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CLEP Common Literary Forms And Genres
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1. A form of nonfictional discussion or argument that Michel de Montaigne pioneered in the 1500s.
Epic
Noir
Essay
Noh drama
2. A novel that tells a nonfictional - autobiographical story but uses novelistic techniques - such as fictionalized dialogue or anecdotes - to add color - immediacy - or thematic unity.
Short-short story
Ode
Black comedy
Autobiographical novel
3. Originally - a realistic novel detailing a scoundrel's exploits. The term grew to refer more generally to any novel with a loosely structured - episodic plot that revolves around the adventures of a central character.
Fiction
Picaresque novel
Fable
Epic
4. A poetic work that features the strong rhythms of free versebut is presented on the page in the form of prose - without line breaks.
Epigram
Memoir
Prose poem
Prose
5. A short play based on a biblical story.
Mystery play
Lyric
Noh drama
Primitivist literature
6. A short poetic composition that describes the thoughts of a single speaker.
Dramatic monologue
Burlesque
Novel of manners
Lyric
7. A humorous and often satirical imitation of the style or particular work of another author.
Noh drama
Novel
Aphorism
Parody
8. A lengthy narrative that describes the deeds of a heroic figure - often of national or cultural importance - in elevated language. Strictly - the term applies only to verse narratives like Beowulf or Virgil's Aeneid - but it is used to describe prose
Propaganda
Epic
Allegory
Epistolary novel
9. A short pastoral poem in the form of a dialogue between two shepherds. Virgil's Eclogues is the most famous example of this genre.
Nonfiction
Confessional poetry
Eclogue
Noir
10. Any composition not written in verse.
Nonfiction
Prose
Epic
Romance
11. A composition that is meant to be performed. The term often is used interchangeably with play.
Drama
Noir
Picaresque novel
Nonfiction
12. A fictional prose narrative of significant length.
Autobiographical novel
Prose
Eclogue
Novel
13. A form of high-energy comedy that plays on confusions and deceptions between characters and features a convoluted and fast-paced plot.
Farce
Aphorism
Allegory
Short-short story
14. A genre of fiction that presents an imagined future society that purports to be perfect and utopian but that the author presents to the reader as horrifyingly inhuman.
Romance
Dystopic literature
Metafiction
Novel of ideas
15. A narrative in which literal meaning corresponds clearly and directly to symbolic meaning. For example - the literal story in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress
Comedy
Tragicomedy
Allegory
Primitivist literature
16. An autobiographical poetic genre in which the poet discusses intensely personal subject matter with unusual frankness.
Confessional poetry
Autobiographical novel
Drama
One-act play
17. A speech - often in verse - by a lone character. The most famous example being the 'To be or not to be' speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Soliloquy
Picaresque novel
Prose poem
Pastiche
18. The nonfictional story of a person's life. James Boswell's Life of Johnson is one of the most celebrated examples.
Biography
Eclogue
Memoir
Tragedy
19. A German term - meaning 'formation novel -' for a novel about a child or adolescent's development into maturity - with special focus on the protagonist's quest for identity. James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a notable example.
Bildungsroman
Aphorism
Pastiche
Tragedy
20. A lighthearted play characterized by humor and a happy ending.
Comedy
Prose poem
Morality play
Confessional poetry
21. A concise expression of insight or wisdom: 'The vanity of others offends our taste only when it offends our vanity' (Friedrich Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil).
Prose poem
Miracle play
Comedy
Aphorism
22. A poem that contains words that a fictional or historical character speaks to a particular audience. Alfred - Lord Tennyson's 'Ulysses' is a famous example.
Dirge
Pastiche
Short-short story
Dramatic monologue
23. A short prose or verse narrative - such as those by Aesop - that illustrates a moral - which often is stated explicitly at the end.
Anecdote
Ode
Fable
Picaresque novel
24. A narrative work that reports true events.
Propaganda
Epistolary novel
Dystopic literature
Nonfiction
25. A romance that describes the adventures of medieval knights and celebrates their strict code of honor - loyalty - and respectful devotion to women.
