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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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1. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
magic realism
regionalism
foreshadowing
metaphor
2. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
epitaph
metonymy
flash - forward
slant rhyme
3. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
vulgarity
mood
dramatic monologue
magic realism
4. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
alliteration
first person
figurative language
dramatic poetry
5. 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
flashback
unreliable narrator
dimeter
maxim
6. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
apostrophe
character
prologue
situational irony
7. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
epigram
epigraph
prologue
heptameter (or septameter)
8. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
limited omniscient
prologue
cadence
parallelism
9. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
drama
epilogue
tetrameter
point of view
10. Poetry in which characters are revealed through dialogue - monologue - and description
onomatopoeia
figurative language
oxymoron
dramatic poetry
11. 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)
verbal irony
figurative language
synecdoche
protagonist
12. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
magic realism
dramatic poetry
heptameter (or septameter)
consonance
13. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
characterization
soliloquy
plot
symbol
14. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
synecdoche
mood
meter
apostrophe
15. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
slang
aphorism
antagonist
epitaph
16. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
epitaph
pentameter
irony
dialect
17. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
inversion
setting
dramatic monologue
colloquialisms
18. 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
epilogue
internal rhyme
theme
foreshadowing
19. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
symbol
epiphany
magic realism
archaic
20. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
unreliable narrator
pentameter
jargon
colloquialisms
21. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
trochaic (trochee)
apostrophe
memoir
antagonist
22. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
ballad
trimeter
prologue
hyperbole
23. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
atmosphere
regionalism
dramatic irony
mood
24. Two feet per line of poetry
archaic
dimeter
enjambment
epilogue
25. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
profanity
caesura
iambic (iamb)
moral
26. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
existentialism
metonymy
vulgarity
pentameter
27. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
archaic
refrain
denotation
dramatic irony
28. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
allusion
repetition
plot
cliche
29. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
apostrophe
caesura
dialect
point of view
30. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
motif
irony
dramatic monologue
paradox
31. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
interior monologue
regionalism
first person
dialect
32. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
interior monologue
protagonist
oxymoron
repetition
33. Persuasive writing
analogy
rhetoric
diction
internal rhyme
34. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
rhyme
caesura
profanity
Imagism
35. 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
soliloquy
allegory
anthropomorphism
octameter
36. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
epiphany
character
metaphor
trimeter
37. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is substituted for another that is related (ex: the crown=the king of a country)
metonymy
mood
epigram
regionalism
38. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
tone
tetrameter
alliteration
hyperbole
39. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
parallelism
inversion
foreshadowing
anecdote
40. 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
stream of consciousness
maxim
connotation
synecdoche
41. Four feet per line of poetry
figure of speech
spondaic (spondee)
simile
tetrameter
42. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
maxim
blank verse
apostrophe
epitaph
43. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
soliloquy
magic realism
slang
limited omniscient
44. Seven feet per line of poetry
irony
narrator
heptameter (or septameter)
limited omniscient
45. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
simile
imagery
irony
soliloquy
46. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
flashback
genre
hero
spondaic (spondee)
47. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
diction
inversion
meter
couplet
48. 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)
analogy
epilogue
malapropism
rhyme
49. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole
regionalism
character
figure of speech
aphorism
50. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
flash - forward
limited omniscient
Transcendentalism
dramatic irony
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