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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Poetry in which characters are revealed through dialogue - monologue - and description
ballad
dramatic poetry
rhyme
epilogue
2. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
denouement
rhetorical question
limited omniscient
interior monologue
3. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
enjambment
slang
Foot
rhyme
4. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions
denotation
interior monologue
characterization
epigram
5. 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)
oxymoron
symbol
apostrophe
tone
6. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
flash - forward
drama
trochaic (trochee)
refrain
7. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
stream of consciousness
atmosphere
octameter
first person
8. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
tetrameter
internal rhyme
dialogue
magic realism
9. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
stream of consciousness
metaphor
suspense
couplet
10. Two feet per line of poetry
dactylic (dactyl)
climax
dimeter
Foot
11. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
oxymoron
Foot
prologue
synecdoche
12. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
figurative language
blank verse
slang
mood
13. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
rhetorical question
epitaph
synecdoche
metonymy
14. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
alliteration
regionalism
maxim
analogy
15. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
memoir
figurative language
free verse
prologue
16. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
denotation
slang
octameter
verbal irony
17. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
dimeter
setting
connotation
trochaic (trochee)
18. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
paradox
repetition
characterization
iambic (iamb)
19. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
anthropomorphism
character
rhythm
heroic couplet
20. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
rhetoric
atmosphere
regionalism
Imagism
21. A long speech by a character in a literary work
heptameter (or septameter)
monologue
onomatopoeia
denouement
22. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
dialogue
imagery
end rhyme
alliteration
23. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
meter
rhythm
vulgarity
first person
24. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
end rhyme
point of view
slang
onomatopoeia
25. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
pentameter
blank verse
first person
character
26. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
narrative
figurative language
Imagism
point of view
27. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
dactylic (dactyl)
parallelism
narrator
farce
28. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
spondaic (spondee)
end rhyme
iambic (iamb)
Transcendentalism
29. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
oxymoron
memoir
climax
fiction
30. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
character
denouement
end rhyme
pentameter
31. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
trochaic (trochee)
rhetoric
iambic (iamb)
archaic
32. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
apostrophe
motif
spondaic (spondee)
anthropomorphism
33. 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)
spondaic (spondee)
malapropism
fiction
epilogue
34. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
irony
moral
point of view
antagonist
35. 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)
narrative
magic realism
profanity
metonymy
36. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole
foreshadowing
figure of speech
Third person
caesura
37. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
imagery
climax
epiphany
rhythm
38. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
motif
dramatic poetry
conflict
unreliable narrator
39. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
spondaic (spondee)
synecdoche
trimeter
irony
40. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
rhyme
flashback
fiction
flash - forward
41. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
trochaic (trochee)
couplet
imagery
oxymoron
42. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
profanity
foreshadowing
epitaph
epigram
43. Eight feet per line of poetry
figurative language
hero
octameter
first person
44. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
existentialism
character
cadence
oxymoron
45. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
motif
slang
anecdote
free verse
46. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
hyperbole
blank verse
farce
magic realism
47. Five feet per line of poetry
farce
pentameter
dialect
slang
48. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
protagonist
fiction
onomatopoeia
theme
49. 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
malapropism
farce
heroic couplet
allegory
50. Verse that tells a story
narrative poetry
cadence
hexameter
narrator