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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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cset
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
octameter
drama
inversion
cliche
2. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
Third person
epigraph
first person
connotation
3. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
verbal irony
synecdoche
assonance
protagonist
4. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
synecdoche
anthropomorphism
climax
genre
5. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
meter
blank verse
trochaic (trochee)
hero
6. Two feet per line of poetry
metonymy
allegory
dimeter
hubris
7. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
end rhyme
plot
vulgarity
metaphor
8. The perspective from which a story is told
free verse
point of view
trimeter
theme
9. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
denotation
slant rhyme
imagery
slang
10. Rhyming that occurs within a single line
heptameter (or septameter)
symbol
internal rhyme
parallelism
11. Five feet per line of poetry
connotation
tone
fiction
pentameter
12. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
Imagism
meter
archaic
dramatic poetry
13. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
imagery
rhyme
memoir
internal rhyme
14. Six feet per line of poetry
hero
hexameter
foreshadowing
couplet
15. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
memoir
situational irony
dramatic poetry
flashback
16. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
epigram
regionalism
rhyme
motif
17. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
drama
trochaic (trochee)
magic realism
allusion
18. 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
allegory
conflict
paradox
free verse
19. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
hyperbole
maxim
vulgarity
drama
20. 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)
couplet
rhythm
malapropism
rhetorical question
21. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
connotation
end rhyme
slant rhyme
denouement
22. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
dactylic (dactyl)
verbal irony
limited omniscient
moral
23. 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
figurative language
stream of consciousness
end rhyme
parallelism
24. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
farce
existentialism
refrain
fiction
25. The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another to complete meaning and grammatical structure (aka - a run - on)
vulgarity
enjambment
existentialism
anecdote
26. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions
internal rhyme
figurative language
verbal irony
interior monologue
27. Poetry in which characters are revealed through dialogue - monologue - and description
dramatic poetry
epigraph
rhetoric
trochaic (trochee)
28. One foot per line of poetry
regionalism
soliloquy
point of view
monometer
29. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
tone
analogy
epitaph
colloquialisms
30. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
rhyme
dimeter
repetition
denouement
31. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
drama
consonance
point of view
cliche
32. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
theme
hubris
diction
pentameter
33. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
atmosphere
anecdote
dimeter
symbol
34. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
situational irony
synecdoche
epigram
paradox
35. A lesson about right and wrong conduct taught in a fable or parable
antagonist
moral
allusion
anapestic (anapest)
36. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
antagonist
first person
synecdoche
memoir
37. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
metaphor
rhyme
heroic couplet
slant rhyme
38. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
epitaph
situational irony
epigraph
mood
39. A person portrayed in a literary work
trimeter
character
paradox
epic hero
40. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
dramatic irony
caesura
metaphor
epigram
41. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
epigraph
tone
setting
jargon
42. Reference to a well - known person - place - or situation from history/art/music/work of literature
genre
characterization
mood
allusion
43. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
Foot
maxim
malapropism
archetype
44. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
tetrameter
genre
spondaic (spondee)
cadence
45. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
epilogue
cadence
flash - forward
hubris
46. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
motif
iambic (iamb)
flash - forward
refrain
47. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
trimeter
couplet
imagery
colloquialisms
48. Seven feet per line of poetry
flashback
hero
heptameter (or septameter)
anapestic (anapest)
49. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
pentameter
hero
colloquialisms
dialect
50. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
farce
allusion
iambic (iamb)
apostrophe