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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. A speech conventionally understood to convey the private thought of the character who delivers it






2. (1670-1790) identified literature as a worthy cultural pursuit capable of reconciling respect for classical learning with the evolving interests and tastes of the educated middle class. Translated - imitated - and elucidated the most respectable anci






3. A term used in deconstruction - absence of meaning and multiplicity of possible meaning within a text






4. A verse form of Italian origin - made up of tercets - the second line of each tercet rhyming with the first and third lines of the next one (aba - bcb - cdc - etc.)






5. The narrative technique of shifting freely between a first-person and an interior third-person point of view






6. Repetition at the start of a sentence of the concluding word or phrase in the previous sentence. For example: 'There's only so much exercise you can get on a plane. A air plane is not the greatest place to work out'






7. A philosophy of the Middle Ages and Renaissance that accommodated the thinking of Plato to Christian theology






8. A poem of fixed form - French in origin - consisting usually of five three-line stanzas and a final four-line stanza and having only two rhymes throughout






9. Is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response. As a figure of speech it is not intended to be taken literally. Hyperbole is frequently used for humour. Examples of hyperbole are: They ra






10. Letters - usually formal






11. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






12. A poem praising someone for their achievements - stemming from ancient Greece






13. A poem that treats the subject of the couple's wedding night






14. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






15. The process of denying or disguising political values by misrepresenting them as natural - universal - or transcendent ideals.






16. Poetry characterized by elaborate - sometimes bizarre use of metaphor; rough - rugged versification; dramatic speakers; and paradoxical reasoning.






17. The narrative devise of hinting at events that have yet to unfold






18. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






19. A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another - dissimilar thing by the use of like - as - etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale - her tears flowed like wine)






20. Made up of the ideas - beliefs - and values shared by members of a society. Ideology is shaped by political interests and serves power interests in ways we might not recognize






21. A couplet is a pair of lines of verse. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. While traditionally couplets rhyme - not all do






22. The rhythmic structure of poetry






23. Renaissance Period; 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' & Doctor Faustus






24. Romantic period;






25. Written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters - as certain novels of the 18th cent.






26. A novel that traces the development of a young person from childhood or adolescence to maturity. It is often written in the form of an autobiography






27. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






28. A long - blustering - noisy - or scolding speech; tirade






29. Designating or characteristic of a kind of fiction that originated in Spain and deals episodically with the adventures of a hero who is or resembles such a vagabond or rogue






30. The continuation of the grammatical flow from one line of verse to the next






31. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






32. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






33. To put or publish. Published novel






34. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






35. Renaissance Period; Sonnets - Hamlet - King Lear - Othello - Macbeth - Romeo & Juliet - Twelfth Night - Henry IV - and A Midsummer's Nught Dream.






36. Heroic poetry with an important subject of crucial national or cultural significance - together with a grand - lofty tone. Many epics tell the story of the founding of a nation or race by means of battle or journey






37. The contrast - as in a play - between what a character thinks the truth is - as revealed in a speech or action - and what an audience or reader knows the truth






38. (1540-1640) public theaters presented plays that celebrated a semifluid social order governed by absolute power. These dramas portrayed any unchecked social mobility that might threaten state stability as the result of personal evil - corruption - an






39. A short - carefully constructed scene in a film - play - etc.; specif. - one regarded as subtle - sensitive - etc






40. A rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines - first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit - esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: 'In every work regard the writer's end - Since none can compass more than th






41. Is the idealized code of medieval nobility. It stressed honesty and integrity in living up to one's social obligations - courtesy to others - and deference to ladies.






42. A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common Ex: Her home was a prison.






43. In deconstruction - things that are absent from yet suggested by a text. A trace may be the opposite of a written word






44. A novel concerned with the negative social and economic impacts of industrialism






45. Augustan Period






46. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






47. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






48. A work written to mourn the death and memorialize the life of someone who died






49. The complex social process that pushes certain people outside mainstream society - usually because they are perceived as a threat to shared values






50. One of the three sections of the Greek dramatic chorus and the Pindaric ode - along with the antistrophe and epode. These forms may be repeated in sequence within a single ode.