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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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1. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
archetype
blank verse
repetition
interior monologue
2. 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
Transcendentalism
octameter
dactylic (dactyl)
allegory
3. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
drama
metaphor
enjambment
prologue
4. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
hyperbole
magic realism
rhythm
point of view
5. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
plot
heptameter (or septameter)
symbol
limited omniscient
6. The suggested or implied meaning associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition; can be positive - neutral - or negative
internal rhyme
parallelism
limited omniscient
connotation
7. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
denotation
octameter
epigram
memoir
8. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
prologue
free verse
Imagism
magic realism
9. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
anecdote
monologue
limited omniscient
spondaic (spondee)
10. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
paradox
omniscient
enjambment
allegory
11. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
profanity
anthropomorphism
epiphany
free verse
12. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
hero
flashback
rhyme
genre
13. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions
internal rhyme
rhythm
interior monologue
rhetorical question
14. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
prologue
alliteration
rhyme
trochaic (trochee)
15. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
hero
drama
antagonist
diction
16. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
cliche
unreliable narrator
mood
archaic
17. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
stream of consciousness
characterization
rhythm
magic realism
18. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
diction
figure of speech
denotation
omniscient
19. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
suspense
assonance
Imagism
blank verse
20. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
dialect
parallelism
slant rhyme
farce
21. Five feet per line of poetry
pentameter
colloquialisms
plot
cliche
22. A person portrayed in a literary work
anecdote
epigram
character
dialogue
23. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
denouement
hyperbole
narrative poetry
situational irony
24. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also called vers libre
epitaph
free verse
symbol
end rhyme
25. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
end rhyme
octameter
anapestic (anapest)
motif
26. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
onomatopoeia
theme
climax
genre
27. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
irony
pentameter
epigram
diction
28. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
existentialism
dramatic monologue
dramatic poetry
monometer
29. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
dramatic poetry
flash - forward
trimeter
dactylic (dactyl)
30. Reference to a well - known person - place - or situation from history/art/music/work of literature
hero
limited omniscient
allusion
rhetorical question
31. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
plot
conflict
inversion
Imagism
32. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
narrative
paradox
tetrameter
plot
33. The repetition of a line or phrase in a poem at regular intervals - usually at the end of each stanza
refrain
dramatic monologue
plot
inversion
34. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
apostrophe
stream of consciousness
synecdoche
dimeter
35. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
first person
point of view
imagery
hyperbole
36. Persuasive writing
interior monologue
dialect
rhetoric
oxymoron
37. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
soliloquy
anecdote
epilogue
denotation
38. 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
metaphor
suspense
dramatic poetry
39. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
rhyme
meter
setting
Third person
40. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
octameter
internal rhyme
cadence
jargon
41. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
trochaic (trochee)
analogy
plot
slang
42. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
slang
assonance
protagonist
hyperbole
43. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
vulgarity
denouement
omniscient
hyperbole
44. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
cadence
epic hero
slang
octameter
45. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
metonymy
foreshadowing
dramatic poetry
point of view
46. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
rhyme scheme
couplet
trimeter
cliche
47. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
dramatic irony
hero
situational irony
anthropomorphism
48. 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)
epiphany
tone
flashback
epic hero
49. Rhyming that occurs within a single line
internal rhyme
epic hero
meter
epiphany
50. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
vulgarity
characterization
epic hero
setting