Biography
Fable
Romance
Chivalric romance
26. A story meant to be performed in a theater before an audience. Most are written in dialogue form and are divided into several acts. Many include stage directions and instructions for sets and costumes.
Play
Autobiography
Epigram
Parody
27. A play consisting of a single act - without intermission and running usually less than an hour.
Propaganda
One-act play
Prose
Epigram
28. Bertolt Brecht's Marxist approach to theater - which rejects emotional and psychological engagement in favor of critical detachment.
Eclogue
Epic theater
Ballad
Romance
29. A play such as Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale that mixes elements of tragedy and comedy.
Epic theater
Tragicomedy
Memoir
Burlesque
30. Fiction that is set in an alternative reality
Dystopic literature
Parable
Fable
Science fiction
31. A play written in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries that presents an allegory of the Christian struggle for salvation.
Novel of manners
Morality play
Confessional poetry
Biography
32. A novel that focuses on the social customs of a certain class of people - often with a sharp eye for irony. Jane Austen's novels are prime examples of this genre.
Romance
Novel
Mystery play
Novel of manners
33. A work that imitates the style of a previous author - work - or literary genre. Alternatively - the term may refer to a work that contains a hodgepodge of elements or fragments from different sources or influences. It differs from parody in that its
Chivalric romance
Dramatic monologue
Pastiche
Ode
34. A play that confronts a contemporary social problem with the intent of changing public opinion on the matter.
Novel of ideas
Problem play
Burlesque
Verse novel
35. A story about a heroic figure derived from oral tradition and based partly on fact and partly on fiction.
Short-short story
Legend
Allegory
Didactic literature
36. A short narrative that illustrates a moral by means of allegory.
Dystopic literature
Parable
Metafiction
Epistolary novel
37. A novel in which the author's aim is to tell a story that illuminates and draws attention to contemporary social problems with the goal of inciting change for the better. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin - which exposed the horrors of Africa
Social protest novel
Elegy
Problem play
Myth
38. A novel set in an earlier historical period that features a plot shaped by the historical circumstances of that period.
Biography
Historical novel
Dirge
Fable
39. A work of prose fiction that is much shorter than a novel (rarely more than forty pages) and focused more tightly on a single event.
Drama
Prose poem
Short story
Historical novel
40. An autobiographical work. Rather than focus exclusively on the author's life - it pays significant attention to the author's involvement in historical events and the characterization of individuals other than the author.
Elegy
Tragedy
Memoir
Fable
41. A celebration of the simple - rustic life of shepherds and shepherdesses - usually written by a sophisticated - urban writer.
Novel of manners
Pastoral
Noir
Aphorism
42. A particularly compressed and truncated short story. They are rarely longer than 1 -000 words.
Epic
Satire
Short-short story
Morality play
43. Traditionally - a folk song telling a story or legend in simple language - often with a refrain.
Short-short story
Ballad
Novel of ideas
Noh drama
44. The brief narration of a single event or incident.
Primitivist literature
Anecdote
Tragicomedy
Epistolary novel
45. A serious play that ends unhappily for the protagonist.
Novel of ideas
Aphorism
Primitivist literature
Tragedy
46. A serious lyric poem - often of significant length - that usually conforms to an elaborate metrical structure.
Short-short story
Ode
Prose
Metafiction
47. A nonrealistic story - in verse or prose - that features idealized characters - improbable adventures - and exotic settings.
Satire
Short-short story
Romance
Confessional poetry
48. A novel written in the form of letters exchanged by characters in the story - such as Samuel Richardson's Clarissa or Alice Walker's The Color Purple. This form was especially popular in the 1700s.
Novella
Confessional poetry
Biography
Epistolary novel
49. A story about the origins of a culture's beliefs and practices - or of supernatural phenomena - usually derived from oral tradition and set in an imagined supernatural past.
Problem play
Myth
Ballad
Eclogue
50. A ritualized form of Japanese drama that evolved in the 1300s involving masks and slow - stylized movement.
Novel of manners
Verse novel
Didactic literature
Noh drama
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