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CSET Literature - 2
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1. A statement that seems to be self - contradicting but - in fact - is true. (The figure in a Donne sonnet that concludes 'I shall never be chaste except you ravish me' is a good example of the device.)
Paradox
Tragedy
Structure
Myths
2. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
novellas
Style
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Foreshadowing
3. 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
Feminine ending
Convention
Folk tales
Thesis
4. 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
Genre
Irony
Biography
Symbol
5. The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts - A general term that asks you to discuss the procedures used in the telling of a story. - Examples of techniques used are point of view - manipulation of
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Setting
Narrative techniques
Parody
6. The main thought expressed by a work.
Plot
Diction
Convention
Theme
7. 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
Figurative Language
Analogy
Literal
Short Story
8. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Myths
Ballad
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
9. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Simile
Connotation
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Lyrical
10. 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.
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Syllogism
Feminine ending
11. 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.
Examples of folk tales
Allegory
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Style
12. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Falling action
Rhetorical techniques
Prose
Style
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.
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Jargon
Examples of folk tales
14. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Exposition
Protagonist
Rhetorical question
Theme
15. 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.'
Allegory
Simile
Hyperbole
Hyperbole
16. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Free Verse
Plot
Imagery
Connotation
17. A play with a serious content and an unhappy ending. (Shakespeare's Hamlet - Miller's Death of a Salesman.)
Connotation
Personification
Tragedy
Figurative Language
18. A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work - especially to a well - known historical or literary event - person - or work. (In Hamlet - when Horatio says - 'ere the mightiest Julius fell -' the allusion is to the death of Juliu
Short Story
Falling action
Allusion
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
19. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Satire
Narrative techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
20. 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.
Omniscient point of view
Euphemism
Symbol
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
21. What is the dramatic situation? What is the structure of the poem? What is the theme of the poem? Is the meaning clear? What is the tone of the poem? What are the important images and figures of speech?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Analyzing Poetry
Oxymoron
22. 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.)
Plot
Euphemism
Attitude
Personification
23. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Personification
Symbol
Free Verse
Theme
24. The arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. - The most common principles are series (A - B - C - D - E) - contrast (A vs. B - C vs. D - E vs. A) and repetition (AA
Euphemism
Structure
Examples of folk tales
Short Story
25. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Thesis
Autobiography
Denotation
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.'
Rising action
novellas
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
27. 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
Fairy tales
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Myths
Rhetorical question
28. 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
Poetry
3 major categories of poetry
Short Story
Feminine ending
29. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Simile
Novel
Literal Language
3 major categories of poetry
30. An accurate history of a single person.
Diction
Metaphor
Rhetorical question
Biography
31. 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.)
Oxymoron
Iambic Pentameter
Rhetorical techniques
Convention
32. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
Exposition
Short Story
Alliteration
Animal folk tales
33. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Diction
Simile
Rhetorical techniques
Rhetorical question
34. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Rising action
Hyperbole
Literal
Style
35. The actual definition of the word. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.'Winter's end' is the end of winter.
Literal Language
Short Story
Examples of folk tales
Climax
36. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Biography
Parody
Connotation
Falling action
37. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Denotation
Animal folk tales
Iambic Pentameter
Poetry
38. The management of language for a specific effect - In a poem - the planned pacing of elements to acheive an effect. Example: the rhetorical strategy of most love poems is deployed to convince the loved one to return the speaker's love. By appealing t
Folk tales
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Parody
Animal folk tales
39. 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.
Denotation
Tone
Attitude
Hyperbole
40. 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).
Simile
Genre
Denouement/Resolution
Irony
41. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Literal
Iambic Pentameter
Fairy tales
Hyperbole
42. 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
Exposition
Legends
Thesis
Sonnet
43. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Fairy tales
Prose
Figurative Language
Sonnet
44. The background to a story; the physical location of a story - play - or novel. - The setting of a narrative will normally involve both time and place.
Satire
Analyzing Poetry
Setting
Jargon
45. 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
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Theme
Parable
46. A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ - characteristically praise for blame or blame for praise; a pattern of words that turns away from direct statement of its own obvious meaning. The term irony implies a discrepancy. In verb
Narrative techniques
Euphemism
Ballad
Irony
47. Look for: - Important literal sensory objects and images? - The similes and metaphors of the poem. In each - exactly what is being compared to what? - A pattern in the images - such as a series of comparisons - Also be able to discriminate between th
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Short Story
Flashback
Style
48. 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
Literal Language
Short Story
Biography
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
49. The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning. - Described by adjectives - May change from chapter to chapter or even line to line - May be the result of allusion - diction - figurativ
Allusion
3 major categories of poetry
Style
Tone
50. 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.
Hyperbole
Rising action
Allusion
Exposition
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