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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The continuation of the grammatical flow from one line of verse to the next






2. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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'






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






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 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






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






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






12. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






14. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






16. 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.)






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






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






19. Letters - usually formal






20. Augustan Period






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






22. 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)






23. Romantic period;






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






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






26. 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






27. 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'






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






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






30. 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'






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






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






37. 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.






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






39. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






40. 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






41. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






42. (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






43. 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.






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. 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






46. Romantic Period






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






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






49. To put or publish. Published novel






50. 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