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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Four feet per line of poetry
narrative
tetrameter
slant rhyme
slang
2. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
farce
epilogue
soliloquy
rhetorical question
3. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
memoir
diction
connotation
figurative language
4. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
conflict
foreshadowing
parallelism
anthropomorphism
5. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
flashback
rhetoric
anecdote
assonance
6. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
dactylic (dactyl)
foreshadowing
climax
rhyme scheme
7. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
limited omniscient
monometer
heroic couplet
cliche
8. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
climax
memoir
unreliable narrator
point of view
9. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
dramatic monologue
dialogue
first person
existentialism
10. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
climax
oxymoron
imagery
cadence
11. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
suspense
narrator
denouement
Foot
12. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
imagery
epic hero
slant rhyme
prologue
13. Poetry in which characters are revealed through dialogue - monologue - and description
dramatic poetry
narrator
irony
anecdote
14. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
flash - forward
caesura
farce
symbol
15. The struggle - internal or external - between opposing forces in a work of literature
conflict
rhyme
colloquialisms
hubris
16. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
hero
hyperbole
flash - forward
alliteration
17. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions
existentialism
interior monologue
magic realism
narrative
18. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
soliloquy
parallelism
Transcendentalism
imagery
19. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
hero
dramatic poetry
epilogue
denouement
20. Rhyming that occurs within a single line
internal rhyme
paradox
rhyme
cadence
21. Persuasive writing
rhyme scheme
vulgarity
existentialism
rhetoric
22. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
epitaph
imagery
internal rhyme
protagonist
23. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
rhetoric
slang
interior monologue
jargon
24. A narrative song or poem
ballad
figurative language
rhetorical question
apostrophe
25. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
unreliable narrator
character
alliteration
internal rhyme
26. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
interior monologue
archetype
cadence
anapestic (anapest)
27. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
irony
profanity
character
allegory
28. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
figure of speech
denouement
rhythm
metonymy
29. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
flashback
refrain
inversion
epigraph
30. Seven feet per line of poetry
heptameter (or septameter)
vulgarity
first person
synecdoche
31. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
allusion
monometer
aphorism
simile
32. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter
oxymoron
epic hero
jargon
33. The writer says one thing but means something else
dramatic poetry
stream of consciousness
verbal irony
consonance
34. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
iambic (iamb)
situational irony
figure of speech
archetype
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)
archaic
blank verse
fiction
metonymy
36. A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (ex: wise fool)
oxymoron
protagonist
epic hero
flash - forward
37. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
point of view
couplet
regionalism
figurative language
38. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
anthropomorphism
character
figure of speech
vulgarity
39. Three feet per line of poetry
Third person
trimeter
simile
enjambment
40. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
verbal irony
diction
regionalism
tetrameter
41. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
suspense
colloquialisms
metonymy
vulgarity
42. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
rhyme scheme
limited omniscient
apostrophe
existentialism
43. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
dialect
hexameter
characterization
soliloquy
44. Five feet per line of poetry
pentameter
epilogue
epitaph
malapropism
45. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
aphorism
slang
narrator
rhyme
46. 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)
epic hero
magic realism
flashback
octameter
47. One foot per line of poetry
dramatic irony
monometer
limited omniscient
imagery
48. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
flash - forward
conflict
malapropism
rhyme
49. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
slang
dramatic monologue
metonymy
hubris
50. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
omniscient
antagonist
Foot
protagonist