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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






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






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






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






5. The rhythmic structure of poetry






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






15. To put or publish. Published novel






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






17. Any tangible thing named in a language - regardless of whether that thing is literal or figurative






18. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






20. A method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense: the irony of calling a stupid plan 'clever'






21. 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






22. A sentence that changes its grammatical structure in the middle - often suggest disturbance or excitement. For example: 'we had almost reached the finished line and then the race had to have been fixed from the beginning'






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






24. 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.)






25. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






27. Letters - usually formal






28. 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






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






30. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






32. Romantic Period






33. 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






34. (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






35. Romantic period;






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






37. A group of four works






38. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






40. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






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






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






43. An important narrative form that emerges at the threshold between orality and literacy. They are written down at some point after a period of oral development. Beowulf is considered an epic.






44. Augustan Period






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






46. 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.






47. (1540-1640) public theaters presented plays that celebrated a semifluid social order governed by absolute power. These dramas portrayed any unchecked social mobility that might threaten state stability as the result of personal evil - corruption - an






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






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






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