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CSET Literature - 2
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1. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
3 major categories of poetry
Climax
Novel
Flashback
2. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Rhetorical question
Hyperbole
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Diction
3. A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like as - like - or than. Ex: 'The black bat night.'
Myths
Personification
Metaphor
Paradox
4. A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms. (Romeo's line 'feather of lead - bright smoke - cold fire - sick health' contains four examples of the device.)
Syllogism
Personification
Oxymoron
Literal
5. Any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told - May be omniscient - limited to that of a single character - or limited to that of several characters - as well as other possibilities. - The teller may use the first person and/or th
Point of view
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Thesis
Style
6. Writing that uses figures of speech (as opposed to literal language or that which is actual or specifically denoted) - such as metaphors - similes - and irony. Uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The black bat night has fl
Point of view
Allegory
Irony
Figurative Language
7. The event or events that allow the protagonist to make his or her commitment to a course of action as the conflict intensifies; the complication of the plot.
Rising action
Euphemism
Tragedy
Paradox
8. Normally the point of highest interest in a novel - short story - or play. As a technical term of dramatic composition - the climax is the place where the action reaches a turning point - where the rising action (the complication of the plot) ends -
Personification
Sonnet
Climax
Literal
9. Sometimes Shakespeare added an extra unstressed beat at the end of a line to emphasize a character's sense of contemplation (___________) - To BE - / or NOT / to BE: / that IS / the QUES- / - tion
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Thesis
Personification
Feminine ending
10. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Lyrical
Satire
Connotation
Parody
11. Can mean the mood or atmosphere of a work or a manner of speaking - but its most common use as a term of literary analysis is to denote the inferred attitude of an author - Author's attitude may be different from that of the speaker (usually the case
Climax
Rhetorical techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Tragedy
12. A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects usually with 'like -' 'as -' or 'than.' It is easier to recognize than a metaphor because the comparison is explicit. 'My love is like a fever.'
Structure
Simile
Foreshadowing
Parody
13. The special language of a profession or group - The term usually has pejorative associations - with the implication that it is evasive - tedious - and unintelligible to outsiders.
Protagonist
Jargon
Narrative techniques
Hyperbole
14. Be able to see the point of the poem - Define what the poem says and why. i.e. A love poem usually praises the loved one in the hope that the speaker's love will be returned.
Personification
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Literal
Convention
15. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Diction
Satire
Examples of folk tales
Lyrical
16. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Convention
Rhetorical techniques
Biography
17. An author's account of his or her own life.
Diction
Irony
Denotation
Autobiography
18. Writing that uses figures of speech (as opposed to literal language or that which is actual or specifically denoted) - such as metaphors - similes - and irony. Figurative Language uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The bl
Attitude
Parable
Figurative Language
Folk tales
19. A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term 'as -' 'like -' or 'than.' - 'The black bat night' rather than
Jargon
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Metaphor
Imagery
20. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Animal folk tales
Hyperbole
Analyzing Poetry
Rhetorical techniques
21. The main thought expressed by a work.
Theme
Climax
Rising action
Exposition
22. Think about: The parts/structural divisions of the poem and how they are related to each other - The punctuation - Repetitions (i.e. parallel syntax or the use of a simile in each sentence) - The logic of the poem. Does it ask questions and then answ
Analogy
Parable
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Animal folk tales
23. The mode of expression in a language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author. - Elements/techniques include diction - syntax - figurative language - imagery - selection of detail - sound effects - and tone.
Style
Sonnet
Attitude
Tragedy
24. Type of folk tale - Presented as entirely fictional pieces - Often begin with a formulaic opening line - such as 'Once upon a time...' or 'In a certain country there once lived...' - Recurring plots: supernatural adventures and mishaps of youngest da
Prose
Sonnet
Fairy tales
Attitude
25. The vantage point of a story in which the narrator can know - see - and report whatever he or she chooses. The narrator is free to describe the thoughts of any of the characters - to skip about in time or place - or to speak directly to the reader.
