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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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1. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
genre
rhyme
unreliable narrator
iambic (iamb)
2. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
unreliable narrator
vulgarity
heptameter (or septameter)
couplet
3. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
onomatopoeia
inversion
antagonist
symbol
4. Four feet per line of poetry
tetrameter
magic realism
antagonist
regionalism
5. A long speech by a character in a literary work
metonymy
refrain
epic hero
monologue
6. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
foreshadowing
moral
slang
symbol
7. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
trochaic (trochee)
flash - forward
plot
malapropism
8. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
flashback
paradox
regionalism
irony
9. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
slang
dialect
caesura
ballad
10. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
onomatopoeia
repetition
existentialism
flashback
11. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
antagonist
figurative language
couplet
memoir
12. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
hyperbole
cliche
monometer
spondaic (spondee)
13. 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
slang
characterization
anthropomorphism
theme
14. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
verbal irony
maxim
omniscient
dramatic poetry
15. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
rhetorical question
genre
ballad
internal rhyme
16. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
hero
characterization
prologue
point of view
17. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
connotation
drama
diction
climax
18. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
alliteration
narrative
simile
cliche
19. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
jargon
epigram
Foot
paradox
20. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
denotation
dactylic (dactyl)
anapestic (anapest)
rhyme
21. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
rhyme scheme
farce
analogy
mood
22. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
flash - forward
plot
archaic
colloquialisms
23. Conversation between characters in a literary work
free verse
vulgarity
dialogue
character
24. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
rhetorical question
colloquialisms
inversion
assonance
25. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
octameter
internal rhyme
trimeter
onomatopoeia
26. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
cadence
omniscient
narrator
foreshadowing
27. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
unreliable narrator
epigraph
tetrameter
Third person
28. Verse that tells a story
archaic
climax
characterization
narrative poetry
29. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
metaphor
octameter
allegory
setting
30. Six feet per line of poetry
apostrophe
anapestic (anapest)
hexameter
stream of consciousness
31. The repetition of a line or phrase in a poem at regular intervals - usually at the end of each stanza
apostrophe
magic realism
refrain
moral
32. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
rhetoric
magic realism
fiction
anthropomorphism
33. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
archetype
denouement
octameter
epigram
34. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
conflict
epiphany
trochaic (trochee)
monometer
35. 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)
spondaic (spondee)
colloquialisms
synecdoche
memoir
36. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
apostrophe
dactylic (dactyl)
limited omniscient
metaphor
37. 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
aphorism
allegory
hexameter
allusion
38. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
cliche
cadence
verbal irony
hubris
39. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
internal rhyme
connotation
blank verse
dramatic monologue
40. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
hexameter
connotation
situational irony
narrative
41. 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)
first person
caesura
allegory
metonymy
42. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
magic realism
irony
trochaic (trochee)
vulgarity
43. 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)
epic hero
heptameter (or septameter)
metaphor
soliloquy
44. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
heroic couplet
meter
suspense
epigraph
45. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
parallelism
iambic (iamb)
motif
denotation
46. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
suspense
character
repetition
hubris
47. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
motif
dramatic poetry
profanity
epic hero
48. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
Third person
archaic
assonance
motif
49. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
aphorism
archaic
vulgarity
paradox
50. Persuasive writing
aphorism
rhetoric
meter
magic realism
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