning - i.e. 'how wonderful that you wrecked your car!'
onomatopoeia
irony
Auxiliary verb
induction
31. The ordinary - everyday speech of a region
vernacular
synaesthesia
cadence
footnote
32. 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
generality organization
parallel structure
since
analogy
33. Essay that presents information about a problem followed by a description of one or more solutions
hyperbole
euphemism
problem-solution organization
innuendo
34. A concept or idea without a specific example; idealized generalizations
satire
abstraction
subordinate conjunction
footnote
35. Another way to say the writer used an analogy
anecdote
gerund
analogical comparison
pastoral elegy
36. A thing - idea - or person that stands for something else
idealism
personification
symbol
hyperbole
37. A narrative or description with a secondary or symbolic meaning underlying the literal meaning
allegory
euphemism
first person
predicate
38. Innocence in perception - lack of worldly knowledge
naivete
imagery
colloquial
ironic commentary
39. One of many prepositions
under
pastoral elegy
colloquial
indicative
40. Third-person narrator tells another's story using third-person pronouns
imagery
third person limited
abstract noun
ellipsis
41. Acronym for basic elements of nonfictional text - speaker - occasion - audience - purpose - subject - tone
irony
fiction
explicit
soapstone
42. A comparison of two unlike things in order to show or more clearly or in a new way
damn with faint praise
musing
fallacy
metaphor
43. Essay that presents information in order of occurrence - or sequence of events
euphemism
chronological organization
symbol
candor
44. The main character who opposes the protagonist - usually the villain
antagonist
rhetorical question
gerund
implicit
45. To give human attributes or qualities to something nonliving or nonhuman
indicative
capitol
Alexandrine
personification
46. Vague - not easily defined
satire
paraody
wit
abstract
47. A comic tool of satire - ridiculous exaggeration or distortion
under
simple sentence
burlesque
onomatopoeia
48. Language that is not meant to be taken literally - such as metaphor - simile - personification - metonymy
figurative language
ethos
abstract noun
analogy
49. Language chosen by the writer
analogical comparison
diction
musing
subordinate conjunction
50. An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence
assonance
fallacy
syllogism
footnote
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