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CLEP English Literature All In One

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1. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






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






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






4. 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






5. Augustan Period; Robinson Crusoe - Moll Flanders






6. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






7. 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.






8. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






9. (1670-1790) identified literature as a worthy cultural pursuit capable of reconciling respect for classical learning with the evolving interests and tastes of the educated middle class. Translated - imitated - and elucidated the most respectable anci






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






11. 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.)






12. 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'






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






14. Letters - usually formal






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






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






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






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






19. An extended metaphor used in a drama or narrative






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






21. 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)






22. The rhythmic structure of poetry






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






24. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






25. Romantic Period






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. To put or publish. Published novel






32. 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






33. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






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






36. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Augustan Period;






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






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. Romantic Period; Pride and Prejudice - Emma






47. Focus on the lives of the rich and elegant






48. (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






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






50. Modern Period; 'Dulce et Decorum Est'







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