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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. Anything that isn't tangible. In literature - it can be opposed to imagery - the representation of tangible things






2. Romantic Period






3. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






4. 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.






5. Novel a melodramatic novel devoted to scandalous doings - guilty secrets - and lurid intrigues






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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'






14. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






15. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






16. 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'






17. 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






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






19. To put or publish. Published novel






20. 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.






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






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






23. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






29. The process of denying or disguising political values by misrepresenting them as natural - universal - or transcendent ideals.






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






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






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






33. A group of four works






34. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






36. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






37. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






38. 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






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






41. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






46. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






47. 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.






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






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






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