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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






2. 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.






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






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






5. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






6. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






14. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






15. Letters - usually formal






16. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






28. 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'






29. 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






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






31. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. Romantic period;






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






39. A group of four works






40. 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'






41. 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.






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






43. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






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






45. 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.)






46. Augustan Period;






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






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






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






50. Romantic Period