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CSET Literature - 2
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1. Songlike; characterized by emotion - subjectivity - and imagination.
Fairy tales
Structure
Foreshadowing
Lyrical
2. 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
Genre
Imagery
3 major categories of poetry
Rhetorical techniques
3. Word choice; any word/detail that is important to the meaning and effect of the writing.
Diction
Satire
Irony
Tone
4. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables.
novellas
Imagery
Alliteration
Iambic Pentameter
5. The devices used in effective or persuasive language - Most common examples include contrast - repetitions - paradox - understatement - sarcasm - and rhetorical question.
Poetry
Rhetorical techniques
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Falling action
6. A figurative use of language that endows nonhumans (ideas - inanimate objects - animals - abstractions) with human characteristics. 'The angry sea crashed against the wall.'
3 major categories of poetry
Irony
Personification
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
7. An author's account of his or her own life.
Soliloquy
Literal Language
Autobiography
Setting
8. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Denouement/Resolution
Figurative Language
Literal Language
9. 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.'
Analyzing Poetry
Syllogism
Poetry
Metaphor
10. A folk poem that tells a story - uses simple language - and originally was written to be sung.
Ballad
Irony
Foreshadowing
Syllogism
11. The implications of a word or phrase - as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation).
Metaphor
Connotation
Structure
Allegory
12. Exposition - Rising action - Climax - Falling action - Denoument/resolution
Metaphor
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Theme
Narrative techniques
13. Shorter novels are called ___________
novellas
Novel
Exposition
Climax
14. A poem having 14 lines - usually in iambic pentameter - and a formal arrangement of rhymes.
Animal folk tales
Short Story
Syllogism
Sonnet
15. 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.)
Paradox
Foreshadowing
Rising action
Imagery
16. Narrative - dramatic - lyric
Poetry
3 major categories of poetry
Irony
Simile
17. 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
Flashback
Diction
Alliteration
Legends
18. 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
Thesis
Figurative Language
Structure
Symbol
19. 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.
Legends
Rising action
Connotation
Free Verse
20. 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
Symbol
Diction
Oxymoron
Convention
21. Fairy tales - legends of all types - animal folk tales - fables - tall tales - and humorous anecdotes
Attitude
Simile
Sonnet
Examples of folk tales
22. 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.)
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Oxymoron
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Foreshadowing
23. 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.'
Thesis
Symbol
Parody
Simile
24. 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
Point of view
Theme
Protagonist
Jargon
25. 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
Metaphor
Exposition
Legends
Allusion
26. 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.
Parable
Climax
Allegory
Personification
27. The introduction of setting - main characters - and conflict.
Exposition
Short Story
Analyzing Poetry: What is the tone of the poem?
Imagery
28. The dictionary meaning of a word - as opposed to connotation.
Symbol
Denotation
Imagery
Novel
29. 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.
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Omniscient point of view
Myths
Hyperbole
30. An allegorical story designed to suggest a principle - illustrate a moral - or answer a question.
Sonnet
Parable
Figurative Language
Paradox
31. 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
Tragedy
Sonnet
Tone
32. 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
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
Iambic Pentameter
Plot
Literal Language
33. The point when the conflict is resolved - remaining loose ends are tied up - and a moral is intimated or stated directly.
Paradox
Rising action
Denouement/Resolution
Narrative techniques
34. 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?
Irony
Analyzing Poetry
Denotation
Diction
35. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; overstatement.Self - conscious - without the intention of being accepted literally.'The whole world's problems are on my shoulders.'
Syllogism
Imagery
Hyperbole
Rhetorical question
36. 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
Jargon
Foreshadowing
Examples of folk tales
Dramatic structure/elements of fiction
37. 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
Attitude
Personification
Analyzing Poetry
38. 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
Analyzing Poetry: What is the structure of the poem?
Allusion
Hyperbole
Alliteration
39. The theme - meaning - or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
Omniscient point of view
Parable
Thesis
Parody
40. The ordinary form of spoken or written language - without metrical structure - as distinguished from poetry or verse
Prose
Autobiography
Poetry
Paradox
41. 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
Allegory
Satire
Folk tales
Style
42. A fictional narrative in prose of considerable length. Shorter works are called novellas - and even shorter ones are called short stories.
Oxymoron
Novel
Denotation
Irony
43. 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
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
Irony
Examples of folk tales
Analyzing Poetry: What is the theme of the poem?
44. Poetry that is not rhymed and does not have a regular metrical pattern but is still more rhythmic than most prose.
Genre
Legends
Satire
Free Verse
45. 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?
Short Story
Jargon
Analyzing Poetry: What is the dramatic situation?
Allegory
46. 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.
Genre
Jargon
Autobiography
Personification
47. 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
Plot
Figurative Language
Parable
Rising action
48. The main thought expressed by a work.
Theme
Paradox
Genre
Rising action
49. 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
Allusion
Examples of folk tales
Imagery
Strategy/Rhetorical strategy
50. The interrelated actions of a play or a novel that move to a climax and a final resolution.
Plot
Iambic Pentameter
Parable
Falling action