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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. Any tangible thing named in a language - regardless of whether that thing is literal or figurative






2. 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






3. 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






4. A philosophy of the Middle Ages and Renaissance that accommodated the thinking of Plato to Christian theology






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. (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






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






12. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






14. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






26. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. A group of four works






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. The most common meter in English verse. It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on every second beat (see blank verse). These lines in iambic pentameter are from The Merchant of Venice - by William Shakespeare:In sooth -/I know/not






41. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






42. 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






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






44. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






45. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






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






47. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






48. 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






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






50. Letters - usually formal