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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
apostrophe
epitaph
caesura
analogy
2. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
conflict
imagery
free verse
paradox
3. Two feet per line of poetry
dimeter
dialect
moral
assonance
4. The suggested or implied meaning associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition; can be positive - neutral - or negative
foreshadowing
monometer
rhythm
connotation
5. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
epic hero
dialect
cliche
dramatic irony
6. A sudden intuitive recognition of the essence or meaning of something
narrative poetry
end rhyme
ballad
epiphany
7. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
anapestic (anapest)
oxymoron
narrative
drama
8. Persuasive writing
dramatic poetry
rhetoric
oxymoron
archetype
9. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
slant rhyme
epilogue
dramatic poetry
repetition
10. The perspective from which a story is told
point of view
metaphor
monometer
internal rhyme
11. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds
conflict
assonance
anapestic (anapest)
enjambment
12. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
epilogue
magic realism
prologue
metaphor
13. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
inversion
Foot
figurative language
slant rhyme
14. Poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in iambic pentameter
hyperbole
blank verse
refrain
maxim
15. One foot per line of poetry
ballad
consonance
monometer
dialect
16. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
connotation
narrator
figurative language
regionalism
17. 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)
assonance
apostrophe
slant rhyme
epic hero
18. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
slant rhyme
anapestic (anapest)
epigraph
oxymoron
19. The chief character in a literary work - usually one with admirable qualities
maxim
setting
hero
flashback
20. 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)
epic hero
existentialism
malapropism
free verse
21. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
characterization
alliteration
spondaic (spondee)
iambic (iamb)
22. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
metonymy
couplet
oxymoron
flashback
23. 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
rhyme scheme
onomatopoeia
assonance
Transcendentalism
24. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
trochaic (trochee)
refrain
allegory
simile
25. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
Imagism
spondaic (spondee)
monometer
epigraph
26. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
anecdote
prologue
rhyme
narrator
27. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
paradox
tetrameter
flash - forward
irony
28. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
slant rhyme
onomatopoeia
hexameter
farce
29. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
epilogue
colloquialisms
slant rhyme
farce
30. Rhyming that occurs within a single line
imagery
mood
character
internal rhyme
31. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
simile
denotation
archetype
octameter
32. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
soliloquy
prologue
unreliable narrator
epiphany
33. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
octameter
character
genre
denouement
34. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
refrain
atmosphere
caesura
limited omniscient
35. 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
blank verse
rhetorical question
vulgarity
36. A lesson about right and wrong conduct taught in a fable or parable
hyperbole
anthropomorphism
moral
maxim
37. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
internal rhyme
hero
cliche
parallelism
38. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
antagonist
repetition
archetype
meter
39. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
paradox
epitaph
slant rhyme
aphorism
40. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
epiphany
setting
analogy
dramatic monologue
41. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
denotation
dactylic (dactyl)
antagonist
inversion
42. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
climax
narrative
omniscient
atmosphere
43. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
blank verse
iambic (iamb)
dialect
allegory
44. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
repetition
regionalism
anapestic (anapest)
first person
45. Writing or speech that tells a story
alliteration
monometer
tone
narrative
46. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
metonymy
plot
analogy
tone
47. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
octameter
epitaph
maxim
dramatic poetry
48. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
soliloquy
memoir
hyperbole
end rhyme
49. Six feet per line of poetry
trochaic (trochee)
genre
hexameter
metaphor
50. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
trimeter
hexameter
fiction
rhetoric