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CSET Literature - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Protagonist
Novel
Thesis
Hyperbole
2. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.
Examples of folk tales
Flashback
Euphemism
Attitude
3. 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.
Novel
Jargon
Falling action
Climax
4. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Allegory
Short Story
Personification
Rising action
5. 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
Style
Point of view
Folk tales
Syllogism
6. 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
Analogy
Soliloquy
7. 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.'
Feminine ending
Tragedy
Simile
Exposition
8. 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
Flashback
Novel
Irony
Connotation
9. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Figurative Language
Climax
Climax
Rhetorical techniques
10. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Plot
Parable
Climax
Figurative Language
11. 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.'
Imagery
Irony
Parody
Analogy
12. 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
Ballad
Short Story
Point of view
Rhetorical question
13. 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
Attitude
Myths
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Climax
14. 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
Imagery
Legends
Rising action
Syllogism
15. 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.)
Oxymoron
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Denouement/Resolution
Plot
16. 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
Metaphor
Literal Language
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
17. 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.)
Allusion
Convention
Thesis
Climax
18. 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.
Paradox
Hyperbole
Novel
Imagery
19. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Rhetorical techniques
Lyrical
Biography
Point of view
20. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Tragedy
Narrative techniques
Falling action
Imagery
21. An author's account of his or her own life.
Convention
Autobiography
Fairy tales
Flashback
22. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Prose
Denouement/Resolution
Fairy tales
Hyperbole
23. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Setting
Prose
Animal folk tales
Rising action
24. 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
Personification
Tone
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Irony
25. 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
Autobiography
Analogy
Folk tales
26. 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
Omniscient point of view
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Analogy
27. 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
Personification
Legends
Hyperbole
Folk tales
28. 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
Allegory
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Short Story
Exposition
29. 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
Metaphor
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Iambic Pentameter
Climax
30. 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
Allusion
Metaphor
Soliloquy
Lyrical
31. 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
Figurative Language
Rhetorical question
Autobiography
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
32. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Tone
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Personification
Figurative Language
33. 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
Irony
Irony
Flashback
Connotation
34. Shorter novels are called ___________
Theme
Animal folk tales
Figurative Language
novellas
35. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Ballad
Protagonist
Tone
Folk tales
36. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Setting
Paradox
Denotation
Animal folk tales
37. 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.)
Rhetorical techniques
Analogy
Attitude
Imagery
38. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Allegory
Imagery
Plot
39. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Diction
Personification
Figurative Language
Free Verse
40. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Falling action
Analyzing Poetry
Myths
Novel
41. 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
Tone
Satire
Metaphor
Omniscient point of view
42. 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.
Foreshadowing
Narrative techniques
Literal Language
Style
43. 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?
Rising action
Metaphor
Analyzing Poetry
Short Story
44. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Poetry
Free Verse
Foreshadowing
Animal folk tales
45. 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.'
Metaphor
Fairy tales
Point of view
Foreshadowing
46. 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
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Protagonist
Rhetorical question
Point of view
47. 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
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Thesis
48. Look for: - Important literal sensory objects and images? - The similes and metaphors of the poem. In each - exactly what is being compared to what? - A pattern in the images - such as a series of comparisons - Also be able to discriminate between th
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Novel
Syllogism
Omniscient point of view
49. 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
Free Verse
Novel
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Symbol
50. 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
Structure
Irony
Setting