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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
dramatic poetry
conflict
hero
analogy
2. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
dimeter
rhythm
epiphany
Foot
3. A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (ex: wise fool)
oxymoron
couplet
vulgarity
monologue
4. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
apostrophe
couplet
repetition
maxim
5. 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
flashback
drama
rhyme scheme
dialect
6. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
protagonist
cadence
epilogue
theme
7. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
paradox
vulgarity
allegory
epigraph
8. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
heptameter (or septameter)
characterization
irony
profanity
9. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
assonance
narrative poetry
farce
epigraph
10. 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
enjambment
unreliable narrator
symbol
trimeter
11. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
couplet
foreshadowing
Imagism
diction
12. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
regionalism
epigram
cliche
hyperbole
13. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole
figure of speech
epigram
free verse
memoir
14. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
slang
oxymoron
internal rhyme
Third person
15. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
blank verse
heptameter (or septameter)
apostrophe
metonymy
16. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
dramatic poetry
spondaic (spondee)
monologue
refrain
17. 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
point of view
Transcendentalism
hexameter
repetition
18. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
refrain
point of view
paradox
soliloquy
19. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
rhyme
cadence
jargon
trochaic (trochee)
20. The larger - than - life central character in an epic (a long narrative poem about events of crucial importance to the history of a culture/nation)
internal rhyme
hubris
internal rhyme
epic hero
21. A question to which no answer is expected or the answer is obvious
rhetorical question
colloquialisms
onomatopoeia
alliteration
22. The writer says one thing but means something else
verbal irony
figurative language
dimeter
repetition
23. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
figurative language
characterization
epilogue
denotation
24. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
vulgarity
denotation
motif
trochaic (trochee)
25. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
memoir
epilogue
parallelism
limited omniscient
26. 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
theme
pentameter
mood
27. The author's attitude toward his/her subject matter or audience; expressed through diction - punctuation - syntax - and figures of speech; (ex: humorous - serious - formal - distant - friendly)
hexameter
tetrameter
theme
tone
28. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
archetype
anapestic (anapest)
foreshadowing
narrative
29. A long speech by a character in a literary work
monologue
motif
narrator
monometer
30. A person portrayed in a literary work
free verse
theme
character
anthropomorphism
31. Seven feet per line of poetry
pentameter
narrative poetry
soliloquy
heptameter (or septameter)
32. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
caesura
farce
dramatic poetry
figurative language
33. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
enjambment
anapestic (anapest)
rhetoric
internal rhyme
34. The perspective from which a story is told
dialogue
point of view
character
prologue
35. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
prologue
rhetoric
connotation
rhyme scheme
36. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also called vers libre
free verse
Transcendentalism
Third person
rhetoric
37. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
refrain
slant rhyme
plot
dramatic poetry
38. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
character
pentameter
suspense
internal rhyme
39. 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
atmosphere
memoir
theme
tetrameter
40. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
dialogue
aphorism
denouement
anthropomorphism
41. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
repetition
heptameter (or septameter)
imagery
vulgarity
42. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
foreshadowing
conflict
cliche
colloquialisms
43. Reference to a well - known person - place - or situation from history/art/music/work of literature
allusion
rhythm
cadence
soliloquy
44. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
paradox
farce
rhythm
caesura
45. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
ballad
anecdote
slang
profanity
46. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
Imagism
cadence
metonymy
irony
47. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
epigram
fiction
inversion
end rhyme
48. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
dactylic (dactyl)
onomatopoeia
paradox
parallelism
49. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
couplet
dialect
situational irony
flash - forward
50. Two feet per line of poetry
genre
dimeter
refrain
regionalism