CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting
Literature Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
alliteration - Correct answer-Repetition of a constanant sound - do or die; safe and
sound. A common use for alliteration is emphasis. It occurs in everyday speech in
such prhases as "tittle-tattle," "bag and baggage," "bed and board," "primrose
path," and "through thick and thin" and in sayings like "look before you leap."
allusion - Correct answer-a reference in one literary work to a character or theme
found in another literary work.a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase.
The writer assumes will recognize the reference. For instance, most of us would
know the difference between a mechanic's being as reliable as George Washington
or as reliable as Benedict Arnold. Allusions that are commonplace for readers in
one era may require footnotes for readers in a later time.
antagonist - Correct answer-character struggles against somone or something - man
against himself; mand against man; man against society; man against nature.
assonance - Correct answer-Repetition of vowel sounds
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, apostrophe - Correct answer-A direct address to a person, thing, or abstraction,
such as "O Western Wind," or "Ah, Sorrow, you consume us." Apostrophes are
generally capitalized.
artifice - Correct answer-cunning; ingenuity; craftiness
bathos - Correct answer-extreme anticlimax
climax - Correct answer-the point where crisis comes to point of greatest intensity
and is resolved
dialog - Correct answer-conversation used to reveal characters and advance plot
didactic - Correct answer-strong, lectruing voice
droll - Correct answer-amusing in an odd way
enjambment - Correct answer-the running of one line of poetry into the next
without a break for the rhyme or syntax
exposition - Correct answer-opening; beginning portion of plot which background
information is set forth
fie - Correct answer-term used to express mild disgust; annoyance
foreshadowing - Correct answer-using hints or clues to suggest what will happen
later; builds suspense
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Literature Exam 2026 Questions and
Answers
alliteration - Correct answer-Repetition of a constanant sound - do or die; safe and
sound. A common use for alliteration is emphasis. It occurs in everyday speech in
such prhases as "tittle-tattle," "bag and baggage," "bed and board," "primrose
path," and "through thick and thin" and in sayings like "look before you leap."
allusion - Correct answer-a reference in one literary work to a character or theme
found in another literary work.a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase.
The writer assumes will recognize the reference. For instance, most of us would
know the difference between a mechanic's being as reliable as George Washington
or as reliable as Benedict Arnold. Allusions that are commonplace for readers in
one era may require footnotes for readers in a later time.
antagonist - Correct answer-character struggles against somone or something - man
against himself; mand against man; man against society; man against nature.
assonance - Correct answer-Repetition of vowel sounds
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, apostrophe - Correct answer-A direct address to a person, thing, or abstraction,
such as "O Western Wind," or "Ah, Sorrow, you consume us." Apostrophes are
generally capitalized.
artifice - Correct answer-cunning; ingenuity; craftiness
bathos - Correct answer-extreme anticlimax
climax - Correct answer-the point where crisis comes to point of greatest intensity
and is resolved
dialog - Correct answer-conversation used to reveal characters and advance plot
didactic - Correct answer-strong, lectruing voice
droll - Correct answer-amusing in an odd way
enjambment - Correct answer-the running of one line of poetry into the next
without a break for the rhyme or syntax
exposition - Correct answer-opening; beginning portion of plot which background
information is set forth
fie - Correct answer-term used to express mild disgust; annoyance
foreshadowing - Correct answer-using hints or clues to suggest what will happen
later; builds suspense
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