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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
paradox
moral
cliche
verbal irony
2. 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
unreliable narrator
consonance
couplet
flashback
3. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
point of view
imagery
first person
colloquialisms
4. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
aphorism
hubris
profanity
slang
5. A person portrayed in a literary work
jargon
stream of consciousness
character
heroic couplet
6. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
repetition
analogy
couplet
dactylic (dactyl)
7. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
prologue
epigram
iambic (iamb)
dialogue
8. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
heroic couplet
denouement
epitaph
tetrameter
9. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
oxymoron
slant rhyme
Foot
conflict
10. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
dialect
hexameter
cadence
hyperbole
11. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
regionalism
epiphany
rhythm
mood
12. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
spondaic (spondee)
enjambment
symbol
end rhyme
13. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
existentialism
atmosphere
profanity
caesura
14. One foot per line of poetry
moral
imagery
pentameter
monometer
15. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
drama
internal rhyme
inversion
rhyme
16. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
atmosphere
memoir
existentialism
octameter
17. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
epigram
apostrophe
rhythm
ballad
18. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
metaphor
epitaph
rhyme
regionalism
19. The larger - than - life central character in an epic (a long narrative poem about events of crucial importance to the history of a culture/nation)
narrator
epic hero
enjambment
cadence
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)
malapropism
characterization
epic hero
blank verse
21. 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
slang
allegory
plot
profanity
22. Writing or speech that tells a story
paradox
suspense
dialect
narrative
23. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
motif
figurative language
protagonist
narrative poetry
24. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
figurative language
octameter
malapropism
onomatopoeia
25. Verse that tells a story
narrative poetry
irony
prologue
internal rhyme
26. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
trochaic (trochee)
setting
omniscient
internal rhyme
27. 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
Foot
profanity
stream of consciousness
maxim
28. 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
drama
slant rhyme
internal rhyme
theme
29. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
metaphor
rhetoric
genre
setting
30. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
hero
imagery
genre
point of view
31. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
theme
farce
flashback
antagonist
32. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
hyperbole
Third person
metaphor
diction
33. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
tetrameter
malapropism
limited omniscient
metaphor
34. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
epigram
first person
end rhyme
situational irony
35. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
allusion
jargon
figurative language
vulgarity
36. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
heroic couplet
repetition
theme
cliche
37. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
inversion
metonymy
verbal irony
meter
38. Seven feet per line of poetry
connotation
epitaph
interior monologue
heptameter (or septameter)
39. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
fiction
heptameter (or septameter)
alliteration
parallelism
40. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
caesura
rhythm
dramatic irony
analogy
41. Six feet per line of poetry
dramatic irony
Foot
hexameter
colloquialisms
42. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
cliche
connotation
couplet
dactylic (dactyl)
43. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
drama
consonance
flashback
plot
44. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
dactylic (dactyl)
blank verse
soliloquy
epic hero
45. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
simile
blank verse
diction
archaic
46. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
antagonist
flash - forward
moral
allegory
47. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
metaphor
farce
imagery
refrain
48. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
dramatic monologue
refrain
anthropomorphism
suspense
49. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
characterization
simile
hexameter
epic hero
50. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
allegory
simile
maxim
rhetorical question