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CSET Literature - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shorter novels are called ___________
Attitude
novellas
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Allegory
2. 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
Imagery
Free Verse
Short Story
Literal
3. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Allegory
Tone
Irony
Rhetorical question
4. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
Metaphor
Rhetorical techniques
Climax
Animal folk tales
5. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Lyrical
Allusion
Iambic Pentameter
Tragedy
6. 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
Autobiography
Syllogism
Euphemism
7. 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.
Rhetorical techniques
Biography
Rhetorical question
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
8. 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
Allusion
Genre
Flashback
Novel
9. 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 -
Animal folk tales
Climax
Feminine ending
Structure
10. 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
novellas
Legends
Autobiography
11. 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
Feminine ending
Foreshadowing
Paradox
12. 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
Imagery
Simile
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
13. 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
Narrative techniques
Satire
Euphemism
Folk tales
14. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Personification
Figurative Language
Ballad
Irony
15. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
Feminine ending
3 major categories of poetry
Jargon
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
16. 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
Rhetorical techniques
Satire
Connotation
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
17. 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).
Figurative Language
Genre
Iambic Pentameter
Personification
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
Denotation
Figurative Language
Jargon
Parody
19. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Connotation
Falling action
Metaphor
Narrative techniques
20. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Personification
Flashback
Thesis
Ballad
21. 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.
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Literal Language
Theme
Figurative Language
22. The main thought expressed by a work.
Point of view
Theme
Falling action
Figurative Language
23. 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
Analogy
Oxymoron
Genre
24. 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
Lyrical
Iambic Pentameter
Rhetorical techniques
Imagery
25. 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.
Plot
Allusion
Flashback
Hyperbole
26. Usually concrete objects or images that represent abstract ideas; something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else. For example - winter - darkness - and cold are real things - but in literature they are also likely to be used as
Narrative techniques
Symbol
Irony
Feminine ending
27. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Falling action
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Legends
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
28. 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?
Theme
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
29. 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.
Syllogism
Allusion
Figurative Language
Setting
30. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Literal
Rhetorical techniques
Simile
31. 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
Irony
Denotation
Structure
Short Story
32. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Novel
novellas
Symbol
Climax
33. 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
Structure
Paradox
Ballad
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
34. An author's account of his or her own life.
Novel
Euphemism
Thesis
Autobiography
35. 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
Theme
Oxymoron
Style
Narrative techniques
36. 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
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Foreshadowing
Examples of folk tales
Irony
37. 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
Foreshadowing
Thesis
Symbol
Tone
38. 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?
Novel
Analyzing Poetry
Free Verse
Thesis
39. 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
Irony
Imagery
Literal
Novel
40. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Euphemism
Oxymoron
Paradox
Personification
41. An accurate history of a single person.
Biography
Diction
Satire
Convention
42. 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
novellas
Allusion
Denotation
43. 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
Rising action
Literal
Fairy tales
44. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Folk tales
Sonnet
Narrative techniques
45. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Rhetorical techniques
Examples of folk tales
Myths
Short Story
46. 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.
Ballad
Omniscient point of view
Euphemism
Falling action
47. 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.'
Metaphor
Narrative techniques
Denotation
Hyperbole
48. 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.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Poetry
Satire
Style
49. 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.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
novellas
Rising action
Structure
50. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Fairy tales
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Diction
Rhetorical question