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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. (1670-1790) identified literature as a worthy cultural pursuit capable of reconciling respect for classical learning with the evolving interests and tastes of the educated middle class. Translated - imitated - and elucidated the most respectable anci






2. A prose form originated by the French Renaissance humanist Michel de Montaigne as an experimental and skeptical approach to writing






3. A repeated pattern of lines and rhymes analogous to a verse in a song






4. Written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters - as certain novels of the 18th cent.






5. A rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines - first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit - esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: 'In every work regard the writer's end - Since none can compass more than th






6. Novel a modernist form that puts a story together by tracing the thoughts and feelings of its characters rather than through the voice of a detached narrator






7. Poetry characterized by elaborate - sometimes bizarre use of metaphor; rough - rugged versification; dramatic speakers; and paradoxical reasoning.






8. Anything that isn't tangible. In literature - it can be opposed to imagery - the representation of tangible things






9. Designating or characteristic of a kind of fiction that originated in Spain and deals episodically with the adventures of a hero who is or resembles such a vagabond or rogue






10. A poem that treats the subject of the couple's wedding night






11. Made up of the ideas - beliefs - and values shared by members of a society. Ideology is shaped by political interests and serves power interests in ways we might not recognize






12. The continuation of the grammatical flow from one line of verse to the next






13. A novel that traces the development of a young person from childhood or adolescence to maturity. It is often written in the form of an autobiography






14. A novel in which real persons appear under fictitious names






15. Poetry that has no fixed meter - although it has rhythmic lines and line breaks and is therefore presumably composed with rhythmic qualities in mind. It came into vogue during the modern period.






16. One of the three sections of the Greek dramatic chorus and the Pindaric ode - along with the antistrophe and epode. These forms may be repeated in sequence within a single ode.






17. A couplet is a pair of lines of verse. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. While traditionally couplets rhyme - not all do






18. The dramatic genre of the 1950s that enacts the idea of existential meaninglessness






19. A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another - dissimilar thing by the use of like - as - etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale - her tears flowed like wine)






20. The rhythmic structure of poetry






21. A long - blustering - noisy - or scolding speech; tirade






22. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






23. One of three sections of the Greek dramatic chorus and the Pindaric ode - along with the strophe and epode. These forms may be repeated in sequence within a single ode.






24. An extended simile elaborated in great detail. Also called Homeric simile






25. A poem of fixed form - French in origin - consisting usually of five three-line stanzas and a final four-line stanza and having only two rhymes throughout






26. Romantic period;






27. Early Medieval Period; The protagonist of the poem. Beowulf is a Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel - Grendel's mother - and a fire-breathing dragon. Beowulf's exploits prove him to be the strongest - ablest warrior of his time. In his youth






28. The secondary significance a word acquires through association that goes beyond its literal meaning






29. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






30. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






31. Refers to the sound and structure of poetry - including meter - rhyme - assonance - and alliteration






32. The narrative devise of hinting at events that have yet to unfold






33. Renaissance Period; 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' & Doctor Faustus






34. The 1623 collection of William Shakespeare's plays published after his death by member of his acting company






35. A speech conventionally understood to convey the private thought of the character who delivers it






36. A term used in deconstruction - absence of meaning and multiplicity of possible meaning within a text






37. The mood or emotional attitude evoked or reflected in a written work






38. A verbal pattern in two parts in which the second part is like a mirror image of the first.






39. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






40. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






41. To put or publish. Published novel






42. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






43. A literary work that exposes evil or folly through the use of irony - ridicule - or derision






44. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






45. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






46. In deconstruction - things that are absent from yet suggested by a text. A trace may be the opposite of a written word






47. A work written to mourn the death and memorialize the life of someone who died






48. Is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response. As a figure of speech it is not intended to be taken literally. Hyperbole is frequently used for humour. Examples of hyperbole are: They ra






49. Novel a melodramatic novel devoted to scandalous doings - guilty secrets - and lurid intrigues






50. A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common Ex: Her home was a prison.






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