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CSET Literature - 2
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1. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Climax
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
2. 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.)
Autobiography
Free Verse
Thesis
Attitude
3. 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
Protagonist
Personification
Narrative techniques
Point of view
4. 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
Free Verse
Literal
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Convention
5. 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).
Novel
Novel
Legends
Genre
6. 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
Imagery
Myths
Metaphor
7. 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.
Analogy
Jargon
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Denotation
8. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Personification
Ballad
Imagery
9. 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
Structure
Imagery
Connotation
Soliloquy
10. 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
Irony
Imagery
Personification
11. An author's account of his or her own life.
Climax
Autobiography
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Satire
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.)
Feminine ending
Exposition
Connotation
Paradox
13. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Simile
Free Verse
Foreshadowing
Novel
14. 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
Narrative techniques
Autobiography
Tone
Short Story
15. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
Diction
Fairy tales
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
16. 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
Prose
novellas
Autobiography
Irony
17. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Rhetorical techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Lyrical
18. 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
Short Story
Figurative Language
Climax
Metaphor
19. 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?
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry
Myths
Irony
20. 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
Omniscient point of view
Imagery
Flashback
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
21. 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
Paradox
3 major categories of poetry
Imagery
Falling action
22. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Imagery
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Plot
Satire
23. 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.)
Novel
Convention
Omniscient point of view
Personification
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
Figurative Language
Irony
Imagery
Plot
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.
Exposition
Jargon
Hyperbole
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
26. The main thought expressed by a work.
Short Story
Theme
Analyzing Poetry
Iambic Pentameter
27. 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?
Protagonist
Poetry
Falling action
28. 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
Folk tales
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Analogy
novellas
29. 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
Convention
Lyrical
Falling action
Poetry
30. 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
Theme
Syllogism
Euphemism
Foreshadowing
31. 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
Figurative Language
Novel
Autobiography
Fairy tales
32. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Rhetorical question
Prose
Diction
Feminine ending
33. 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.
Jargon
Rhetorical question
Narrative techniques
Style
34. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
3 major categories of poetry
Literal
Setting
Paradox
35. 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
Allegory
Point of view
Theme
Iambic Pentameter
36. 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
Attitude
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Myths
Satire
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
Style
Foreshadowing
Symbol
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
38. 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
Setting
Folk tales
Legends
Structure
39. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Iambic Pentameter
Simile
Irony
Denotation
40. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Allusion
Myths
Feminine ending
Literal
41. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Omniscient point of view
Literal Language
Parable
Convention
42. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Parody
Metaphor
Feminine ending
Rhetorical question
43. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Sonnet
Autobiography
Folk tales
Structure
44. 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.
Rhetorical techniques
Oxymoron
Narrative techniques
Rising action
45. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Novel
Syllogism
Rhetorical question
Theme
46. 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
Imagery
Poetry
Connotation
47. 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.
Flashback
Iambic Pentameter
Omniscient point of view
Analyzing Poetry
48. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Style
Protagonist
Personification
49. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Novel
Lyrical
Feminine ending
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
50. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.
Analyzing Poetry
Point of view
Euphemism
Style