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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. An extended simile elaborated in great detail. Also called Homeric simile






2. 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.)






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






4. The rhythmic structure of poetry






5. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






7. 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)






8. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






9. (1540-1640) public theaters presented plays that celebrated a semifluid social order governed by absolute power. These dramas portrayed any unchecked social mobility that might threaten state stability as the result of personal evil - corruption - an






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






11. 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






12. 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'






13. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Augustan Period;






21. 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






22. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






23. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






29. 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'






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






31. 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.






32. To put or publish. Published novel






33. 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






34. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






35. 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.






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






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. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






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






40. A rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines - first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit - esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: 'In every work regard the writer's end - Since none can compass more than th






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






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. Romantic Period






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






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






50. 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.