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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. A repeated pattern of lines and rhymes analogous to a verse in a song






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






3. 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






4. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






5. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






6. 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






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






8. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






9. 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.)






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






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






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






13. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






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






16. 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






17. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






19. 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






20. 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)






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






29. Augustan Period;






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






36. Romantic Period






37. 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






38. 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'






39. 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






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






41. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






47. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






48. Augustan Period






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






50. Letters - usually formal






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