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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
limited omniscient
caesura
inversion
theme
2. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
hexameter
malapropism
spondaic (spondee)
limited omniscient
3. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
slang
farce
simile
suspense
4. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
foreshadowing
Transcendentalism
couplet
archaic
5. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
Foot
heptameter (or septameter)
denotation
slang
6. Two feet per line of poetry
hero
dimeter
epic hero
enjambment
7. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
setting
anapestic (anapest)
omniscient
dialect
8. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
dialogue
dramatic poetry
figurative language
end rhyme
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
Transcendentalism
iambic (iamb)
soliloquy
jargon
10. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
cadence
prologue
drama
metaphor
11. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
first person
prologue
omniscient
apostrophe
12. 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
unreliable narrator
inversion
prologue
heptameter (or septameter)
13. Verse that tells a story
narrative poetry
genre
anecdote
trochaic (trochee)
14. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
hexameter
epic hero
Third person
metaphor
15. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
epiphany
suspense
memoir
internal rhyme
16. 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)
character
hero
assonance
epic hero
17. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
metonymy
maxim
dramatic monologue
regionalism
18. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
inversion
dimeter
slant rhyme
foreshadowing
19. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
profanity
epilogue
free verse
oxymoron
20. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
slant rhyme
situational irony
pentameter
figurative language
21. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
epitaph
denouement
anecdote
dialect
22. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
aphorism
conflict
alliteration
plot
23. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
irony
figurative language
first person
imagery
24. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
archetype
epitaph
internal rhyme
suspense
25. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
dramatic monologue
regionalism
denotation
figure of speech
26. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
flash - forward
profanity
denotation
maxim
27. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
epigraph
first person
fiction
setting
28. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
consonance
couplet
repetition
antagonist
29. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
Foot
characterization
caesura
meter
30. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
metonymy
irony
cadence
Foot
31. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
synecdoche
internal rhyme
octameter
analogy
32. Four feet per line of poetry
dialect
trimeter
pentameter
tetrameter
33. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
trimeter
metonymy
anecdote
point of view
34. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
suspense
flashback
epic hero
limited omniscient
35. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
trimeter
existentialism
paradox
pentameter
36. Three feet per line of poetry
rhetoric
Third person
omniscient
trimeter
37. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
simile
atmosphere
prologue
synecdoche
38. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
epitaph
hubris
parallelism
cadence
39. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
blank verse
narrator
mood
iambic (iamb)
40. Five feet per line of poetry
synecdoche
heptameter (or septameter)
denouement
pentameter
41. 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
heroic couplet
consonance
allegory
dialogue
42. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
heroic couplet
onomatopoeia
cliche
caesura
43. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
magic realism
analogy
rhythm
enjambment
44. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
Foot
ballad
vulgarity
diction
45. 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)
omniscient
parallelism
malapropism
pentameter
46. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
end rhyme
analogy
motif
alliteration
47. Conversation between characters in a literary work
dialogue
flash - forward
dramatic irony
verbal irony
48. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
magic realism
onomatopoeia
49. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
epigraph
archetype
point of view
heroic couplet
50. 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
irony
omniscient
oxymoron