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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Six feet per line of poetry
existentialism
hexameter
analogy
maxim
2. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
internal rhyme
analogy
vulgarity
flashback
3. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
genre
fiction
conflict
setting
4. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
stream of consciousness
iambic (iamb)
Foot
memoir
5. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
imagery
soliloquy
consonance
heptameter (or septameter)
6. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
analogy
slant rhyme
metaphor
rhetorical question
7. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
irony
allegory
imagery
suspense
8. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
rhythm
parallelism
moral
characterization
9. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
refrain
regionalism
diction
archaic
10. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
internal rhyme
epigraph
synecdoche
dactylic (dactyl)
11. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
characterization
unreliable narrator
cadence
first person
12. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
assonance
trochaic (trochee)
situational irony
epigraph
13. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
monometer
dramatic irony
theme
dramatic monologue
14. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
free verse
trimeter
setting
Transcendentalism
15. Writing or speech that tells a story
figurative language
cliche
trimeter
narrative
16. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
interior monologue
memoir
rhetoric
flash - forward
17. Verse that tells a story
Foot
narrative poetry
epic hero
assonance
18. A long speech by a character in a literary work
monologue
epitaph
trochaic (trochee)
rhythm
19. The writer says one thing but means something else
rhyme
alliteration
verbal irony
epigraph
20. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
flash - forward
monometer
dialogue
archetype
21. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
metonymy
point of view
inversion
limited omniscient
22. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
epilogue
fiction
foreshadowing
farce
23. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
mood
denotation
metonymy
hexameter
24. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
connotation
prologue
foreshadowing
internal rhyme
25. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
fiction
farce
anapestic (anapest)
hubris
26. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
narrative
denotation
octameter
allusion
27. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
enjambment
jargon
alliteration
flashback
28. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
plot
irony
rhyme scheme
slang
29. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
regionalism
characterization
internal rhyme
apostrophe
30. 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
inversion
anapestic (anapest)
allegory
genre
31. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
fiction
diction
epiphany
suspense
32. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
anecdote
existentialism
end rhyme
flashback
33. A figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole or a whole is used for its parts (ex: All hands on deck)
protagonist
first person
dialogue
synecdoche
34. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
dactylic (dactyl)
couplet
suspense
narrative poetry
35. A person portrayed in a literary work
mood
character
anthropomorphism
parallelism
36. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole
oxymoron
figure of speech
dialogue
assonance
37. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
epilogue
prologue
enjambment
profanity
38. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
internal rhyme
slant rhyme
metaphor
imagery
39. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
cadence
narrative poetry
stream of consciousness
trochaic (trochee)
40. Four feet per line of poetry
situational irony
existentialism
pentameter
tetrameter
41. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
Transcendentalism
internal rhyme
omniscient
theme
42. A narrative song or poem
narrative
suspense
ballad
oxymoron
43. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
soliloquy
cliche
anecdote
epic hero
44. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
monometer
dialogue
interior monologue
simile
45. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
spondaic (spondee)
repetition
hyperbole
epic hero
46. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
caesura
flash - forward
theme
onomatopoeia
47. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
epigraph
onomatopoeia
slant rhyme
irony
48. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
climax
drama
denouement
connotation
49. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
atmosphere
motif
heptameter (or septameter)
fiction
50. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
conflict
epitaph
refrain
monologue