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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. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
figurative language
vulgarity
cliche
protagonist
2. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
epiphany
atmosphere
jargon
imagery
3. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
drama
epitaph
dialogue
free verse
4. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
protagonist
oxymoron
colloquialisms
imagery
5. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
anecdote
tone
trochaic (trochee)
soliloquy
6. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
Foot
point of view
caesura
epilogue
7. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
couplet
monometer
dactylic (dactyl)
anthropomorphism
8. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
consonance
dimeter
dramatic monologue
regionalism
9. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
rhetoric
monologue
heroic couplet
stream of consciousness
10. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
epilogue
Transcendentalism
genre
fiction
11. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
verbal irony
heroic couplet
paradox
diction
12. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
conflict
rhyme
stream of consciousness
situational irony
13. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
point of view
motif
fiction
Imagism
14. 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
alliteration
theme
cadence
epic hero
15. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
situational irony
antagonist
epitaph
assonance
16. The writer says one thing but means something else
dactylic (dactyl)
malapropism
verbal irony
conflict
17. Four feet per line of poetry
existentialism
suspense
anthropomorphism
tetrameter
18. 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
heptameter (or septameter)
dramatic irony
mood
19. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
denotation
theme
hero
suspense
20. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
cliche
Imagism
meter
onomatopoeia
21. A question to which no answer is expected or the answer is obvious
anthropomorphism
dramatic poetry
pentameter
rhetorical question
22. 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
heptameter (or septameter)
simile
allegory
trochaic (trochee)
23. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
narrative
spondaic (spondee)
theme
magic realism
24. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
ballad
tetrameter
conflict
dramatic irony
25. Eight feet per line of poetry
consonance
octameter
cliche
paradox
26. Five feet per line of poetry
pentameter
spondaic (spondee)
couplet
anecdote
27. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
hero
moral
spondaic (spondee)
enjambment
28. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
irony
suspense
epilogue
antagonist
29. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
dramatic monologue
archetype
maxim
metaphor
30. A long speech by a character in a literary work
monologue
soliloquy
internal rhyme
drama
31. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
flashback
epigraph
diction
spondaic (spondee)
32. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
heroic couplet
tetrameter
hero
synecdoche
33. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
motif
blank verse
unreliable narrator
farce
34. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
assonance
paradox
end rhyme
anapestic (anapest)
35. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
octameter
antagonist
prologue
vulgarity
36. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
rhythm
prologue
trochaic (trochee)
limited omniscient
37. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
memoir
Transcendentalism
fiction
heroic couplet
38. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
epigraph
first person
omniscient
dialect
39. Two feet per line of poetry
inversion
hubris
Imagism
dimeter
40. The repetition of a line or phrase in a poem at regular intervals - usually at the end of each stanza
metonymy
pentameter
refrain
flash - forward
41. Reference to a well - known person - place - or situation from history/art/music/work of literature
oxymoron
free verse
blank verse
allusion
42. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
narrator
limited omniscient
paradox
conflict
43. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
end rhyme
rhyme
regionalism
genre
44. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
imagery
slant rhyme
narrator
interior monologue
45. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
epitaph
repetition
denotation
epiphany
46. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
character
farce
jargon
memoir
47. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
monometer
alliteration
hexameter
internal rhyme
48. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
epilogue
symbol
rhyme
refrain
49. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
end rhyme
metaphor
connotation
existentialism
50. 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
memoir
first person
unreliable narrator
climax