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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
vulgarity
archaic
anthropomorphism
Transcendentalism
2. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
setting
allusion
rhythm
soliloquy
3. Writing or speech that tells a story
tetrameter
narrative
dialogue
dramatic poetry
4. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
rhyme scheme
rhyme
flashback
suspense
5. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
onomatopoeia
figurative language
maxim
stream of consciousness
6. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
trochaic (trochee)
hyperbole
alliteration
characterization
7. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
first person
trochaic (trochee)
plot
paradox
8. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
free verse
atmosphere
soliloquy
allusion
9. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
enjambment
imagery
hyperbole
narrator
10. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
character
genre
mood
characterization
11. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
epilogue
heroic couplet
suspense
existentialism
12. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
couplet
metaphor
profanity
cliche
13. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
meter
hyperbole
slant rhyme
moral
14. One foot per line of poetry
rhyme
dramatic poetry
monometer
internal rhyme
15. Eight feet per line of poetry
inversion
octameter
interior monologue
apostrophe
16. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
Third person
genre
drama
atmosphere
17. 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
enjambment
dactylic (dactyl)
narrative poetry
18. Conversation between characters in a literary work
point of view
monologue
dialogue
octameter
19. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
analogy
epigram
oxymoron
end rhyme
20. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
narrator
mood
vulgarity
figurative language
21. The suggested or implied meaning associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition; can be positive - neutral - or negative
omniscient
connotation
profanity
dramatic monologue
22. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
dialogue
couplet
genre
anthropomorphism
23. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
simile
alliteration
dialect
Transcendentalism
24. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
epitaph
dramatic monologue
analogy
rhyme scheme
25. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
antagonist
symbol
octameter
drama
26. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
allusion
suspense
motif
refrain
27. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
colloquialisms
fiction
dactylic (dactyl)
parallelism
28. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
allusion
dramatic poetry
Imagism
slant rhyme
29. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
metaphor
alliteration
fiction
flash - forward
30. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
hyperbole
oxymoron
end rhyme
protagonist
31. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
caesura
suspense
epiphany
antagonist
32. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
interior monologue
denotation
climax
dramatic irony
33. The repetition of a line or phrase in a poem at regular intervals - usually at the end of each stanza
refrain
profanity
verbal irony
atmosphere
34. 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
blank verse
Transcendentalism
denotation
plot
35. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
apostrophe
cliche
heptameter (or septameter)
interior monologue
36. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
first person
unreliable narrator
symbol
plot
37. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
interior monologue
jargon
rhyme
imagery
38. Rhyming that occurs within a single line
situational irony
trochaic (trochee)
dialect
internal rhyme
39. The writer says one thing but means something else
alliteration
internal rhyme
memoir
verbal irony
40. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
iambic (iamb)
diction
characterization
first person
41. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
heroic couplet
archetype
paradox
trimeter
42. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
rhyme
flashback
magic realism
assonance
43. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
aphorism
heroic couplet
epigram
hubris
44. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
trimeter
limited omniscient
colloquialisms
Imagism
45. A lesson about right and wrong conduct taught in a fable or parable
irony
moral
refrain
repetition
46. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
characterization
atmosphere
octameter
cadence
47. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
soliloquy
drama
repetition
antagonist
48. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
refrain
stream of consciousness
tetrameter
consonance
49. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
fiction
synecdoche
analogy
suspense
50. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
situational irony
oxymoron
alliteration
refrain