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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The secondary significance a word acquires through association that goes beyond its literal meaning






2. 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.






3. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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'






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






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






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






14. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






15. Augustan Period;






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






17. Augustan Period






18. Letters - usually formal






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






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






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






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






23. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






25. 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






26. 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'






27. 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






28. 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.)






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






30. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






36. Renaissance Period; Sonnets - Hamlet - King Lear - Othello - Macbeth - Romeo & Juliet - Twelfth Night - Henry IV - and A Midsummer's Nught Dream.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Romantic period;






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






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






47. To put or publish. Published novel






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






49. A group of four works






50. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost