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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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)






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. The narrative technique of shifting freely between a first-person and an interior third-person point of view






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






17. 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






18. Romantic Period






19. Romantic period;






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






25. (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






26. 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'






27. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






28. 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






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






30. 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.)






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






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






33. 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.






34. The process of denying or disguising political values by misrepresenting them as natural - universal - or transcendent ideals.






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






41. The rhythmic structure of poetry






42. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






43. 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.






44. To put or publish. Published novel






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






46. 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'






47. Augustan Period;






48. 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






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






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