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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. 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.






2. To put or publish. Published novel






3. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






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






6. (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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.)






12. 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'






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






14. 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






15. A characteristic of art or nature that inspires a feeling of grander and mystery. For example: an ancient ruins - a storm swept landscape - of the fall of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost.






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






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






18. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






19. Augustan Period






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. A group of four works






27. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






28. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






29. (1540-1640) public theaters presented plays that celebrated a semifluid social order governed by absolute power. These dramas portrayed any unchecked social mobility that might threaten state stability as the result of personal evil - corruption - an






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






31. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






32. 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.






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






34. 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'






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. The rhythmic structure of poetry






40. 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)






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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






48. The secondary significance a word acquires through association that goes beyond its literal meaning






49. 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






50. 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