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Symbol
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Omniscient point of view
26. A comparison of similar traits between dissimilar things in order to highlight a point of similarity. 'We scored a touchdown on the educational assistance plan.'
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Climax
Poetry
27. A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ - characteristically praise for blame and blame for praise; the use of words to suggest the opposite of their intended meaning. A pattern of words that turns away from direct statement of i
Personification
Figurative Language
Irony
Sonnet
28. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Plot
Narrative techniques
Novel
Figurative Language
29. A literary form - such as an essay - novel - of poem - Within genres like the poem - there are also more specific genres based upon content (love poem - nature poem) or form (sonnet - ode).
Genre
Protagonist
Novel
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
30. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Flashback
Prose
Thesis
Denouement/Resolution
31. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Rhetorical techniques
Sonnet
Prose
Satire
32. Understand the meaning of all the words in the poem - especially words you think you know but which don't seem to fit in the context of the poem. - Understand the grammar of the poem. - Beware of skewed word order (i.e. a direct object before the sub
Climax
Alliteration
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Syllogism
33. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Myths
Literal
Metaphor
Climax
34. WHO is the speaker? Or who are the speakers? Male or female? WHERE is s/he? - WHEN does this poem take place? - WHAT are the circumstances?
Genre
Analyzing Poetry
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Plot
35. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length - Styles include picaresque - epistolary - gothic - romantic - realist - and historical ren have mastered the mechanics of reading - between ages 9 and 12 - they are prepared to sustain the more d
Literal
Oxymoron
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Novel
36. Type of folk tale - Narratives that often include creation stories and explain tribal beginnings - May incorporate supernatural beings or quasi - historical figures (e.g. King Arthur - Lady Godiva) - Told and retold as if they are based on facts; alw
Paradox
Myths
Folk tales
Legends
37. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Convention
Hyperbole
Free Verse
Rhetorical techniques
38. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Connotation
Style
Jargon
Falling action
39. Evoke events of a time long past - Generally concern the adventures and misadventures of gods - giants - heroes - nymphs - satyrs - and larger - than - life villains - all entities that reside outside of ordinary human existence yet are entwined in o
Plot
3 major categories of poetry
Myths
Examples of folk tales
40. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Syllogism
Personification
Myths
Protagonist
41. Encompasses works written in verse - perhaps with a meter and rhyme scheme - and uses written language in a pattern that is sung - chanted - or spoken to emphasize the relationships between words and ideas on the basis of sound as well as meaning. Th
Lyrical
Structure
Poetry
Hyperbole
42. A device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression.(A lover observing the literary love conventions cannot eat or sleep and grows pale and lean.)
Thesis
Style
Irony
Convention
43. The images of a literary work; the sensory details of a work; the figurative language of a work. Imagery has several definitions - but the two that are paramount are the visual - auditory - or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work and
Soliloquy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Imagery
Syllogism
44. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Literal Language
Parody
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
45. A technique in which the narrative moves to a time prior to that of the main story - Can make a story more interesting by giving it depth
Legends
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Sonnet
46. Deliberate exaggeration - overstatement. As a rule - hyperbole is self - conscious - w/o intention of being accepted literally. 'The strongest man in the world' and 'a diamond as big as the Ritz' are hyperbolic.
Hyperbole
Attitude
Euphemism
Denouement/Resolution
47. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Thesis
Personification
Simile
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
48. Prose narratives that follow traditional storylines that arise from oral traditions in histories - As old as language - Adapt from culture to culture - Original author is never known - Arise through the process of recombining traditional elements (mo
Exposition
Folk tales
Soliloquy
Imagery
49. A speaker's authors - or character's disposition toward or opinion of a subject. (Hamlet's attitude toward Gertrude is a mixture of affection and revulsion - changing from one to the other within a single scene.)
Attitude
Figurative Language
Oxymoron
Allusion
50. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Euphemism
Oxymoron
Personification
Connotation