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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The dramatic genre of the 1950s that enacts the idea of existential meaninglessness






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Romantic Period






7. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






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






10. To put or publish. Published novel






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






12. (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






13. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. (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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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'






24. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






25. 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






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






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






28. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






29. Letters - usually formal






30. 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'






31. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






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






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






35. 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'






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.)






44. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






45. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






46. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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







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