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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. Victorian Period; Oliver twist - Our Mutual Friend - Little Dorrit - Bleak House






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






3. The rhythmic structure of poetry






4. Augustan Period;






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Romantic period;






10. 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






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






12. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Letters - usually formal






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. To put or publish. Published novel






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






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






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






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. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






31. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






32. Any tangible thing named in a language - regardless of whether that thing is literal or figurative






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






34. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






35. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






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






40. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






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






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






44. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






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