CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED 100% CORRECT

CLEP Analyzing and
Interpreting Literature
Accentual meter - stressed rythmic structure of poetic lines


Agon - "struggle"
portagonist/antagonist
a formal debate (comedy)


Alexandrine - 12 syllable line written in iambic hexameter


Allegorical - a narrative that is an extended metaphor
the elements of the narrative carry significance on a literal and a figurative level


alliteration - repetition of initial consonants in consecutive words or in words close
to each other


allusion - a reference to a person,place, or thing from another literary work or from
history


anapest - metrical foot used in poetry consisting of two short syllables followed by a
long syllable
each line has three syllables (two unstressed and one stressed)


antagonist - the one who struggles against the protagonist
-can be an individual or an obstacle or a challenge


apostrophe - direct adress to someone or something that is not present, such as an
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g




g imaginary person or an abstract quality
g g g g g




ie Oh love if only you would arise
g g g g g g g

,argumentative - describes writing that establishes a position and supports it with g g g g g g g g g g g g




evidence


assonance - repetition of vowel sounds g g g g g




g more common in verse than prose
g g g g g




aubade - a morning love song g g g g g g




opposite of a serenade g g g




a song to a sleeping woman
g g g g g




also refers to a song evoking daybreak
g g g g g g




ballad - a narrative folk song or a narrative set to music
g g g g g g g g g g g




ballad stanza - a four line stanza consisting of alternating four and three stress lines 8
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g




and 6 beat g g




-the second and fourth lies rhyme (abcb)
g g g g g g




bathos - abruspt change in style going from exalted to mundane, producing a
g g g g g g g g g g g g g




ludicrous effect g




blank verse - unrythmed iambic pentameter
g g g g g




caesura - a complete pause in a line of poetry
g g g g g g g g g g




usually right in the middle g g g g




catastrophe - final resolution in a poem or narrative that unravels the plot and
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g




concludes the work g g




the misfortune experienced by the tragic hero
g g g g g g




catharsis - "cleansing" "purging" g g g




in a tragedy, the moment for purging or relieving of emotions for the audience
g g g g g g g g g g g g g

, climax - turning point in a story
g g g g g g




the point where, the main character experiences a change, and the action stops
g g g g g g g g g g g g g




building and begins falling g g g




closed form - poetry conforming to prespecified requirements of rhyme, meter, line
g g g g g g g g g g g




g length, and number of lines; two examples are haiku and sonnet
g g g g g g g g g g




complication - element introduced into the plot to alter its course g g g g g g g g g g g




conceits - extended metaphor governing an entire passage or poem
g g g g g g g g g




conclusion - final division of a discourse or literary work that brings the work to a
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g




close
5th part of plot structure
g g g g




connotation - emotional association that accompanies a certain word or phrase
g g g g g g g g g g g




often described as positive or negative
g g g g g




consonance - repetition of a consonant sound in short succession
g g g g g g g g g




conventional - following accepted standards g g g g




g a well understood interpretation
g g g




stock


couplet - two consecutive lines in poetry
g g g g g g g




usually with the same meter and rhyming
g g g g g g




crisis - turning point in a story
g g g g g g g




culmination of the events of the plot g g g g g g




right before the climax where it seems like the hero will not make it
g g g g g g g g g g g g g g




dactyl - a foot in a meter of poetry
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