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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A narrator who gives a faulty or distorted account of the events in a story; a child as a narrator might misinterpret someone's actions
climax
unreliable narrator
allegory
blank verse
2. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
consonance
epitaph
iambic (iamb)
slang
3. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
character
protagonist
antagonist
epigram
4. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
maxim
archaic
repetition
archetype
5. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
ballad
dramatic irony
epiphany
trochaic (trochee)
6. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
analogy
assonance
rhythm
anecdote
7. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
parallelism
epigraph
couplet
tetrameter
8. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
ballad
rhyme
anapestic (anapest)
archetype
9. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
caesura
consonance
flash - forward
first person
10. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
plot
protagonist
denotation
end rhyme
11. The pattern formed by end rhyme in a stanza or poem; indicated by the assignment of a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme
consonance
rhyme scheme
motif
protagonist
12. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
slang
setting
aphorism
apostrophe
13. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
blank verse
character
point of view
anecdote
14. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
malapropism
aphorism
cliche
colloquialisms
15. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
couplet
octameter
dramatic poetry
narrative
16. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
narrator
conflict
iambic (iamb)
situational irony
17. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
anapestic (anapest)
Foot
narrator
drama
18. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
epigram
archetype
tetrameter
conflict
19. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
couplet
dramatic monologue
motif
Transcendentalism
20. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
alliteration
rhyme scheme
Foot
profanity
21. Three feet per line of poetry
plot
monologue
trimeter
consonance
22. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
inversion
couplet
anthropomorphism
narrator
23. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
stream of consciousness
tetrameter
iambic (iamb)
flashback
24. Seven feet per line of poetry
assonance
end rhyme
climax
heptameter (or septameter)
25. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
apostrophe
tetrameter
epigram
epiphany
26. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when the speaker gets two words mixed up (ex: We watched the flamingo dancers all day)
profanity
anapestic (anapest)
malapropism
hyperbole
27. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
end rhyme
couplet
genre
epic hero
28. The writer says one thing but means something else
verbal irony
limited omniscient
dimeter
protagonist
29. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
epiphany
parallelism
enjambment
prologue
30. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
epiphany
imagery
cadence
dramatic irony
31. A literary work in which all or most of the characters - events and setting stand for ideas or generalization about life; have a moral or lesson
end rhyme
plot
allegory
magic realism
32. Conversation between characters in a literary work
unreliable narrator
anapestic (anapest)
dialogue
pentameter
33. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
blank verse
colloquialisms
epitaph
vulgarity
34. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
epilogue
atmosphere
figurative language
internal rhyme
35. Four feet per line of poetry
tetrameter
monologue
dramatic irony
flashback
36. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
irony
hexameter
archaic
slang
37. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
existentialism
hyperbole
narrator
dialect
38. A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (ex: wise fool)
farce
omniscient
oxymoron
epiphany
39. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
fiction
oxymoron
meter
tetrameter
40. The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another to complete meaning and grammatical structure (aka - a run - on)
denotation
unreliable narrator
drama
enjambment
41. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
malapropism
connotation
synecdoche
maxim
42. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
dialect
symbol
profanity
setting
43. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
end rhyme
characterization
Transcendentalism
malapropism
44. A literary movement and philosophical attitude important during the mid -19th century in New England; emphasized reliance on intuition and conscience - focused on protesting materialism and Puritan ethic. Hallmarks of the movement: individualism - fr
anthropomorphism
first person
archetype
Transcendentalism
45. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
first person
Imagism
denouement
hyperbole
46. 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
theme
iambic (iamb)
characterization
slant rhyme
47. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
assonance
epic hero
pentameter
onomatopoeia
48. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
paradox
symbol
hyperbole
aphorism
49. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also called vers libre
apostrophe
rhetorical question
free verse
jargon
50. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole
epiphany
farce
figure of speech
diction