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CSET Literature - 2
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1. 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
3 major categories of poetry
Rhetorical question
Figurative Language
Feminine ending
2. Any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told - May be omniscient - limited to that of a single character - or limited to that of several characters - as well as other possibilities. - The teller may use the first person and/or th
Point of view
Diction
Metaphor
Hyperbole
3. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Euphemism
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Omniscient point of view
4. A technique in which the narrative moves to a time prior to that of the main story - Can make a story more interesting by giving it depth
Flashback
Symbol
Literal
Legends
5. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length - Styles include picaresque - epistolary - gothic - romantic - realist - and historical ren have mastered the mechanics of reading - between ages 9 and 12 - they are prepared to sustain the more d
Protagonist
Satire
Climax
Novel
6. 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
Prose
Thesis
Examples of folk tales
Narrative techniques
7. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Allusion
Climax
Hyperbole
Parody
8. 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
Simile
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Allegory
9. 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.
Iambic Pentameter
Literal Language
Metaphor
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
10. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Ballad
Autobiography
Omniscient point of view
11. 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.'
Simile
Literal Language
Euphemism
Parody
12. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Satire
Novel
Denotation
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
13. 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. Uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The black bat night has fl
Euphemism
Literal
Figurative Language
Irony
14. Be able to see the point of the poem - Define what the poem says and why. i.e. A love poem usually praises the loved one in the hope that the speaker's love will be returned.
Free Verse
Euphemism
Satire
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
15. 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.)
Symbol
Convention
Personification
Simile
16. 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
novellas
Tone
Hyperbole
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
17. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Imagery
Point of view
Exposition
Iambic Pentameter
18. 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
Soliloquy
Simile
Personification
Omniscient point of view
19. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Prose
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Parable
Feminine ending
20. A story in which people - things - and events have another meaning. (Orwell's Animal Farm) - Explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken - Conveys meaning through use of symbolic figures - actions - and symbolic representation - Extended
Paradox
Legends
Allegory
Thesis
21. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Plot
Alliteration
Genre
22. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Irony
Novel
Animal folk tales
Sonnet
23. The management of language for a specific effect - In a poem - the planned pacing of elements to acheive an effect. Example: the rhetorical strategy of most love poems is deployed to convince the loved one to return the speaker's love. By appealing t
Feminine ending
Metaphor
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Tone
24. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Connotation
Prose
Rising action
Metaphor
25. Deliberate exaggeration - overstatement. As a rule - hyperbole is self - conscious - w/o intention of being accepted literally. 'The strongest man in the world' and 'a diamond as big as the Ritz' are hyperbolic.
Irony
Euphemism
Alliteration
Hyperbole
26. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Parody
Jargon
Simile
Protagonist
27. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Point of view
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Personification
28. An accurate history of a single person.
Setting
Biography
Iambic Pentameter
Protagonist
29. 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
Irony
Personification
Literal Language
Analogy
30. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Symbol
Metaphor
Animal folk tales
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
31. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Animal folk tales
Climax
Protagonist
Denouement/Resolution
32. Evoke events of a time long past - Generally concern the adventures and misadventures of gods - giants - heroes - nymphs - satyrs - and larger - than - life villains - all entities that reside outside of ordinary human existence yet are entwined in o
Parody
Oxymoron
Syllogism
Myths
33. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Novel
Point of view
Metaphor
Denotation
34. A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ - characteristically praise for blame and blame for praise; the use of words to suggest the opposite of their intended meaning. A pattern of words that turns away from direct statement of i
Climax
Imagery
Irony
Euphemism
35. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Rhetorical techniques
Alliteration
Exposition
Legends
36. A statement that seems to be self - contradicting but - in fact - is true. (The figure in a Donne sonnet that concludes 'I shall never be chaste except you ravish me' is a good example of the device.)
Legends
Novel
Simile
Paradox
37. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Denotation
Genre
Irony
Diction
38. 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
Examples of folk tales
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
39. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
Animal folk tales
Narrative techniques
3 major categories of poetry
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
40. A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work - especially to a well - known historical or literary event - person - or work. (In Hamlet - when Horatio says - 'ere the mightiest Julius fell -' the allusion is to the death of Juliu
Fairy tales
Soliloquy
Biography
Allusion
41. Shorter novels are called ___________
novellas
Protagonist
Examples of folk tales
Connotation
42. 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
Oxymoron
Fairy tales
Folk tales
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
43. The arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. - The most common principles are series (A - B - C - D - E) - contrast (A vs. B - C vs. D - E vs. A) and repetition (AA
Metaphor
Structure
Iambic Pentameter
Personification
44. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Style
Genre
Setting
Lyrical
45. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Literal
Metaphor
Setting
46. The main thought expressed by a work.
Metaphor
Convention
Ballad
Theme
47. What is the dramatic situation? What is the structure of the poem? What is the theme of the poem? Is the meaning clear? What is the tone of the poem? What are the important images and figures of speech?
Metaphor
Point of view
Analyzing Poetry
Iambic Pentameter
48. 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
Feminine ending
Soliloquy
Parody
Foreshadowing
49. 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.
Climax
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
3 major categories of poetry
50. 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
Theme
Flashback
Symbol
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?