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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. A prose form originated by the French Renaissance humanist Michel de Montaigne as an experimental and skeptical approach to writing






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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






6. 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'






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






8. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






9. The rhythmic structure of poetry






10. 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.






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






12. Letters - usually formal






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






22. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






23. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






24. Augustan Period;






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






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






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






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






30. 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)






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Romantic Period






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






44. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






45. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






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






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






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






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