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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The narrative devise of hinting at events that have yet to unfold






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






3. Augustan Period;






4. 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.






5. 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.)






6. A group of four works






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






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






9. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






10. 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)






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






12. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






13. 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






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






15. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






16. To put or publish. Published novel






17. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






24. 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






25. 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'






26. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






31. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






33. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. Augustan Period






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






42. Victorian Period; Oliver twist - Our Mutual Friend - Little Dorrit - Bleak House






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. (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






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






48. 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'






49. 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.






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