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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. Romantic Period






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






3. Romantic period;






4. 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






5. 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






6. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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)






10. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. To put or publish. Published novel






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. Augustan Period;






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






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






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






38. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






40. Augustan Period






41. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






42. (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






43. Renaissance Period; 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' & Doctor Faustus






44. 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'






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






46. The rhythmic structure of poetry






47. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






48. 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.






49. 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






50. Novel a modernist form that puts a story together by tracing the thoughts and feelings of its characters rather than through the voice of a detached narrator