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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






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






13. 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)






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






15. 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.)






16. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






17. 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






18. A prose form originated by the French Renaissance humanist Michel de Montaigne as an experimental and skeptical approach to writing






19. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






20. A group of four works






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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






28. An important narrative form that emerges at the threshold between orality and literacy. They are written down at some point after a period of oral development. Beowulf is considered an epic.






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






30. Refers to the sound and structure of poetry - including meter - rhyme - assonance - and alliteration






31. To put or publish. Published novel






32. 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'






33. 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






34. (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






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






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. Romantic period;






38. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






39. The dramatic genre of the 1950s that enacts the idea of existential meaninglessness






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






41. A literary work that exposes evil or folly through the use of irony - ridicule - or derision






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






50. The rhythmic structure of poetry