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CSET Literature - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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
Plot
Point of view
Theme
Falling action
2. 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.'
Climax
Metaphor
Animal folk tales
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
3. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Examples of folk tales
Lyrical
Biography
Iambic Pentameter
4. 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
Prose
Narrative techniques
3 major categories of poetry
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
5. Shorter novels are called ___________
Omniscient point of view
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
novellas
Biography
6. 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
Metaphor
Personification
3 major categories of poetry
Climax
7. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
novellas
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Literal
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
Syllogism
Personification
Autobiography
Exposition
9. 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
Folk tales
Allegory
Prose
10. 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 -
Climax
Omniscient point of view
Protagonist
Novel
11. 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
Personification
Tragedy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
12. 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.)
Syllogism
Short Story
Genre
Oxymoron
13. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Genre
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Exposition
Protagonist
14. 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
Ballad
Satire
Narrative techniques
15. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Rhetorical techniques
Parable
3 major categories of poetry
Exposition
16. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
Alliteration
Legends
Paradox
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
17. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Novel
Myths
Short Story
Alliteration
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. Uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning. 'The black bat night has fl
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Flashback
Attitude
Figurative Language
19. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Parable
Personification
20. 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.)
Style
Attitude
Tragedy
Tone
21. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Hyperbole
Thesis
Omniscient point of view
Iambic Pentameter
22. 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
Denouement/Resolution
Oxymoron
Point of view
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
23. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Plot
Allegory
Ballad
Feminine ending
24. 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.'
Exposition
Genre
Denotation
Simile
25. 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.
Simile
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Connotation
Style
26. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Analogy
Parody
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Rhetorical techniques
27. 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).
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Genre
Falling action
Thesis
28. 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
Ballad
Folk tales
Irony
Symbol
29. 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?
Imagery
Diction
Theme
Analyzing Poetry
30. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Diction
Allegory
Paradox
Euphemism
31. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Examples of folk tales
Tone
Foreshadowing
Diction
32. 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.
Climax
Alliteration
Flashback
Paradox
33. 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
Tone
Figurative Language
Exposition
Theme
34. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Literal Language
Oxymoron
35. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Personification
Style
Tragedy
Parody
36. 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
Rising action
Attitude
Poetry
Genre
37. 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
Flashback
Iambic Pentameter
Soliloquy
Allusion
38. 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
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Feminine ending
Foreshadowing
Paradox
39. 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?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Folk tales
Analogy
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
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.
Attitude
Sonnet
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Jargon
41. 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
Irony
Syllogism
Fairy tales
Theme
42. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Literal Language
Parable
Denotation
Hyperbole
43. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Literal Language
44. 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
Myths
Omniscient point of view
Personification
45. The main thought expressed by a work.
Diction
Attitude
Examples of folk tales
Theme
46. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Free Verse
3 major categories of poetry
Literal Language
47. 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
Folk tales
Prose
Oxymoron
Novel
48. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Tragedy
Connotation
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Prose
49. Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule.- Usually comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correcting vice and folly.- Social criticism using wit. (Examples can be found in the novels of Charles Dickens - Mark Tw
Iambic Pentameter
Feminine ending
Satire
Denouement/Resolution
50. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Free Verse
Legends
Connotation
Parody