User:Robert Kalchert/Sandbox
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Welcome to the Humanities CLEP Prep wiki. This wiki is designed to help students prepare for the Humanities CLEP test by linking to free online resources, providing an easy to follow overview using the material from those resources, as well as suggesting tips and tricks that are useful when studying for and taking and online test.
| Types of Questions | |
|---|---|
| Factual information (being able to identify authors and their works, etc.) | 50% |
| Recognition of literary and artistic techniques (e.g. rhyme scheme, painting styles, baroque vs. renaissance styles, etc.) | 30% |
| Interpretation of various art and literature | 20% |
| 50% | Literature | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | Drama | |
| 10-15% | Poetry | |
| 15-20% | Fiction | |
| 10% | Nonfiction (including philosphy) | |
| 50% | The Arts | |
| 20% | Visual arts; painting, sculpture, etc. | |
| 5% | Visual arts: architecture | |
| 15% | Performing arts: music | |
| 10% | Performing arts: film, dance, etc. | |
Contents
- 1 Literature
- 1.1 Literary Terms & Techniques
- 1.2 Literary Time Periods
- 1.3 Literature of the Middle Ages
- 1.4 The English Renaissance
- 1.5 Literature of the Victorian Era
- 1.6 British Romanticism
- 1.7 British Literature of the 20th Century
- 1.8 Literary Modernism
- 1.9 Romantic Poetry
- 1.10 World Literature: Drama
- 1.11 Poetry of the Ancient and Modern Worlds
- 1.12 Prominent American Novelists
- 1.13 Philosophy and Nonfiction
- 2 The Arts
- 2.1 History of Visual Art
- 2.2 History of Architecture
- 2.3 Elements of Music
- 2.4 Opera and Orchestral Music
- 2.5 Jazz Music
- 2.6 Musical Theater and Popular Music
- 2.7 Medieval Music
- 2.8 Renaissance Music
- 2.9 The Baroque Period in Music
- 2.10 The Classical Period in Music
- 2.11 The Romantic Period in Music
- 2.12 Modern Era Music
- 2.13 Introduction to the Performing Arts
Literature
Literary Terms & Techniques
This is a natural first step, albiet an often boring one. Go ahead and read through these terms, but more importantly know that this page is here so you can refer back to it when needed.
