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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. 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)






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






3. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. Romantic Period






10. 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.)






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






12. 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.






13. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Romantic period;






18. 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






19. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






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






22. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






23. 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.






24. Augustan Period






25. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






27. A group of four works






28. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Augustan Period;






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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'






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






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






44. 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






45. A novel in which real persons appear under fictitious names






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






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






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






49. The rhythmic structure of poetry






50. To put or publish. Published novel







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