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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. Augustan Period;






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






3. 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'






4. To put or publish. Published novel






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






6. Romantic Period






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






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






9. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






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






11. Romantic period;






12. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. The repetition of consonant sounds close to each other






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






19. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






20. 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.)






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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'






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






40. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






42. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






48. 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.






49. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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