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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
Feminine ending
Attitude
Denotation
Lyrical
2. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Denouement/Resolution
Analyzing Poetry
Exposition
Thesis
3. A play with a serious content and an unhappy ending. (Shakespeare's Hamlet - Miller's Death of a Salesman.)
Connotation
Tragedy
Foreshadowing
Poetry
4. 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.
Jargon
Diction
Allegory
Rising action
5. 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.)
Exposition
Simile
Denouement/Resolution
Oxymoron
6. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Examples of folk tales
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Sonnet
Myths
7. 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
Feminine ending
Myths
Rising action
Short Story
8. 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
Convention
Ballad
Genre
9. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Omniscient point of view
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Satire
Oxymoron
10. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Rhetorical techniques
Literal Language
Connotation
Novel
11. 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
Syllogism
Folk tales
Symbol
Iambic Pentameter
12. 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.)
Fairy tales
Rhetorical techniques
Paradox
Climax
13. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Lyrical
3 major categories of poetry
Novel
Falling action
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.
Rising action
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Analogy
15. 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
Allusion
Style
Rhetorical techniques
Novel
16. 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
Attitude
Protagonist
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Figurative Language
17. 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
Analogy
Foreshadowing
Poetry
Feminine ending
18. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Free Verse
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
3 major categories of poetry
19. 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
Imagery
Animal folk tales
Rhetorical question
Metaphor
20. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Parody
Personification
Prose
Syllogism
21. 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.
novellas
Hyperbole
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Thesis
22. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Legends
Metaphor
Parody
Denouement/Resolution
23. 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.'
Examples of folk tales
Protagonist
Personification
Metaphor
24. 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
Analogy
Irony
Fairy tales
Jargon
25. 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.)
Structure
Euphemism
Omniscient point of view
Convention
26. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Syllogism
Parable
3 major categories of poetry
Analyzing Poetry
27. 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
Poetry
Figurative Language
Examples of folk tales
Structure
28. 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.
Setting
Figurative Language
Foreshadowing
Flashback
29. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Style
Thesis
30. 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
Theme
Genre
Analyzing Poetry
31. Prose narratives that follow traditional storylines that arise from oral traditions in histories - As old as language - Adapt from culture to culture - Original author is never known - Arise through the process of recombining traditional elements (mo
Folk tales
Literal
Imagery
Point of view
32. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Hyperbole
Imagery
Novel
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
33. 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?
Rhetorical question
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Connotation
34. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Animal folk tales
Falling action
Hyperbole
Connotation
35. 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
Parody
Rhetorical question
Allegory
Setting
36. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
Figurative Language
Thesis
Alliteration
Fairy tales
37. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Fairy tales
Animal folk tales
Protagonist
Irony
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
Falling action
Imagery
Climax
Attitude
39. 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
Hyperbole
Exposition
Parable
Legends
40. 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.
Omniscient point of view
Parable
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Climax
41. 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?
Foreshadowing
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Analyzing Poetry
Personification
42. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Analogy
Literal
Oxymoron
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
43. Shorter novels are called ___________
novellas
Rhetorical techniques
Irony
Theme
44. 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
Poetry
Setting
Simile
45. 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
Biography
Point of view
Climax
46. An accurate history of a single person.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Biography
Myths
47. 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
Attitude
novellas
Setting
48. The main thought expressed by a work.
Simile
Climax
Theme
Diction
49. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Plot
Ballad
Narrative techniques
Attitude
50. 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
Jargon
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Attitude
Myths