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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to another to complete meaning and grammatical structure (aka - a run - on)
end rhyme
oxymoron
allegory
enjambment
2. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
regionalism
anecdote
caesura
dialogue
3. 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
Third person
first person
dactylic (dactyl)
4. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
antagonist
foreshadowing
epic hero
theme
5. A literary style in which the writer combines realistic characters - events - situations - and dialogue with elements that are magical - supernatural - or fantastic
magic realism
end rhyme
unreliable narrator
anecdote
6. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
point of view
symbol
denouement
denotation
7. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)
epitaph
paradox
interior monologue
trimeter
8. The sequence of events in a short story - novel - or drama
point of view
plot
hero
tone
9. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllable - particularly in poetry
consonance
rhythm
rhyme scheme
dramatic poetry
10. Four feet per line of poetry
tone
climax
tetrameter
end rhyme
11. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
dramatic monologue
consonance
epigraph
trimeter
12. 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
heroic couplet
theme
epigraph
archetype
13. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. Writers include: Jean - Paul Sartre - Kierkegaard - Camus - Nietzsche - Franz Kafka - and Simon de Beauvoir
cadence
diction
tone
existentialism
14. Eight feet per line of poetry
limited omniscient
octameter
refrain
end rhyme
15. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work
epilogue
metaphor
connotation
prologue
16. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
metonymy
genre
cadence
climax
17. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
fiction
malapropism
Imagism
trochaic (trochee)
18. 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
inversion
unreliable narrator
hubris
enjambment
19. A question to which no answer is expected or the answer is obvious
maxim
rhetorical question
first person
anecdote
20. A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (ex: wise fool)
oxymoron
narrative poetry
slant rhyme
omniscient
21. Persuasive writing
figure of speech
rhetoric
apostrophe
drama
22. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
flashback
epiphany
characterization
colloquialisms
23. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
drama
dimeter
conflict
rhyme
24. Five feet per line of poetry
alliteration
monometer
anapestic (anapest)
pentameter
25. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
simile
dialect
characterization
internal rhyme
26. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
repetition
internal rhyme
memoir
narrative poetry
27. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
epitaph
dramatic monologue
vulgarity
denouement
28. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
aphorism
existentialism
unreliable narrator
jargon
29. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
Foot
monologue
onomatopoeia
hero
30. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
rhetoric
farce
soliloquy
rhyme
31. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
allusion
anapestic (anapest)
conflict
denotation
32. The recurrence of sounds - words - phrases - lines - or stanzas in a literary work or speech
connotation
memoir
repetition
slant rhyme
33. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
iambic (iamb)
vulgarity
meter
dialect
34. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
metaphor
inversion
omniscient
monologue
35. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
character
ballad
characterization
plot
36. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it describes
slang
onomatopoeia
antagonist
character
37. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
cliche
archetype
rhyme scheme
suspense
38. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
anapestic (anapest)
moral
monometer
epigraph
39. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea
metaphor
apostrophe
couplet
repetition
40. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
metonymy
atmosphere
plot
conflict
41. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
hubris
hexameter
metaphor
inversion
42. The perspective from which a story is told
point of view
iambic (iamb)
denotation
parallelism
43. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
hero
slang
regionalism
characterization
44. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)
caesura
archaic
monometer
interior monologue
45. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
dramatic monologue
tetrameter
profanity
Imagism
46. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
regionalism
jargon
octameter
dramatic irony
47. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
analogy
profanity
prologue
anapestic (anapest)
48. Three feet per line of poetry
jargon
foreshadowing
dialogue
trimeter
49. Type of diction; expressions usually accepted in informal situations
colloquialisms
connotation
jargon
cadence
50. Conversation between characters in a literary work
dialogue
aphorism
tetrameter
protagonist