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CSET Literature - 2
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1. 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.'
Figurative Language
Metaphor
Analyzing Poetry: What are the important images and figures of speech?
Alliteration
2. 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
Flashback
Tone
Literal Language
Narrative techniques
3. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Novel
Denotation
Iambic Pentameter
Lyrical
4. 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.
Denouement/Resolution
Setting
novellas
Jargon
5. A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness - such as 'deceased' for dead or 'remains' for corpse.
Euphemism
Prose
Paradox
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
6. 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
Diction
Satire
Soliloquy
Sonnet
7. 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.)
Attitude
Flashback
Jargon
Foreshadowing
8. 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
Irony
Autobiography
Theme
Connotation
9. 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
Sonnet
Biography
Syllogism
10. 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.
Hyperbole
novellas
Animal folk tales
Figurative Language
11. 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?
Poetry
Jargon
Syllogism
12. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Denouement/Resolution
Short Story
Biography
Climax
13. 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?
Novel
Connotation
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
14. 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
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Foreshadowing
Examples of folk tales
Metaphor
15. 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
Allegory
Flashback
Folk tales
Tragedy
16. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Metaphor
Setting
Literal Language
Diction
17. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Denotation
Rising action
Parable
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
18. A play with a serious content and an unhappy ending. (Shakespeare's Hamlet - Miller's Death of a Salesman.)
Novel
Paradox
Legends
Tragedy
19. A question asked for effect - not in expectation of a reply. No reply is expected because the question presupposes only one possible answer.
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Rhetorical question
Examples of folk tales
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
20. 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
Examples of folk tales
Convention
Irony
Prose
21. 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.
Rising action
Narrative techniques
Analogy
Poetry
22. 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.
Theme
Style
Euphemism
Biography
23. 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.
Protagonist
Metaphor
Prose
Literal Language
24. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
Ballad
Personification
Biography
Folk tales
25. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Free Verse
Myths
Lyrical
Convention
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
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Symbol
Rhetorical question
Animal folk tales
27. 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
Diction
Biography
Point of view
Legends
28. 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.
Fairy tales
Personification
Setting
Hyperbole
29. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Examples of folk tales
Flashback
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Denotation
30. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Myths
Rhetorical techniques
3 major categories of poetry
Imagery
31. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Hyperbole
Point of view
Literal
Exposition
32. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
Denouement/Resolution
3 major categories of poetry
Theme
Protagonist
33. 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
Rhetorical techniques
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Rising action
Iambic Pentameter
34. 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
Short Story
Flashback
Examples of folk tales
Symbol
35. 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
Soliloquy
Diction
Sonnet
Figurative Language
36. 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
Folk tales
Structure
Analyzing Poetry
Rhetorical techniques
37. 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
Novel
Denotation
Lyrical
38. Shorter novels are called ___________
Climax
Personification
Syllogism
novellas
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
Falling action
Soliloquy
Myths
Rhetorical question
40. A composition that imitates the style of another composition - normally for comic effect.
Parody
Point of view
Soliloquy
Rhetorical techniques
41. 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
Theme
Imagery
Short Story
Attitude
42. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Foreshadowing
Rising action
Feminine ending
Prose
43. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Rhetorical techniques
3 major categories of poetry
Sonnet
44. 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
Figurative Language
Novel
Personification
Rhetorical techniques
45. 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
Figurative Language
Paradox
Soliloquy
Rhetorical techniques
46. 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
Protagonist
Setting
Point of view
Convention
47. The events that follow from the protagonist's action in the climax.
Personification
Figurative Language
Falling action
Simile
48. 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
Fairy tales
Poetry
Convention
Iambic Pentameter
49. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Attitude
Iambic Pentameter
Plot
Connotation
50. 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
Omniscient point of view
Rhetorical techniques
Analyzing Poetry: Is the meaning clear?
Irony