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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






3. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






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






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






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






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






8. 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'






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Plays presented during the Middle Ages by guilds of feast days - They depict important events in Christian history.






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






25. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Augustan Period






29. 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.






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






31. 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)






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






33. (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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






45. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






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






47. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






48. 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'






49. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






50. 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.)







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