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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. A repeated pattern of lines and rhymes analogous to a verse in a song






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






6. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






7. To put or publish. Published novel






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. 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.






14. Romantic Period






15. 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






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






17. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






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. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






26. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






27. 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






28. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






30. 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.






31. Augustan Period






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






33. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






34. 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)






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






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






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






41. 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'






42. 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






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






44. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






45. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






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






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






49. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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