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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. 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.)






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






3. Letters - usually formal






4. Novel a melodramatic novel devoted to scandalous doings - guilty secrets - and lurid intrigues






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






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






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






8. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






10. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






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






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






14. Written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters - as certain novels of the 18th cent.






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






16. 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






17. (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






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






19. The rhythmic structure of poetry






20. 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.






21. 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






22. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






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






24. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






25. (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






26. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






27. 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






28. Romantic Period






29. To put or publish. Published novel






30. 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'






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






32. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






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






34. Romantic period;






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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






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