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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






2. 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.






3. A short - carefully constructed scene in a film - play - etc.; specif. - one regarded as subtle - sensitive - etc






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






5. A lyric from stemming from the Middle Ages that treats the subject of two lovers waking up together. It may deal with the joy of being together or with the sorrow of having to part.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. (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






11. Unrhymed verse; esp. - unrhymed verse having five iambic feet per line - as in Elizabethan drama






12. A collection of works on a common theme such as Charlemagne or the Trojan War. Cycles typically represent the work of several different authors brought together into a group. Cycles are often groups of romance narrative.






13. 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)






14. Augustan Period;






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. A movement that took place near the end of the nineteenth century that aimed to free art from conventional Victorian morality






20. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






21. 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






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






23. The rhythmic structure of poetry






24. 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






25. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






27. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






29. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






30. 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






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






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






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






34. A group of four works






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






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






37. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






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






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






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






41. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






42. 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.






43. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






45. Heroic poetry with an important subject of crucial national or cultural significance - together with a grand - lofty tone. Many epics tell the story of the founding of a nation or race by means of battle or journey






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






47. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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







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