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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. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
diction
dramatic poetry
archetype
Imagism
2. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
caesura
plot
rhythm
end rhyme
3. 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
hexameter
plot
unreliable narrator
couplet
4. A narrative song or poem
ballad
end rhyme
allusion
tetrameter
5. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
epigram
epiphany
assonance
stream of consciousness
6. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
anecdote
onomatopoeia
first person
archaic
7. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
epilogue
narrative
connotation
magic realism
8. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
prologue
aphorism
heroic couplet
consonance
9. 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
free verse
anecdote
Transcendentalism
Foot
10. 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
rhyme scheme
hexameter
vulgarity
hubris
11. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
fiction
symbol
theme
cadence
12. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
oxymoron
hyperbole
refrain
suspense
13. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
figurative language
anthropomorphism
tone
imagery
14. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
dramatic monologue
meter
rhetoric
couplet
15. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
farce
denouement
dimeter
meter
16. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
conflict
metaphor
spondaic (spondee)
flash - forward
17. 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)
plot
dimeter
assonance
synecdoche
18. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
aphorism
figure of speech
regionalism
anthropomorphism
19. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
blank verse
narrative
spondaic (spondee)
drama
20. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
couplet
assonance
epilogue
motif
21. Verse that tells a story
epilogue
narrative poetry
monologue
internal rhyme
22. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
climax
apostrophe
foreshadowing
stream of consciousness
23. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
maxim
farce
atmosphere
epigram
24. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
anthropomorphism
epitaph
refrain
rhetorical question
25. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
plot
iambic (iamb)
denouement
figurative language
26. Four feet per line of poetry
monometer
Foot
denouement
tetrameter
27. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
character
vulgarity
mood
inversion
28. A long speech by a character in a literary work
interior monologue
flashback
monologue
onomatopoeia
29. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
climax
flashback
foreshadowing
narrative poetry
30. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
narrative poetry
colloquialisms
antagonist
conflict
31. Poetry in which characters are revealed through dialogue - monologue - and description
Foot
fiction
allegory
dramatic poetry
32. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
imagery
synecdoche
hyperbole
antagonist
33. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
existentialism
internal rhyme
protagonist
colloquialisms
34. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
interior monologue
characterization
figure of speech
genre
35. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
theme
unreliable narrator
slant rhyme
malapropism
36. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
free verse
simile
vulgarity
climax
37. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
prologue
enjambment
Transcendentalism
denotation
38. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
regionalism
simile
unreliable narrator
jargon
39. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
denotation
internal rhyme
hubris
genre
40. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
Third person
hero
anapestic (anapest)
spondaic (spondee)
41. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
caesura
inversion
dramatic monologue
limited omniscient
42. Persuasive writing
setting
rhythm
rhetoric
maxim
43. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
narrative poetry
existentialism
flashback
symbol
44. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
epic hero
parallelism
simile
epiphany
45. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
connotation
vulgarity
dialect
limited omniscient
46. A lesson about right and wrong conduct taught in a fable or parable
monometer
dialect
moral
first person
47. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
limited omniscient
epilogue
repetition
Foot
48. Three feet per line of poetry
verbal irony
trimeter
connotation
tone
49. 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
flash - forward
genre
epic hero
50. Reference to a well - known person - place - or situation from history/art/music/work of literature
allusion
Imagism
conflict
tone