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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






6. To put or publish. Published novel






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






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






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






10. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






11. Romantic period;






12. Augustan Period






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






14. 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






15. Letters - usually formal






16. Augustan Period;






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






18. 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.)






19. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






20. (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






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






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






23. Romantic Period






24. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






25. 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'






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






36. 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






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






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






39. 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'






40. 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






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






43. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






49. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






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