CLEP HUMANITIES TEST BANK 2026 EXAM
REVIEW WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Aside . Answer: A speech given by a character that is directed
specifically to the audience or reader and not heard by other characters
◉ Allusion . Answer: Reference to one literary work in another.
◉ Alliteration . Answer: The repetition of initial sounds in consecutive
or nearby words. "Sklark,Scanted", "Free,Fells"
◉ Anaphora . Answer: The intentional repetition of a word or phrase at
the beginning of a number of consecutive verses, clauses or paraphrases
◉ Blank Verse . Answer: a type of verse made up of unrhymed lines in
the same meter, often iambic penameter
◉ Free Verse . Answer: A form of poetry made up of lines that do not
follow a distinct meter pattern or rhyme
◉ Denouement . Answer: The final resolution of the conflict in a story
,◉ Elegy . Answer: A form of poetry that is written in elegiac couplets
and intended to express sorrow for the dead
◉ Epic . Answer: A long, loftily composed narrative poem that usually
centers on a heroic main character and illustrates the history of a nation
or a people
◉ Foil . Answer: sidekick character from which the main character can
learn from.
◉ Haiku . Answer: A traditional Japanese form of poetry that usually
consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables
◉ Villanelle . Answer: villanelle consists of 5 tercets and a quatrain, the
first and third lines of the tercet recur alternately as the last lines of the
other tercets and together as the last lines of the quatrain.quatrain ends
the poem abaa
◉ Hyperbole . Answer: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to
be taken literally
◉ Paradox . Answer: A seemingly contradictory phrase, which proves to
be true upon comparison.
,◉ Pathos . Answer: An appeal that evokes pity or sympathy.
◉ Oxymoron . Answer: 2 contradictory words used together to create
deeper meaning: sweet sorrow.
◉ Imagery . Answer: Use of language intended to evoke any or all of
the senses
◉ Irony . Answer: A literary device intended to illustrate that something
is not as it may appear
-Shelley "Ozymandias"
◉ Limerick . Answer: 5 lines using the anapest meter with the rhyme
scheme; aabba. A form of humorous or nonsensical poetry
◉ An initiation story . Answer: is a story whose overall plot is
concerned with putting the protagonist through a particular sort of
experience -- initiation into something for which his/her previous
experience had not prepared him/her.
◉ Lyric poetry . Answer: A type of song-like poetry intended to express
the experience of emotions
, ◉ Metaphor . Answer: A figure of speech in which 2 ordinary unrelated
things are compared to illustrate some similarity between them
◉ Onomatopoeia . Answer: The use of a word that imitates the sound it
is meant to represent "buzz,buzz"
◉ Personification . Answer: The act of endowing an inhuman creature
or object with human qualities
◉ Examples of Personification (poetry) . Answer: 1. Thomas Gray -
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
2. Coleridge - The Ancient Mariner'
◉ Examples of Personification (poetry) . Answer: 1. Thomas Gray -
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
2. Coleridge - The Ancient Mariner'
◉ Prose . Answer: Everyday speech and writing - Written language
composed using normal grammatical structure and natural flow of
speech. Unmetered, unrhymed language. (everyday speaking & writing)
◉ Rhyme . Answer: A pattern of words containing similar sounds
REVIEW WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Aside . Answer: A speech given by a character that is directed
specifically to the audience or reader and not heard by other characters
◉ Allusion . Answer: Reference to one literary work in another.
◉ Alliteration . Answer: The repetition of initial sounds in consecutive
or nearby words. "Sklark,Scanted", "Free,Fells"
◉ Anaphora . Answer: The intentional repetition of a word or phrase at
the beginning of a number of consecutive verses, clauses or paraphrases
◉ Blank Verse . Answer: a type of verse made up of unrhymed lines in
the same meter, often iambic penameter
◉ Free Verse . Answer: A form of poetry made up of lines that do not
follow a distinct meter pattern or rhyme
◉ Denouement . Answer: The final resolution of the conflict in a story
,◉ Elegy . Answer: A form of poetry that is written in elegiac couplets
and intended to express sorrow for the dead
◉ Epic . Answer: A long, loftily composed narrative poem that usually
centers on a heroic main character and illustrates the history of a nation
or a people
◉ Foil . Answer: sidekick character from which the main character can
learn from.
◉ Haiku . Answer: A traditional Japanese form of poetry that usually
consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables
◉ Villanelle . Answer: villanelle consists of 5 tercets and a quatrain, the
first and third lines of the tercet recur alternately as the last lines of the
other tercets and together as the last lines of the quatrain.quatrain ends
the poem abaa
◉ Hyperbole . Answer: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to
be taken literally
◉ Paradox . Answer: A seemingly contradictory phrase, which proves to
be true upon comparison.
,◉ Pathos . Answer: An appeal that evokes pity or sympathy.
◉ Oxymoron . Answer: 2 contradictory words used together to create
deeper meaning: sweet sorrow.
◉ Imagery . Answer: Use of language intended to evoke any or all of
the senses
◉ Irony . Answer: A literary device intended to illustrate that something
is not as it may appear
-Shelley "Ozymandias"
◉ Limerick . Answer: 5 lines using the anapest meter with the rhyme
scheme; aabba. A form of humorous or nonsensical poetry
◉ An initiation story . Answer: is a story whose overall plot is
concerned with putting the protagonist through a particular sort of
experience -- initiation into something for which his/her previous
experience had not prepared him/her.
◉ Lyric poetry . Answer: A type of song-like poetry intended to express
the experience of emotions
, ◉ Metaphor . Answer: A figure of speech in which 2 ordinary unrelated
things are compared to illustrate some similarity between them
◉ Onomatopoeia . Answer: The use of a word that imitates the sound it
is meant to represent "buzz,buzz"
◉ Personification . Answer: The act of endowing an inhuman creature
or object with human qualities
◉ Examples of Personification (poetry) . Answer: 1. Thomas Gray -
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
2. Coleridge - The Ancient Mariner'
◉ Examples of Personification (poetry) . Answer: 1. Thomas Gray -
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
2. Coleridge - The Ancient Mariner'
◉ Prose . Answer: Everyday speech and writing - Written language
composed using normal grammatical structure and natural flow of
speech. Unmetered, unrhymed language. (everyday speaking & writing)
◉ Rhyme . Answer: A pattern of words containing similar sounds
