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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
paradox
epilogue
slant rhyme
vulgarity
2. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
monometer
colloquialisms
rhetorical question
figurative language
3. The central understanding about life as expressed in a work of literature; may be stated or expressed directly; usually implied or revealed gradually through events - dialogue - and outcome
metaphor
spondaic (spondee)
cliche
theme
4. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
memoir
parallelism
denouement
cadence
5. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
verbal irony
onomatopoeia
malapropism
heroic couplet
6. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
character
first person
foreshadowing
slang
7. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
enjambment
conflict
protagonist
repetition
8. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
antagonist
jargon
spondaic (spondee)
climax
9. A long speech by a character in a literary work
characterization
soliloquy
magic realism
monologue
10. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
farce
irony
first person
onomatopoeia
11. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
vulgarity
epigraph
assonance
synecdoche
12. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
heptameter (or septameter)
foreshadowing
allegory
protagonist
13. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
denouement
interior monologue
onomatopoeia
pentameter
14. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
limited omniscient
existentialism
caesura
dialect
15. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
Foot
prologue
imagery
pentameter
16. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
hero
repetition
cliche
ballad
17. Six feet per line of poetry
dactylic (dactyl)
hexameter
inversion
metonymy
18. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
suspense
cadence
mood
imagery
19. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
archaic
diction
paradox
rhetorical question
20. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
foreshadowing
synecdoche
dramatic irony
soliloquy
21. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
dramatic monologue
farce
moral
dialect
22. A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or a whole is used for its parts (ex: All hands on deck)
onomatopoeia
rhyme scheme
synecdoche
conflict
23. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
rhythm
regionalism
apostrophe
meter
24. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
end rhyme
paradox
dramatic poetry
enjambment
25. The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another to complete meaning and grammatical structure (aka - a run - on)
enjambment
cadence
foreshadowing
aphorism
26. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
suspense
epilogue
tone
parallelism
27. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
connotation
rhyme
meter
narrator
28. The literary representation of a character's free - flowing thought processes - memories - and emotions; often does not use conventional sentence structure or rules of grammar
stream of consciousness
drama
trimeter
figurative language
29. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
epigraph
ballad
simile
point of view
30. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
rhythm
dialect
dramatic irony
heptameter (or septameter)
31. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
existentialism
oxymoron
dramatic irony
colloquialisms
32. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
rhythm
trimeter
repetition
motif
33. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
genre
free verse
drama
anthropomorphism
34. A narrative song or poem
ballad
dialogue
monometer
plot
35. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
plot
internal rhyme
suspense
omniscient
36. One foot per line of poetry
monometer
cadence
colloquialisms
cliche
37. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
cliche
genre
epigram
vulgarity
38. Conversation between characters in a literary work
internal rhyme
rhetoric
fiction
dialogue
39. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
metonymy
epic hero
Foot
alliteration
40. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
theme
rhyme
spondaic (spondee)
narrative
41. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
dramatic monologue
epigram
antagonist
monometer
42. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
colloquialisms
caesura
flash - forward
trochaic (trochee)
43. Two feet per line of poetry
alliteration
Transcendentalism
dimeter
magic realism
44. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
metaphor
parallelism
rhetoric
epigraph
45. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
free verse
assonance
dialect
flash - forward
46. Eight feet per line of poetry
dramatic monologue
synecdoche
octameter
flashback
47. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
anthropomorphism
dialogue
cliche
blank verse
48. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
connotation
magic realism
epitaph
epiphany
49. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is substituted for another that is related (ex: the crown=the king of a country)
metonymy
situational irony
unreliable narrator
rhythm
50. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also called vers libre
trimeter
epic hero
free verse
Foot