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CSET Literature - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ - characteristically praise for blame or blame for praise; a pattern of words that turns away from direct statement of its own obvious meaning. The term irony implies a discrepancy. In verb
Novel
Flashback
Folk tales
Irony
2. Can mean the mood or atmosphere of a work or a manner of speaking - but its most common use as a term of literary analysis is to denote the inferred attitude of an author - Author's attitude may be different from that of the speaker (usually the case
Feminine ending
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Jargon
Fairy tales
3. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Exposition
Theme
Convention
Personification
4. A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms. (Romeo's line 'feather of lead - bright smoke - cold fire - sick health' contains four examples of the device.)
Personification
Oxymoron
Convention
Irony
5. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Denouement/Resolution
Figurative Language
Denotation
Thesis
6. The actual definition of the word. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.'Winter's end' is the end of winter.
Lyrical
novellas
Prose
Literal Language
7. The event or events that allow the protagonist to make his or her commitment to a course of action as the conflict intensifies; the complication of the plot.
Rising action
Novel
Genre
Tone
8. Sometimes Shakespeare added an extra unstressed beat at the end of a line to emphasize a character's sense of contemplation (___________) - To BE - / or NOT / to BE: / that IS / the QUES- / - tion
Hyperbole
Feminine ending
Free Verse
Simile
9. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Prose
Convention
Ballad
Animal folk tales
10. A literary form - such as an essay - novel - of poem - Within genres like the poem - there are also more specific genres based upon content (love poem - nature poem) or form (sonnet - ode).
Genre
Convention
Theme
Flashback
11. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Free Verse
Connotation
Feminine ending
Examples of folk tales
12. The point of highest interest in a novel - short story - or play in terms of the conflict - the point with the most action - or the turning point for the protagonist.
Soliloquy
Ballad
Prose
Climax
13. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
3 major categories of poetry
Climax
Thesis
Satire
14. The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts - A general term that asks you to discuss the procedures used in the telling of a story. - Examples of techniques used are point of view - manipulation of
Fairy tales
Point of view
Euphemism
Narrative techniques
15. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Setting
Sonnet
Free Verse
Tone
16. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Metaphor
Analyzing Poetry
Symbol
Protagonist
17. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Novel
Allegory
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
18. Encompasses works written in verse - perhaps with a meter and rhyme scheme - and uses written language in a pattern that is sung - chanted - or spoken to emphasize the relationships between words and ideas on the basis of sound as well as meaning. Th
Jargon
Poetry
Biography
novellas
19. Writing that uses figures of speech (as opposed to literal language or that which is actual or specifically denoted) - such as metaphors - similes - and irony. Figurative Language uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The bl
Setting
Allusion
Figurative Language
Allegory
20. Type of folk tale - Narratives that often include creation stories and explain tribal beginnings - May incorporate supernatural beings or quasi - historical figures (e.g. King Arthur - Lady Godiva) - Told and retold as if they are based on facts; alw
Legends
Metaphor
Symbol
Hyperbole
21. A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud (Hamlet's 'To be - or not to be' and 'O! What a rogue and peasant slave am I') - A monologue also has a single speaker - but the monologuist speaks to others who do not inter
Literal
Soliloquy
Climax
Prose
22. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Folk tales
Personification
Connotation
Soliloquy
23. A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects usually with 'like -' 'as -' or 'than.' It is easier to recognize than a metaphor because the comparison is explicit. 'My love is like a fever.'
Euphemism
Simile
Foreshadowing
Theme
24. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Euphemism
Diction
Attitude
Free Verse
25. An author's account of his or her own life.
Autobiography
Symbol
Narrative techniques
Alliteration
26. A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term 'as -' 'like -' or 'than.' - 'The black bat night' rather than
Climax
Denotation
Metaphor
Parable
27. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Animal folk tales
novellas
Falling action
Allegory
28. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Plot
Setting
Imagery
29. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Rhetorical techniques
Hyperbole
Narrative techniques
Thesis
30. 10 syllables in each line -5 pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables - The rhythm in each line sounds like: ba - BUM / ba - BUM / ba - BUM / ba - BUM / ba - BUM - Used (though not invented) by Shakespeare
Myths
Analogy
Iambic Pentameter
Poetry
31. Understand the meaning of all the words in the poem - especially words you think you know but which don't seem to fit in the context of the poem. - Understand the grammar of the poem. - Beware of skewed word order (i.e. a direct object before the sub
Short Story
Fairy tales
Irony
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
32. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Rhetorical question
Syllogism
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Plot
33. The special language of a profession or group - The term usually has pejorative associations - with the implication that it is evasive - tedious - and unintelligible to outsiders.
Hyperbole
Jargon
Imagery
Oxymoron
34. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Iambic Pentameter
Rhetorical question
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Fairy tales
35. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.
Metaphor
Euphemism
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Jargon
36. The main thought expressed by a work.
Prose
Theme
Oxymoron
Legends
37. Usually concrete objects or images that represent abstract ideas; something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else. For example - winter - darkness - and cold are real things - but in literature they are also likely to be used as
3 major categories of poetry
Omniscient point of view
Symbol
Poetry
38. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Denouement/Resolution
Personification
Examples of folk tales
Autobiography
39. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Feminine ending
Falling action
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Personification
40. The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning. - Described by adjectives - May change from chapter to chapter or even line to line - May be the result of allusion - diction - figurativ
Tone
Plot
Feminine ending
Novel
41. A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like as - like - or than. Ex: 'The black bat night.'
Symbol
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Irony
Metaphor
42. A technique that uses clues to suggest events that have not yet occurred - Often used to create suspense and thus make a story more interesting
Denotation
Foreshadowing
Connotation
Parody
43. The vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know - see - and report whatever he or she chooses. The narrator is free to describe the thoughts of any of the characters - to skip about in time or place - or to speak directly to the reader.
Personification
Omniscient point of view
Point of view
Theme
44. Think about: The parts/structural divisions of the poem and how they are related to each other - The punctuation - Repetitions (i.e. parallel syntax or the use of a simile in each sentence) - The logic of the poem. Does it ask questions and then answ
Personification
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Euphemism
45. An accurate history of a single person.
Biography
Tragedy
Satire
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
46. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Parable
Personification
Analyzing Poetry
Thesis
47. Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule.- Usually comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correcting vice and folly.- Social criticism using wit. (Examples can be found in the novels of Charles Dickens - Mark Tw
Foreshadowing
Satire
Falling action
Plot
48. Condensed story ranging in length from 2000-10000 words - most often with a singular/limited purpose - Made up of elements such as plot - character - setting - point of view - and theme - Often based on common dramatic structure
Iambic Pentameter
Personification
Simile
Short Story
49. A device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression.(A lover observing the literary love conventions cannot eat or sleep and grows pale and lean.)
Convention
Folk tales
Rising action
Hyperbole
50. Type of folk tale - Presented as entirely fictional pieces - Often begin with a formulaic opening line - such as 'Once upon a time...' or 'In a certain country there once lived...' - Recurring plots: supernatural adventures and mishaps of youngest da
Denotation
Imagery
Irony
Fairy tales