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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. 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.






2. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






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






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






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






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






8. A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common Ex: Her home was a prison.






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. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






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






13. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






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






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






16. A group of four works






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






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






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






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






21. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






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






24. 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






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






26. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






27. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






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






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






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






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






33. Letters - usually formal






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






38. 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.






39. The semblance of truth - a quality that helps distinguish the early novel from fable and romance






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Romantic period;






47. Novels about gruesome doings and supernatural horrors - usually set far away and long ago. The form emerged during the eighteenth century but gained popularity and respectability in the nineteenth - as the imagination in literature came to be more hi






48. 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






49. 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






50. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.