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CSET Literature - 2
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1. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Point of view
Prose
Hyperbole
Animal folk tales
2. Shorter novels are called ___________
Euphemism
Convention
novellas
Biography
3. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Thesis
Rhetorical techniques
Convention
Rhetorical question
4. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
novellas
Short Story
Analyzing Poetry
5. 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.'
Figurative Language
Free Verse
Metaphor
Climax
6. 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.
Plot
Iambic Pentameter
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Examples of folk tales
7. 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
Syllogism
Euphemism
Myths
novellas
8. 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
Satire
Omniscient point of view
Climax
Figurative Language
9. 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
Syllogism
Flashback
Denouement/Resolution
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
10. 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
Tone
Alliteration
Examples of folk tales
Foreshadowing
11. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Setting
Biography
Analyzing Poetry
Denouement/Resolution
12. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Literal Language
Feminine ending
13. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Prose
Poetry
Personification
Parody
14. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Exposition
Attitude
Animal folk tales
Convention
15. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Omniscient point of view
Rhetorical techniques
Legends
Protagonist
16. 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).
Figurative Language
Genre
Theme
Plot
17. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.
Novel
Euphemism
Thesis
Exposition
18. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Denotation
Plot
Imagery
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
19. 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.
Theme
Narrative techniques
Jargon
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
20. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Free Verse
Alliteration
Lyrical
Oxymoron
21. 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?
Folk tales
Metaphor
Analyzing Poetry
Myths
22. The mode of expression in a language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author. - Elements/techniques include diction - syntax - figurative language - imagery - selection of detail - sound effects - and tone.
Allegory
Personification
Style
Rising action
23. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Ballad
Examples of folk tales
Diction
Animal folk tales
24. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Hyperbole
Analyzing Poetry
Denotation
Syllogism
25. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Parable
Allegory
Free Verse
Ballad
26. 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
Denouement/Resolution
Sonnet
Imagery
27. A comparison of similar traits between dissimilar things in order to highlight a point of similarity. 'We scored a touchdown on the educational assistance plan.'
Analogy
Short Story
Figurative Language
Protagonist
28. WHO is the speaker? Or who are the speakers? Male or female? WHERE is s/he? - WHEN does this poem take place? - WHAT are the circumstances?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Analyzing Poetry
Feminine ending
Climax
29. 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
Protagonist
Tone
Feminine ending
Short Story
30. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Prose
Diction
Plot
Free Verse
31. 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
Poetry
Alliteration
Rhetorical techniques
Style
32. 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
Metaphor
Exposition
Examples of folk tales
Autobiography
33. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Parody
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Novel
34. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
3 major categories of poetry
Legends
Figurative Language
Lyrical
35. A speaker's authors - or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject. (Hamlet's attitude toward Gertrude is a mixture of affection and revulsion - changing from one to the other within a single scene.)
Attitude
Free Verse
Structure
Genre
36. The images - sensory details - and figurative language of a literary work; words or phrases that appeal to the senses. The visual - auditory - or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work and the images that figurative language evokes.'Th
Omniscient point of view
Denotation
Irony
Imagery
37. 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
Analogy
Flashback
Literal Language
38. The images of a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work. Imagery has several definitions - but the two that are paramount are the visual - auditory - or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work and
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Imagery
Legends
39. 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.
Literal Language
Figurative Language
Rhetorical question
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
40. 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.
Hyperbole
Short Story
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Myths
41. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Jargon
Diction
Figurative Language
42. 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
3 major categories of poetry
Novel
Climax
Sonnet
43. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Novel
Iambic Pentameter
Metaphor
44. A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. - Begins with a major premise ('All tragedies end unhappily') followed by a minor premise ('Hamlet is a tragedy') and a conclusion ('Therefore - Hamlet ends unh
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Novel
Rhetorical question
Syllogism
45. The main thought expressed by a work.
Theme
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Alliteration
Metaphor
46. The background to a story; the physical location of a story - play - or novel. - The setting of a narrative will normally involve both time and place.
novellas
Setting
Theme
Autobiography
47. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Novel
Free Verse
Paradox
Connotation
48. 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
Irony
Foreshadowing
Analogy
Imagery
49. 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
Irony
Autobiography
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Hyperbole
50. 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
Parody
Poetry
Connotation
Structure