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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 recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
rhetorical question
repetition
existentialism
consonance
2. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
Imagism
dramatic monologue
flashback
characterization
3. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
farce
character
regionalism
omniscient
4. One foot per line of poetry
monometer
end rhyme
figure of speech
situational irony
5. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
parallelism
denotation
point of view
dramatic irony
6. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
denouement
jargon
verbal irony
end rhyme
7. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
repetition
drama
omniscient
genre
8. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
anthropomorphism
narrative
drama
dramatic poetry
9. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
climax
epigraph
dimeter
conflict
10. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
genre
interior monologue
prologue
soliloquy
11. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
first person
epitaph
hubris
omniscient
12. A narrative song or poem
memoir
Foot
Transcendentalism
ballad
13. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
monometer
foreshadowing
epigraph
epiphany
14. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
imagery
motif
metonymy
heroic couplet
15. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
repetition
anecdote
apostrophe
monometer
16. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
metonymy
caesura
rhyme
hubris
17. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
diction
point of view
figurative language
parallelism
18. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
epigram
hexameter
colloquialisms
aphorism
19. A long speech by a character in a literary work
atmosphere
monologue
epic hero
unreliable narrator
20. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
allusion
anapestic (anapest)
assonance
aphorism
21. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
epigram
character
malapropism
epitaph
22. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
enjambment
figurative language
imagery
assonance
23. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
anthropomorphism
protagonist
tone
existentialism
24. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
archetype
vulgarity
monometer
diction
25. The perspective from which a story is told
theme
onomatopoeia
point of view
unreliable narrator
26. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
cliche
ballad
metaphor
heptameter (or septameter)
27. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
theme
rhyme scheme
epigraph
iambic (iamb)
28. The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another to complete meaning and grammatical structure (aka - a run - on)
allusion
repetition
enjambment
anapestic (anapest)
29. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
couplet
conflict
unreliable narrator
point of view
30. Four feet per line of poetry
character
metaphor
tetrameter
rhyme
31. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
epitaph
anapestic (anapest)
epic hero
internal rhyme
32. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when the speaker gets two words mixed up (ex: We watched the flamingo dancers all day)
heroic couplet
unreliable narrator
aphorism
malapropism
33. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
epitaph
internal rhyme
dimeter
paradox
34. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
metonymy
characterization
slang
conflict
35. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
maxim
antagonist
mood
characterization
36. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
hexameter
aphorism
heptameter (or septameter)
cadence
37. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
flashback
hero
blank verse
monometer
38. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
profanity
interior monologue
vulgarity
analogy
39. 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)
tone
rhetorical question
dimeter
tetrameter
40. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
dimeter
rhythm
epigraph
trochaic (trochee)
41. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
epic hero
analogy
blank verse
soliloquy
42. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
rhetoric
slang
drama
narrative
43. Six feet per line of poetry
symbol
jargon
monometer
hexameter
44. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
regionalism
archaic
anecdote
monometer
45. A person portrayed in a literary work
unreliable narrator
epigram
metonymy
character
46. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
existentialism
internal rhyme
interior monologue
dialect
47. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
flash - forward
maxim
figurative language
hero
48. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
figurative language
irony
parallelism
epitaph
49. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
assonance
internal rhyme
archetype
Third person
50. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
blank verse
anecdote
end rhyme
metonymy