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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Genre in poetry. Its formal - meditative - and intense.






7. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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'






14. Augustan Period






15. Romantic Period






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






20. 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)






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






26. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






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






29. A collection of works on a common theme such as Charlemagne or the Trojan War. Cycles typically represent the work of several different authors brought together into a group. Cycles are often groups of romance narrative.






30. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






31. Romantic period;






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






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. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






36. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






37. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






39. 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






40. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Augustan Period;






48. 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.






49. 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






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