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CSET Literature - 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Denouement/Resolution
Poetry
Analogy
Allegory
2. 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
Feminine ending
Figurative Language
Falling action
Narrative techniques
3. Hero/heroine - One of the main characters of a literary work - Usually in conflict with the antagonist (villain)
Protagonist
novellas
Metaphor
Structure
4. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Autobiography
Personification
5. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Rhetorical question
Convention
Animal folk tales
Setting
6. 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
Genre
Short Story
Flashback
Figurative Language
7. 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
Animal folk tales
Convention
Simile
8. 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 tone of the poem?
Style
Soliloquy
Novel
9. 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
Rhetorical techniques
Narrative techniques
Simile
Climax
10. Not figurative; accurate to the letter; matter of fact or concrete.
Poetry
Literal
Oxymoron
Imagery
11. The main thought expressed by a work.
Rising action
Connotation
Theme
Free Verse
12. 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.)
Omniscient point of view
Simile
Paradox
Structure
13. 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?
Metaphor
Rising action
Exposition
14. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Biography
Myths
Personification
Examples of folk tales
15. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Plot
Setting
Narrative techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
16. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
Alliteration
Attitude
Imagery
Paradox
17. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Hyperbole
Satire
Tragedy
Syllogism
18. 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
Denotation
Thesis
Narrative techniques
Soliloquy
19. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Poetry
Plot
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
20. 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
Denouement/Resolution
Novel
Free Verse
Alliteration
21. Shorter novels are called ___________
Lyrical
Novel
Tone
novellas
22. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Style
Rhetorical question
Parody
Ballad
23. 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.
Climax
Hyperbole
Rising action
Ballad
24. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Rhetorical techniques
Figurative Language
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Novel
25. 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
Prose
Foreshadowing
Irony
Personification
26. 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
Soliloquy
Simile
Short Story
Exposition
27. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Literal Language
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Falling action
28. 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.
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Ballad
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Biography
29. 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
Thesis
Simile
Theme
Fairy tales
30. 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: What is the theme of the poem?
Jargon
Feminine ending
Foreshadowing
31. 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
Free Verse
Alliteration
Poetry
Symbol
32. 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
Free Verse
Allusion
Connotation
Symbol
33. 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.'
Flashback
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Simile
Lyrical
34. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Protagonist
Symbol
Sonnet
Convention
35. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Structure
Tone
Connotation
Analogy
36. 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).
Parable
Genre
Paradox
Parody
37. An accurate history of a single person.
Biography
Thesis
Allusion
Literal
38. 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
Personification
Diction
Figurative Language
Analyzing Poetry
39. 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
novellas
Myths
Iambic Pentameter
40. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
Lyrical
Imagery
Paradox
41. 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
Hyperbole
Omniscient point of view
Poetry
Plot
42. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Falling action
Parody
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
43. 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
Folk tales
Satire
Feminine ending
Structure
44. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Genre
Climax
Exposition
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
45. 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?
Soliloquy
Analyzing Poetry
Examples of folk tales
Climax
46. 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
Narrative techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Fairy tales
47. 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
Literal Language
Analogy
Legends
Flashback
48. 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.
Simile
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Omniscient point of view
Falling action
49. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Autobiography
Metaphor
Novel
Metaphor
50. 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.
Animal folk tales
Literal
Metaphor
Climax