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CSET Literature - 2

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1. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.






2. The main thought expressed by a work.






3. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.






4. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse






5. 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.'






6. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes






7. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.






8. Narrative - dramatic - lyric






9. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.






10. An accurate history of a single person.






11. 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






12. A technique that uses clues to suggest events that have not yet occurred - Often used to create suspense and thus make a story more interesting






13. 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.)






14. 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.'






15. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).






16. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'






17. 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






18. 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).






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.






23. 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






24. 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






25. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'






26. 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.)






27. A play with a serious content and an unhappy ending. (Shakespeare's Hamlet - Miller's Death of a Salesman.)






28. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.






29. An author's account of his or her own life.






30. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)






31. 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.






32. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.






33. 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






34. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.






35. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.






40. 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.






41. 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.'






42. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.






43. A story in which people - things - and events have another meaning. (Orwell's Animal Farm) - Explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken - Conveys meaning through use of symbolic figures - actions - and symbolic representation - Extended






44. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution






45. 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.






46. 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?






47. Condensed story ranging in length from 2000-10000 words - most often with a singular/limited purpose - Made up of elements such as plot - character - setting - point of view - and theme - Often based on common dramatic structure






48. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.






49. 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.






50. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.