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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 movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
Imagism
slang
diction
flash - forward
2. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
couplet
refrain
epic hero
epiphany
3. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
trochaic (trochee)
character
irony
oxymoron
4. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
existentialism
atmosphere
conflict
drama
5. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
anapestic (anapest)
end rhyme
omniscient
dramatic irony
6. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
memoir
first person
magic realism
allegory
7. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
analogy
epigram
moral
internal rhyme
8. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
internal rhyme
trimeter
limited omniscient
hero
9. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
setting
trimeter
prologue
allegory
10. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
hubris
colloquialisms
irony
synecdoche
11. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
magic realism
jargon
slang
malapropism
12. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
first person
rhetoric
moral
omniscient
13. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
mood
fiction
maxim
imagery
14. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
prologue
plot
denotation
foreshadowing
15. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
meter
hero
motif
denotation
16. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
foreshadowing
antagonist
assonance
free verse
17. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
rhyme scheme
hubris
rhyme
farce
18. Four feet per line of poetry
conflict
archetype
rhythm
tetrameter
19. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
rhythm
verbal irony
archaic
heptameter (or septameter)
20. The writer says one thing but means something else
motif
anthropomorphism
verbal irony
internal rhyme
21. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
motif
consonance
couplet
Third person
22. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
trimeter
hyperbole
limited omniscient
anecdote
23. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
fiction
hero
paradox
analogy
24. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
maxim
jargon
figure of speech
dramatic poetry
25. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
conflict
jargon
spondaic (spondee)
iambic (iamb)
26. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
interior monologue
rhyme
conflict
Imagism
27. A person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
colloquialisms
tetrameter
antagonist
suspense
28. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
metaphor
foreshadowing
profanity
narrative poetry
29. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
heroic couplet
flashback
rhetorical question
atmosphere
30. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions
interior monologue
theme
profanity
moral
31. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
internal rhyme
denotation
atmosphere
tone
32. Conversation between characters in a literary work
onomatopoeia
enjambment
aphorism
dialogue
33. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
situational irony
slant rhyme
repetition
vulgarity
34. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
conflict
irony
heroic couplet
epigraph
35. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
cliche
paradox
foreshadowing
vulgarity
36. The perspective from which a story is told
connotation
repetition
dramatic poetry
point of view
37. A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (ex: wise fool)
suspense
oxymoron
internal rhyme
dramatic irony
38. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
magic realism
archetype
analogy
situational irony
39. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
onomatopoeia
situational irony
hyperbole
trochaic (trochee)
40. Three feet per line of poetry
atmosphere
epigram
heroic couplet
trimeter
41. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
irony
cliche
heptameter (or septameter)
anthropomorphism
42. Verse that tells a story
archetype
aphorism
narrative poetry
motif
43. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
epigraph
flash - forward
first person
memoir
44. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
climax
aphorism
tetrameter
genre
45. Six feet per line of poetry
hexameter
anapestic (anapest)
narrator
figure of speech
46. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
caesura
blank verse
memoir
refrain
47. One foot per line of poetry
meter
onomatopoeia
monometer
internal rhyme
48. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
regionalism
apostrophe
imagery
dramatic monologue
49. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
meter
imagery
parallelism
epilogue
50. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
hexameter
Third person
iambic (iamb)
analogy