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CSET Literature - 2
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1. 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
Oxymoron
Denotation
Climax
Fairy tales
2. 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
Satire
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Myths
Hyperbole
3. 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
Metaphor
Short Story
Symbol
Climax
4. 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
Legends
Parable
Falling action
Allegory
5. 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
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Allusion
Climax
6. 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
Tragedy
Examples of folk tales
Biography
7. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Myths
Style
Euphemism
8. 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
Oxymoron
Simile
Rhetorical question
Allusion
9. 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
novellas
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Structure
Paradox
10. 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.'
Literal Language
Soliloquy
Simile
Analyzing Poetry
11. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Structure
Personification
Feminine ending
Hyperbole
12. 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
Animal folk tales
Omniscient point of view
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Imagery
13. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Examples of folk tales
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Prose
Climax
14. 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
Animal folk tales
Flashback
Metaphor
Irony
15. Shorter novels are called ___________
Tragedy
Parody
novellas
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
16. 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.
novellas
Jargon
Plot
Hyperbole
17. 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.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Fairy tales
Literal Language
Personification
18. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Jargon
Protagonist
Parable
Oxymoron
19. 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.)
Prose
Imagery
Paradox
Hyperbole
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.)
Denotation
Feminine ending
Novel
Attitude
21. 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
Analyzing Poetry
Euphemism
Literal Language
Flashback
22. 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.
Soliloquy
Hyperbole
Jargon
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
23. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Euphemism
Symbol
Rhetorical question
24. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Protagonist
Tone
Thesis
Literal
25. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Iambic Pentameter
Rhetorical techniques
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
novellas
26. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Novel
Falling action
Analogy
Point of view
27. 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
Climax
Metaphor
Satire
Poetry
28. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Falling action
Poetry
Style
Tragedy
29. 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
Feminine ending
Irony
Myths
Prose
30. 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.
Omniscient point of view
Denotation
3 major categories of poetry
Short Story
31. 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
Falling action
Imagery
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Connotation
32. 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
Sonnet
Irony
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
33. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Feminine ending
Tone
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Exposition
34. 10 syllables in each line -5 pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables - The rhythm in each line sounds like: ba - BUM / ba - BUM / ba - BUM / ba - BUM / ba - BUM - Used (though not invented) by Shakespeare
Animal folk tales
Lyrical
Point of view
Iambic Pentameter
35. An accurate history of a single person.
Irony
Poetry
Biography
Denouement/Resolution
36. 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
Free Verse
Parable
Attitude
Soliloquy
37. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Denotation
Analogy
Ballad
Parable
38. 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 dramatic situation?
Imagery
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Sonnet
39. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Parody
Poetry
Convention
Examples of folk tales
40. 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
Novel
Figurative Language
Rising action
Metaphor
41. The main thought expressed by a work.
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Theme
Climax
Convention
42. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Style
Examples of folk tales
Metaphor
Oxymoron
43. Type of folk tale - Narratives that often include creation stories and explain tribal beginnings - May incorporate supernatural beings or quasi - historical figures (e.g. King Arthur - Lady Godiva) - Told and retold as if they are based on facts; alw
Legends
Connotation
Allusion
Foreshadowing
44. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Denouement/Resolution
Legends
Omniscient point of view
Iambic Pentameter
45. 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
Attitude
Animal folk tales
Imagery
Paradox
46. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
Fairy tales
3 major categories of poetry
Allegory
Rhetorical techniques
47. 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.
Personification
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
48. 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 -
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Genre
Climax
49. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Free Verse
Syllogism
Foreshadowing
Convention
50. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Climax
Personification
Short Story
Symbol