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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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1. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
cliche
climax
rhyme scheme
hero
2. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
irony
rhyme scheme
free verse
climax
3. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
soliloquy
cliche
situational irony
diction
4. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
characterization
farce
existentialism
rhyme scheme
5. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
monometer
jargon
onomatopoeia
verbal irony
6. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
rhythm
cadence
archaic
memoir
7. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
symbol
end rhyme
anecdote
cadence
8. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
epilogue
enjambment
hyperbole
anapestic (anapest)
9. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
archetype
limited omniscient
slant rhyme
dactylic (dactyl)
10. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
Transcendentalism
free verse
epilogue
imagery
11. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
denouement
atmosphere
protagonist
internal rhyme
12. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
malapropism
hero
antagonist
protagonist
13. One foot per line of poetry
monometer
point of view
archetype
Third person
14. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
paradox
parallelism
Transcendentalism
prologue
15. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
narrator
existentialism
diction
analogy
16. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
dramatic monologue
assonance
enjambment
hexameter
17. The perspective from which a story is told
denotation
protagonist
point of view
epitaph
18. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
omniscient
anecdote
slant rhyme
dramatic irony
19. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
simile
figurative language
conflict
Third person
20. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
regionalism
iambic (iamb)
magic realism
rhetoric
21. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
end rhyme
denouement
Imagism
moral
22. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
irony
caesura
anthropomorphism
epiphany
23. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also called vers libre
epigram
epigraph
anthropomorphism
free verse
24. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
assonance
anthropomorphism
onomatopoeia
regionalism
25. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
Foot
diction
climax
dimeter
26. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
figure of speech
first person
blank verse
alliteration
27. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter
epic hero
fiction
tone
28. 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
heroic couplet
end rhyme
colloquialisms
29. Eight feet per line of poetry
prologue
denouement
octameter
plot
30. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
irony
unreliable narrator
metaphor
rhetoric
31. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
trimeter
rhyme scheme
epigram
rhyme
32. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
setting
monometer
regionalism
parallelism
33. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
profanity
enjambment
situational irony
unreliable narrator
34. 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)
trochaic (trochee)
analogy
colloquialisms
metonymy
35. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
meter
protagonist
spondaic (spondee)
memoir
36. Conversation between characters in a literary work
theme
dialogue
mood
setting
37. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
internal rhyme
rhetorical question
repetition
tetrameter
38. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
Foot
trochaic (trochee)
memoir
atmosphere
39. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
dramatic irony
slant rhyme
analogy
trochaic (trochee)
40. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
farce
first person
climax
caesura
41. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
point of view
drama
slang
metaphor
42. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
drama
figure of speech
anecdote
irony
43. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
dialect
mood
onomatopoeia
first person
44. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
irony
first person
characterization
omniscient
45. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
alliteration
denotation
tone
allusion
46. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
narrator
plot
monometer
interior monologue
47. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
monometer
anecdote
simile
apostrophe
48. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
profanity
cliche
dimeter
rhythm
49. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
farce
refrain
characterization
first person
50. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
anecdote
plot
epigraph
rhetoric
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