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CSET Literature - 2
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1. 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
Thesis
Fairy tales
Metaphor
Point of view
2. A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud (Hamlet's 'To be - or not to be' and 'O! What a rogue and peasant slave am I') - A monologue also has a single speaker - but the monologuist speaks to others who do not inter
Figurative Language
Autobiography
Theme
Soliloquy
3. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Climax
Jargon
Personification
Free Verse
4. 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.)
Parable
Biography
Climax
Attitude
5. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Climax
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Analogy
6. 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.
Jargon
Simile
Irony
Omniscient point of view
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. Uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The black bat night has fl
Euphemism
Figurative Language
Examples of folk tales
Hyperbole
8. 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
Structure
Rhetorical techniques
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Style
9. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Personification
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Hyperbole
10. 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.
Falling action
Satire
Structure
Setting
11. A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. - Begins with a major premise ('All tragedies end unhappily') followed by a minor premise ('Hamlet is a tragedy') and a conclusion ('Therefore - Hamlet ends unh
Poetry
Climax
Syllogism
Figurative Language
12. 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
Flashback
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Examples of folk tales
Feminine ending
13. 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.'
Jargon
Irony
Folk tales
Metaphor
14. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Sonnet
Personification
Short Story
Biography
15. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Protagonist
Rhetorical techniques
Narrative techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
16. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Irony
Myths
Personification
Diction
17. 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.'
Feminine ending
Sonnet
Simile
Folk tales
18. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Point of view
Parody
Symbol
Analogy
19. 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
Allegory
Hyperbole
Figurative Language
Falling action
20. 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
Convention
Tone
Flashback
Alliteration
21. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Free Verse
Folk tales
Ballad
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
22. The images - sensory details - and figurative language of a literary work; words or phrases that appeal to the senses. The visual - auditory - or tactile images evoked by the words of a literary work and the images that figurative language evokes.'Th
Ballad
Imagery
Autobiography
Alliteration
23. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Personification
Animal folk tales
Style
Literal
24. Shorter novels are called ___________
novellas
Iambic Pentameter
Climax
Theme
25. 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
Flashback
Imagery
Symbol
Satire
26. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.
Protagonist
Soliloquy
Convention
Euphemism
27. 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
Poetry
Oxymoron
3 major categories of poetry
Allegory
28. An accurate history of a single person.
Prose
Attitude
Biography
Narrative techniques
29. 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
Climax
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Free Verse
30. 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.
Sonnet
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Fairy tales
31. 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.)
Convention
Lyrical
Plot
Iambic Pentameter
32. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Denouement/Resolution
Iambic Pentameter
Jargon
Omniscient point of view
33. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
3 major categories of poetry
Plot
Analogy
Poetry
34. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Attitude
Hyperbole
Prose
Diction
35. 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).
Poetry
Genre
Metaphor
Jargon
36. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Novel
Biography
Parable
Foreshadowing
37. 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
Personification
Figurative Language
Novel
Fairy tales
38. 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.
Point of view
Omniscient point of view
Connotation
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
39. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Diction
Climax
Thesis
40. 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
Lyrical
Ballad
Metaphor
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
41. 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?
Biography
Genre
Tone
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
42. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
Alliteration
Diction
novellas
Feminine ending
43. An author's account of his or her own life.
Rising action
Autobiography
Literal
novellas
44. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Poetry
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Plot
45. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Protagonist
Setting
Foreshadowing
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
46. 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
Diction
Simile
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
47. 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
Allusion
Novel
Soliloquy
Diction
48. 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
Short Story
Euphemism
Myths
49. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Denotation
Parody
Connotation
Rising action
50. 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
Setting
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Feminine ending
Exposition