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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. 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.)






2. 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






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






4. Romantic period;






5. 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)






6. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






7. Novel a melodramatic novel devoted to scandalous doings - guilty secrets - and lurid intrigues






8. The semblance of truth - a quality that helps distinguish the early novel from fable and romance






9. Augustan Period






10. An unofficial grouping of works by authors whose importance has become generally recognized by literature scholars.






11. A collection of works on a common theme such as Charlemagne or the Trojan War. Cycles typically represent the work of several different authors brought together into a group. Cycles are often groups of romance narrative.






12. Poetry that has no fixed meter - although it has rhythmic lines and line breaks and is therefore presumably composed with rhythmic qualities in mind. It came into vogue during the modern period.






13. Anything that isn't tangible. In literature - it can be opposed to imagery - the representation of tangible things






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






15. 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






16. Augustan Period;






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






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






22. (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






23. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






24. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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'






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






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






34. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






35. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






37. (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






38. 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.






39. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






40. The secondary significance a word acquires through association that goes beyond its literal meaning






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






42. 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






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






44. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






45. Novel a modernist form that puts a story together by tracing the thoughts and feelings of its characters rather than through the voice of a detached narrator






46. A verbal pattern in two parts in which the second part is like a mirror image of the first.






47. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






48. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






49. 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'






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