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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. 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






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






3. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






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






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






6. 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'






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. A characteristic of art or nature that inspires a feeling of grander and mystery. For example: an ancient ruins - a storm swept landscape - of the fall of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost.






11. 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






12. 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'






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






14. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






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






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






17. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






18. 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.






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






26. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






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






29. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






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. 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






34. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






35. Victorian Period; Oliver twist - Our Mutual Friend - Little Dorrit - Bleak House






36. 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)






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






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






39. A group of four works






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. 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'






42. The semblance of truth - a quality that helps distinguish the early novel from fable and romance






43. 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






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






45. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. Augustan Period;