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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 person or force working against the protagonist - or central character - in a literary work
antagonist
unreliable narrator
epigram
internal rhyme
2. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
iambic (iamb)
narrative
flash - forward
climax
3. A narrative song or poem
flash - forward
setting
denotation
ballad
4. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
moral
epitaph
synecdoche
cadence
5. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
foreshadowing
rhyme scheme
analogy
apostrophe
6. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
flashback
trochaic (trochee)
dactylic (dactyl)
aphorism
7. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
diction
dramatic monologue
tetrameter
character
8. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
metaphor
couplet
situational irony
epilogue
9. Six feet per line of poetry
diction
jargon
farce
hexameter
10. 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
allegory
dramatic irony
spondaic (spondee)
antagonist
11. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
tone
moral
memoir
symbol
12. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
soliloquy
monometer
mood
Foot
13. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
monologue
octameter
epigram
setting
14. Rhyming of word at the ends of line
end rhyme
interior monologue
internal rhyme
prologue
15. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
caesura
moral
epigram
hubris
16. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
archetype
caesura
simile
unreliable narrator
17. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
Foot
omniscient
first person
atmosphere
18. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
rhyme scheme
epilogue
dialect
conflict
19. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
jargon
narrator
epigram
inversion
20. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
caesura
monologue
dactylic (dactyl)
climax
21. A long speech by a character in a literary work
archetype
consonance
Imagism
monologue
22. Writing or speech that tells a story
Imagism
narrative
end rhyme
alliteration
23. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
anthropomorphism
dramatic irony
existentialism
vulgarity
24. 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)
tone
meter
ballad
cadence
25. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
spondaic (spondee)
octameter
moral
cadence
26. The pattern formed by end rhyme in a stanza or poem; indicated by the assignment of a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme
narrative poetry
rhyme scheme
couplet
repetition
27. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
epiphany
caesura
epigraph
protagonist
28. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
synecdoche
mood
diction
vulgarity
29. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
character
spondaic (spondee)
cliche
magic realism
30. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
internal rhyme
rhythm
archaic
flashback
31. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
ballad
malapropism
metaphor
allusion
32. The writer says one thing but means something else
epitaph
blank verse
synecdoche
verbal irony
33. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
magic realism
aphorism
genre
farce
34. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
Imagism
ballad
repetition
narrator
35. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
epiphany
repetition
unreliable narrator
profanity
36. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
cadence
onomatopoeia
dramatic irony
rhyme
37. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
trimeter
conflict
enjambment
meter
38. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
refrain
iambic (iamb)
internal rhyme
cadence
39. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
internal rhyme
hubris
epilogue
drama
40. 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
theme
apostrophe
epigraph
Transcendentalism
41. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
profanity
motif
dactylic (dactyl)
Imagism
42. 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
end rhyme
parallelism
narrator
43. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
situational irony
consonance
free verse
colloquialisms
44. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
rhyme
analogy
slant rhyme
assonance
45. Five feet per line of poetry
Transcendentalism
narrative poetry
pentameter
rhyme scheme
46. Conversation between characters in a literary work
dialogue
heptameter (or septameter)
simile
heroic couplet
47. Seven feet per line of poetry
rhyme scheme
denouement
heptameter (or septameter)
epigram
48. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
tone
Imagism
trochaic (trochee)
monologue
49. A person portrayed in a literary work
farce
hyperbole
character
drama
50. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
flash - forward
dialect
drama
rhyme scheme