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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. A novel concerned with the negative social and economic impacts of industrialism






2. The mood or emotional attitude evoked or reflected in a written work






3. (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






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 repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






6. 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.)






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






8. Augustan Period;






9. 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






10. Romantic Period






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






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






13. 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.






14. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






26. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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. 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)






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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. 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






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






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






37. 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'






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






39. 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






40. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






41. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






42. The rhythmic structure of poetry






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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