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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. A literary work that exposes evil or folly through the use of irony - ridicule - or derision






2. 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'






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






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






5. 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






6. A lyric from stemming from the Middle Ages that treats the subject of two lovers waking up together. It may deal with the joy of being together or with the sorrow of having to part.






7. Novels about gruesome doings and supernatural horrors - usually set far away and long ago. The form emerged during the eighteenth century but gained popularity and respectability in the nineteenth - as the imagination in literature came to be more hi






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. 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)






12. A characteristic of art or nature that inspires a feeling of grander and mystery. For example: an ancient ruins - a storm swept landscape - of the fall of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost.






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






14. 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'






15. Augustan Period






16. A repeated pattern of lines and rhymes analogous to a verse in a song






17. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






18. Romantic period;






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






20. 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.






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






23. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






25. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






26. 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






27. (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






28. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






29. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






30. 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






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






32. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






34. 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.)






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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






48. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






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