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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. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






3. Romantic period;






4. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






5. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






6. (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






7. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






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. 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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






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






18. 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'






19. The process of denying or disguising political values by misrepresenting them as natural - universal - or transcendent ideals.






20. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






22. 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






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






24. Written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters - as certain novels of the 18th cent.






25. Augustan Period;






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






27. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






28. Romantic Period






29. 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.






30. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






31. 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.






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






33. 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'






34. 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.






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Letters - usually formal






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






48. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






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






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