CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

CLEP - Analyzing and
Interpreting Literature
Bathos -->A poetic device in which the poet intentionally used unexpected,
anticlimactic language to bring humor, expose, or create a point.


Enjambment -->When a writer intentionally runs a line of poetry together and breaks
a thought, phrase or sentence a the end of the line and carries it into the next line.


Open Form -->Poems whose form is not easily recognizable and may not fall into one
specific traditional poetic form.


Petrarchan Sonnet -->A sonnet that contains an octave (eight lines) followed by a
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sestet (six lines).
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Hyperbole -->An overstated, purposeful exaggeration that is not meant to be taken
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literally but is used to emphasize strong feelings or make an important point.
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Oxymoron -->A figure of speech that joins two contradictory or dissimilar terms.
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Closed Form -->Poetry that is easily recognizable or identifiable based on the poem's
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g major structural elements such as its meter or rhyme scheme.
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Ballads -->Poems in song form that often contain straightforward themes and tell
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stories.


Apostrophe -->A poetic device in which the speaker directly addresses a person or
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thing that is not there.
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Synecdoche -->A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent or
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refer to the entire thing, or vice versa.
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, Conceit -->An extended metaphor or another form of comparison between two very
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g unlikely objects. g




Onomatopoeia -->A literary device in which a word imitates the sound that itg g g g g g g g g g g g g




describes such as "pop", "boom" or "buzz".
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Paradox -->A statement or situation that seems lead to a contradiction but
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nonetheless remains true. g g




Consonance -->A literary device in which the writer repeats two or more consonant
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sounds without repeating the vowel sounds, such as "Split splat," "wish-wash" and
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"pitter patter". g




Sestina -->A closed form poem composed of six six-line stanzas that take the same
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six ending words from the first stanza and repeats those end words in the following
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g five stanzas, just in a different order each time.
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Heroic Couplets -->Rhyming pairs of poetic lines written in iambic pentameter that is
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g generally self-contained. g




Drama -->A literary form that can include both poetry and prose; includes a plot,
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characters, and setting; and generally contains a vast amount of dialogue compared
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g to the narrative.
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Tone -->The attitude or voice of the speaker.
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Epigram -->A type of closed-form poetry that is short, concise, and often witty or
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pessimistic.


Syntax -->The arrangement of words in a certain pattern or structure.
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