CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Terms

alliteration Correct Answer-Repetition of a constanant sound - do or die; safe and sound. A common use for alliteration is emphasis. It occurs in everyday speech in such prhases as "tittle-tattle," "bag and baggage," "bed and board," "primrose path," and "through thick and thin" and in sayings like "look before you leap." allusion Correct Answer-a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase. The writer assumes will recognize the reference. For instance, most of us would know the difference between a mechanic's being as reliable as George Washington or as reliable as Benedict Arnold. Allusions that are commonplace for readers in one era may require footnotes for readers in a later time. antagonist Correct Answer-character struggles against somone or something - man against himself; mand against man; man against society; man against nature. assonance Correct Answer-Repetition of vowel sounds apostrophe Correct Answer-A direct address to a person, thing, or abstraction, such as "O Western Wind," or "Ah, Sorrow, you consume us." Apostrophes are generally capitalized. artifice Correct Answer-cunning; ingenuity; craftiness bathos Correct Answer-extreme anticlimax climax Correct Answer-the point where crisis comes to point of greatest intensity and is resolved