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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
trimeter
cliche
apostrophe
rhythm
2. A person portrayed in a literary work
drama
blank verse
character
mood
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)
limited omniscient
malapropism
rhyme scheme
heroic couplet
4. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
hero
heroic couplet
epic hero
apostrophe
5. A lesson about right and wrong conduct taught in a fable or parable
moral
cliche
spondaic (spondee)
flashback
6. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
refrain
flashback
cliche
characterization
7. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
conflict
narrative
Third person
simile
8. The central understanding about life as expressed in a work of literature; may be stated or expressed directly; usually implied or revealed gradually through events - dialogue - and outcome
genre
vulgarity
epic hero
theme
9. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
irony
farce
consonance
ballad
10. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
genre
existentialism
paradox
vulgarity
11. Seven feet per line of poetry
first person
heptameter (or septameter)
denouement
irony
12. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
figure of speech
meter
climax
verbal irony
13. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
magic realism
cliche
limited omniscient
analogy
14. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
anthropomorphism
slang
archetype
couplet
15. 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)
vulgarity
conflict
epic hero
drama
16. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
archetype
slang
cadence
iambic (iamb)
17. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
denouement
octameter
hubris
verbal irony
18. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
point of view
internal rhyme
symbol
rhetoric
19. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
foreshadowing
end rhyme
blank verse
flash - forward
20. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
setting
protagonist
figurative language
suspense
21. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
heroic couplet
Third person
repetition
tone
22. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
caesura
setting
protagonist
mood
23. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
metaphor
plot
narrative poetry
oxymoron
24. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
fiction
flashback
Foot
tetrameter
25. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
aphorism
paradox
suspense
figurative language
26. Three feet per line of poetry
denouement
trimeter
genre
metonymy
27. Writing or speech that tells a story
connotation
magic realism
stream of consciousness
narrative
28. Five feet per line of poetry
enjambment
pentameter
slang
free verse
29. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
internal rhyme
jargon
ballad
irony
30. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
epigram
hyperbole
octameter
epiphany
31. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
theme
onomatopoeia
denouement
end rhyme
32. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
spondaic (spondee)
rhetorical question
rhythm
anapestic (anapest)
33. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
assonance
motif
epitaph
diction
34. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
dialogue
slant rhyme
epilogue
point of view
35. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area
dialect
dialogue
epitaph
atmosphere
36. Verse that tells a story
Foot
narrative poetry
anapestic (anapest)
ballad
37. The perspective from which a story is told
tone
diction
point of view
imagery
38. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
genre
alliteration
first person
rhyme
39. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
cadence
anthropomorphism
cliche
colloquialisms
40. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole
figure of speech
synecdoche
apostrophe
onomatopoeia
41. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
couplet
flash - forward
verbal irony
oxymoron
42. Six feet per line of poetry
limited omniscient
protagonist
hexameter
anthropomorphism
43. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
first person
refrain
interior monologue
blank verse
44. 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
dialect
inversion
flash - forward
stream of consciousness
45. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
trimeter
situational irony
figurative language
symbol
46. 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
epiphany
Imagism
Transcendentalism
synecdoche
47. 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
regionalism
rhetorical question
end rhyme
unreliable narrator
48. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
trochaic (trochee)
repetition
unreliable narrator
climax
49. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
profanity
dialogue
hero
rhyme
50. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
situational irony
hero
anthropomorphism
dialogue