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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. Augustan 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. (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. To put or publish. Published novel






8. 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.






9. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






11. 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'






12. 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






13. Romantic Period






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






15. Augustan Period;






16. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






26. 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.






27. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






28. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






30. A group of four works






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






32. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






41. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






42. A poem praising someone for their achievements - stemming from ancient Greece






43. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






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






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






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






48. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






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






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