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CSET Literature - 2
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1. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Examples of folk tales
3 major categories of poetry
Folk tales
Thesis
2. 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.
Foreshadowing
Fairy tales
Alliteration
Setting
3. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Tragedy
Novel
Setting
Short Story
4. 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
Narrative techniques
Allegory
Examples of folk tales
5. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Convention
Rhetorical techniques
Simile
Personification
6. 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.)
Soliloquy
Rising action
Attitude
Feminine ending
7. 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
Omniscient point of view
Structure
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
8. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Figurative Language
Autobiography
Hyperbole
Iambic Pentameter
9. 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.
Poetry
Satire
Personification
Rising action
10. 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.
Omniscient point of view
Tone
Literal Language
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
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.'
Prose
Simile
Allusion
Structure
12. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Symbol
Parable
novellas
Hyperbole
13. 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
Syllogism
Irony
Foreshadowing
Allusion
14. 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
Rhetorical question
Free Verse
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Iambic Pentameter
15. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Ballad
Structure
Parable
16. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Irony
Myths
Autobiography
17. 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.
Ballad
Paradox
Figurative Language
Style
18. 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.)
Myths
Paradox
Oxymoron
Fairy tales
19. 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
Fairy tales
Legends
Figurative Language
Paradox
20. 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
novellas
Myths
Imagery
21. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Exposition
Satire
Rising action
Falling action
22. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Rhetorical techniques
Alliteration
Prose
Exposition
23. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Denotation
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Metaphor
Plot
24. 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. Figurative Language uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The bl
Oxymoron
Figurative Language
Sonnet
Simile
25. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Alliteration
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Protagonist
Legends
26. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Structure
Ballad
Fairy tales
Analogy
27. An author's account of his or her own life.
Novel
Autobiography
Point of view
Novel
28. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Examples of folk tales
Setting
Theme
Connotation
29. Normally the point of highest interest in a novel - short story - or play. As a technical term of dramatic composition - the climax is the place where the action reaches a turning point - where the rising action (the complication of the plot) ends -
Climax
Figurative Language
Poetry
Hyperbole
30. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Prose
Rhetorical techniques
Rhetorical question
Literal Language
31. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Animal folk tales
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Irony
Folk tales
32. 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
Climax
Symbol
Narrative techniques
Feminine ending
33. 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
Rising action
Rhetorical question
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
34. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Figurative Language
Metaphor
Plot
Symbol
35. 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.
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
Narrative techniques
36. Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule.- Usually comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correcting vice and folly.- Social criticism using wit. (Examples can be found in the novels of Charles Dickens - Mark Tw
Satire
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
37. 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
Denouement/Resolution
Allusion
Feminine ending
Tragedy
38. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Foreshadowing
Euphemism
Narrative techniques
39. The main thought expressed by a work.
Parody
Poetry
Setting
Theme
40. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Ballad
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Allegory
41. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Prose
Novel
Personification
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
42. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Personification
Rhetorical question
Satire
Convention
43. 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
Jargon
Imagery
Syllogism
Exposition
44. An accurate history of a single person.
Short Story
Metaphor
Biography
Climax
45. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Theme
Literal
Falling action
Climax
46. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Diction
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Sonnet
Flashback
47. 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
Climax
Symbol
Syllogism
48. 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
Parable
Prose
Literal Language
Tone
49. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Short Story
Free Verse
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry
50. 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
Rhetorical question
Novel
Paradox
Euphemism