SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET English Reading Understanding Text
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
cset
,
reading-and-comprehension
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
imagery
jargon
assonance
archaic
2. 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)
allegory
epic hero
tetrameter
couplet
3. 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)
prologue
malapropism
dramatic monologue
metaphor
4. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
repetition
plot
heptameter (or septameter)
denotation
5. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
anthropomorphism
dactylic (dactyl)
unreliable narrator
imagery
6. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
rhetoric
mood
limited omniscient
soliloquy
7. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
climax
heroic couplet
inversion
metonymy
8. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
jargon
dimeter
imagery
dialect
9. 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
diction
denotation
allegory
hubris
10. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
prologue
maxim
theme
figurative language
11. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
plot
trochaic (trochee)
consonance
stream of consciousness
12. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
rhetorical question
caesura
end rhyme
trimeter
13. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
inversion
consonance
monologue
dramatic irony
14. 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
denotation
unreliable narrator
blank verse
jargon
15. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
Transcendentalism
epigraph
antagonist
flashback
16. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
cliche
meter
apostrophe
narrative poetry
17. A literary movement and philosophical attitude important during the mid -19th century in New England; emphasized reliance on intuition and conscience - focused on protesting materialism and Puritan ethic. Hallmarks of the movement: individualism - fr
dialect
narrator
Transcendentalism
epic hero
18. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
memoir
diction
first person
omniscient
19. Writing or speech that tells a story
dramatic monologue
foreshadowing
hyperbole
narrative
20. A question to which no answer is expected or the answer is obvious
rhetorical question
dialogue
profanity
metonymy
21. Seven feet per line of poetry
memoir
unreliable narrator
rhetorical question
heptameter (or septameter)
22. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
stream of consciousness
allegory
regionalism
Foot
23. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
allusion
epiphany
colloquialisms
rhyme scheme
24. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
dramatic monologue
slant rhyme
jargon
simile
25. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
maxim
slang
rhyme scheme
irony
26. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
epitaph
slang
anecdote
internal rhyme
27. 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)
apostrophe
tone
characterization
point of view
28. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
dramatic irony
enjambment
point of view
epitaph
29. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
pentameter
parallelism
flashback
monologue
30. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
situational irony
rhyme scheme
end rhyme
dactylic (dactyl)
31. The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another to complete meaning and grammatical structure (aka - a run - on)
farce
enjambment
heroic couplet
refrain
32. 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)
synecdoche
omniscient
Foot
dramatic poetry
33. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
suspense
consonance
memoir
couplet
34. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
hexameter
dramatic poetry
blank verse
farce
35. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
foreshadowing
end rhyme
iambic (iamb)
Transcendentalism
36. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
ballad
hyperbole
suspense
profanity
37. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
rhetorical question
first person
aphorism
vulgarity
38. A long speech by a character in a literary work
verbal irony
monologue
rhyme scheme
situational irony
39. 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
epiphany
rhetorical question
omniscient
40. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
rhetorical question
heroic couplet
aphorism
onomatopoeia
41. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
aphorism
profanity
epilogue
pentameter
42. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
interior monologue
dactylic (dactyl)
maxim
parallelism
43. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
tetrameter
denouement
trimeter
foreshadowing
44. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
simile
blank verse
epilogue
parallelism
45. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
denotation
octameter
cliche
tone
46. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
situational irony
interior monologue
conflict
repetition
47. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
Imagism
plot
synecdoche
caesura
48. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
heroic couplet
hexameter
paradox
end rhyme
49. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
prologue
dramatic irony
dramatic monologue
suspense
50. The writer says one thing but means something else
end rhyme
limited omniscient
verbal irony
trochaic (trochee)