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CLEP English Literature All In One

Subjects : clep, literature, english
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1. The narrative devise of hinting at events that have yet to unfold






2. The pattern of rhymes in a stanza






3. 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.






4. A group of four works






5. 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






6. (1840-1900) prescribed liberal doses of 'English literature' as a means of restoring higher ideals to a society that appeared to grow increasingly crass.






7. (1790-1840) poets turned inward for the inspiration to celebrate the powers of nature and the creative spirit of individualism






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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'






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






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 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.






19. (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






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






21. A novel made up of correspondence between characters






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






29. Renaissance Period ; Paradise Lost






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Augustan Period






35. The device of presenting abstractions as human characters.






36. Letters - usually formal






37. Romantic period;






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Pastoral lyrics- pomes that idealize life of shepherds






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






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






44. 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.






45. 12th-15th Centuries. Promoted chivalric (knightly) ideals that helped stabilize a social hierarchy based on bloodlines






46. 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






47. The dramatic genre of the 1950s that enacts the idea of existential meaninglessness






48. Augustan Period;






49. The repetition of vowel sounds close to each other






50. 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







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