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CSET Literature - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Analogy
Parody
Iambic Pentameter
Omniscient point of view
2. 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
Thesis
Prose
Symbol
Rhetorical question
3. 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
Animal folk tales
Folk tales
Plot
Flashback
4. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Figurative Language
Ballad
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Hyperbole
5. 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
Novel
Myths
Rising action
Personification
6. 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.
Short Story
Simile
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Symbol
7. 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.)
Connotation
Plot
Simile
Paradox
8. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Syllogism
Iambic Pentameter
Parody
9. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Legends
Parody
Flashback
Denotation
10. 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.)
Exposition
Convention
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Animal folk tales
11. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Point of view
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Fairy tales
Allusion
12. 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
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Fairy tales
Metaphor
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.
Foreshadowing
Simile
Jargon
Genre
14. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Denouement/Resolution
Euphemism
Plot
Connotation
15. 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
Myths
Exposition
Poetry
Falling action
16. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Connotation
Diction
17. 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
Imagery
Fairy tales
Denotation
18. 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 -
Hyperbole
Literal Language
Climax
Genre
19. Type of folk tale - Abound in every culture - In most cases - the animal characters are clearly anthropomorphic and display human personalities
3 major categories of poetry
Diction
Animal folk tales
Prose
20. An accurate history of a single person.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Biography
Autobiography
Narrative techniques
21. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Personification
Foreshadowing
Novel
Jargon
22. 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
Tone
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Climax
23. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Plot
Protagonist
Point of view
Imagery
24. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Legends
Novel
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Prose
25. 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
Soliloquy
novellas
Omniscient point of view
Exposition
26. 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
Prose
Structure
Metaphor
Oxymoron
27. 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
Feminine ending
Theme
Simile
Style
28. 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.
Figurative Language
Parable
Denouement/Resolution
Literal Language
29. 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
Tragedy
Irony
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Folk tales
30. The point of highest interest in a novel - short story - or play in terms of the conflict - the point with the most action - or the turning point for the protagonist.
Convention
Parable
Climax
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
31. 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?
Figurative Language
Irony
Paradox
32. 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
Examples of folk tales
Structure
Folk tales
Convention
33. 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
Personification
Lyrical
Foreshadowing
Simile
34. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Legends
Structure
Sonnet
Flashback
35. 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
Parody
Legends
Convention
36. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Exposition
Irony
Examples of folk tales
Denouement/Resolution
37. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Climax
Imagery
Personification
Rhetorical question
38. 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
novellas
Feminine ending
Sonnet
Metaphor
39. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Short Story
Jargon
Alliteration
Rhetorical question
40. 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
Imagery
Setting
Syllogism
Ballad
41. 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 are the important images and figures of speech?
Imagery
3 major categories of poetry
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
42. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Examples of folk tales
Paradox
Plot
Poetry
43. 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.'
Exposition
Metaphor
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Point of view
44. 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
Legends
Figurative Language
Imagery
Attitude
45. 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
Theme
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Exposition
Oxymoron
46. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Literal
Foreshadowing
Exposition
Syllogism
47. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Parody
Rhetorical techniques
Connotation
Allusion
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.
Style
Allusion
Paradox
Allegory
49. 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
Oxymoron
Imagery
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
50. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Literal
Analyzing Poetry
Narrative techniques
Rhetorical question