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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. Written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters - as certain novels of the 18th cent.






2. A novel in which real persons appear under fictitious names






3. A sentence that changes its grammatical structure in the middle - often suggest disturbance or excitement. For example: 'we had almost reached the finished line and then the race had to have been fixed from the beginning'






4. An important critical movement that took hold in the early decades of the twentieth century. It stresses the importance of paying close attention to the literary text as a way to develop critical intelligence






5. To put or publish. Published novel






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






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






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






9. (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






10. An extended simile elaborated in great detail. Also called Homeric simile






11. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






12. A movement that took place near the end of the nineteenth century that aimed to free art from conventional Victorian morality






13. A method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense: the irony of calling a stupid plan 'clever'






14. 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.






15. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






16. Augustan Period






17. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






18. (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






19. The use of a single word in two different senses at once. For example: I just quit smoking and my job.






20. Letters - usually formal






21. 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






22. A speech conventionally understood to convey the private thought of the character who delivers it






23. 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






24. Any tangible thing named in a language - regardless of whether that thing is literal or figurative






25. A literary - usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character - often in relation to a critical situation or event - in a monologue addressed to the reader or to a presumed listener.






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






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






28. The 1623 collection of William Shakespeare's plays published after his death by member of his acting company






29. Unrhymed verse; esp. - unrhymed verse having five iambic feet per line - as in Elizabethan drama






30. Plays presented during the Middle Ages by guilds of feast days - They depict important events in Christian history.






31. The rhythmic structure of poetry






32. 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






33. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






34. The most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on every second beat (see blank verse). These lines in iambic pentameter are from The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare:In sooth -/I know/not






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






36. Romantic Period






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






38. Genre in poetry. Its formal - meditative - and intense.






39. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






40. The mood or emotional attitude evoked or reflected in a written work






41. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






42. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






45. 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.






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






47. Early Medieval Period; The protagonist of the poem. Beowulf is a Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel - Grendel's mother - and a fire-breathing dragon. Beowulf's exploits prove him to be the strongest - ablest warrior of his time. In his youth






48. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






49. Victorian Period; Oliver twist - Our Mutual Friend - Little Dorrit - Bleak House






50. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'