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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The 1623 collection of William Shakespeare's plays published after his death by member of his acting company






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






3. 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.






4. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






6. 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






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






8. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






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






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






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






21. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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'






27. (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






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






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






30. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






31. 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






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






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






34. Augustan Period






35. 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






36. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






37. Romantic period;






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






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






40. Augustan Period;






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






42. 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






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






44. In deconstruction - things that are absent from yet suggested by a text. A trace may be the opposite of a written word






45. 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






46. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






48. 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






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






50. A group of four works