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CSET English Reading Understanding Text

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1. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life






2. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities






3. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions






4. The author's attitude toward his/her subject matter or audience; expressed through diction - punctuation - syntax - and figures of speech; (ex: humorous - serious - formal - distant - friendly)






5. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area






6. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.






7. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)






8. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language






9. A long speech by a character in a literary work






10. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea






11. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)






12. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage






13. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)






14. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device






15. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose






16. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also called vers libre






17. Five feet per line of poetry






18. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)






19. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur






20. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)






21. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry






22. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'






23. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character






24. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)






25. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener






26. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)






27. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)






28. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves






29. The perspective from which a story is told






30. 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)






31. Rhyming of word at the ends of line






32. The suggested or implied meaning associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition; can be positive - neutral - or negative






33. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech






34. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things






35. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry






36. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds






37. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form






38. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)






39. One foot per line of poetry






40. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work






41. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something






42. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words






43. The repetition of a line or phrase in a poem at regular intervals - usually at the end of each stanza






44. 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






45. Rhyming that occurs within a single line






46. Seven feet per line of poetry






47. 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






48. A person portrayed in a literary work






49. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern






50. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past