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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The narrative technique of shifting freely between a first-person and an interior third-person point of view






2. The contrast - as in a play - between what a character thinks the truth is - as revealed in a speech or action - and what an audience or reader knows the truth






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






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






5. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






6. To put or publish. Published novel






7. A literary - usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character - often in relation to a critical situation or event - in a monologue addressed to the reader or to a presumed listener.






8. The most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on every second beat (see blank verse). These lines in iambic pentameter are from The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare:In sooth -/I know/not






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






10. Is the idealized code of medieval nobility. It stressed honesty and integrity in living up to one's social obligations - courtesy to others - and deference to ladies.






11. Genre in poetry. Its formal - meditative - and intense.






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






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






14. (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






15. Repetition at the start of a sentence of the concluding word or phrase in the previous sentence. For example: 'There's only so much exercise you can get on a plane. A air plane is not the greatest place to work out'






16. 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






17. Renaissance Period; Sonnets - Hamlet - King Lear - Othello - Macbeth - Romeo & Juliet - Twelfth Night - Henry IV - and A Midsummer's Nught Dream.






18. A poem praising someone for their achievements - stemming from ancient Greece






19. 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






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






21. Plays presented during the Middle Ages by guilds of feast days - They depict important events in Christian history.






22. A verse form of Italian origin - made up of tercets - the second line of each tercet rhyming with the first and third lines of the next one (aba - bcb - cdc - etc.)






23. The use of a single word in two different senses at once. For example: I just quit smoking and my job.






24. Augustan Period






25. An unofficial grouping of works by authors whose importance has become generally recognized by literature scholars.






26. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






27. The complex social process that pushes certain people outside mainstream society - usually because they are perceived as a threat to shared values






28. A group of four works






29. 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.






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






31. Romantic Period






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






35. An important critical movement that took hold in the early decades of the twentieth century. It stresses the importance of paying close attention to the literary text as a way to develop critical intelligence






36. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






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






38. Romantic period;






39. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






40. 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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






46. 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






47. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






49. Novels about gruesome doings and supernatural horrors - usually set far away and long ago. The form emerged during the eighteenth century but gained popularity and respectability in the nineteenth - as the imagination in literature came to be more hi






50. A philosophy of the Middle Ages and Renaissance that accommodated the thinking of Plato to Christian theology