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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 metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
anecdote
trochaic (trochee)
epigram
cadence
2. A long speech by a character in a literary work
connotation
monologue
oxymoron
figurative language
3. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
antagonist
hubris
archaic
end rhyme
4. Five feet per line of poetry
pentameter
antagonist
dimeter
dramatic monologue
5. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
meter
cliche
simile
dramatic monologue
6. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)
alliteration
inversion
dramatic irony
internal rhyme
7. A figure of speech that uses the word 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things
simile
paradox
dactylic (dactyl)
drama
8. 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)
apostrophe
epic hero
rhetorical question
cadence
9. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
end rhyme
atmosphere
flashback
motif
10. 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)
dramatic poetry
caesura
tone
slant rhyme
11. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
rhyme
denotation
archaic
first person
12. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
irony
vulgarity
interior monologue
prologue
13. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
metaphor
tone
soliloquy
hero
14. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
consonance
profanity
meter
octameter
15. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
profanity
dramatic monologue
memoir
aphorism
16. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
ballad
verbal irony
epic hero
dactylic (dactyl)
17. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
end rhyme
archetype
hyperbole
assonance
18. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
epigraph
anecdote
oxymoron
slant rhyme
19. The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
rhyme
foreshadowing
onomatopoeia
cliche
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)
malapropism
Imagism
suspense
hubris
21. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
denouement
jargon
dimeter
genre
22. A significant word - phrase - idea - description - or other element repeated throughout a literary work and related to the theme
narrator
monometer
motif
allusion
23. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
hero
denotation
meter
assonance
24. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
rhetorical question
setting
Imagism
octameter
25. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
memoir
archaic
prologue
Imagism
26. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region
climax
maxim
aphorism
regionalism
27. 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
heptameter (or septameter)
paradox
unreliable narrator
inversion
28. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
Imagism
omniscient
motif
magic realism
29. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
diction
hexameter
limited omniscient
dramatic poetry
30. Six feet per line of poetry
ballad
dactylic (dactyl)
hexameter
magic realism
31. An interruption in the chronological sequence of a narrative to leap forward in time
narrative
metonymy
flash - forward
unreliable narrator
32. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
iambic (iamb)
trochaic (trochee)
anapestic (anapest)
theme
33. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
rhythm
epitaph
trimeter
symbol
34. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
figure of speech
protagonist
hexameter
farce
35. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
meter
heroic couplet
malapropism
dramatic poetry
36. A concluding statement or section added to a work of literature
epilogue
slant rhyme
suspense
paradox
37. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
Third person
aphorism
iambic (iamb)
anthropomorphism
38. Four feet per line of poetry
archaic
fiction
epitaph
tetrameter
39. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
denotation
narrative
jargon
existentialism
40. The writer says one thing but means something else
verbal irony
anthropomorphism
rhythm
rhetorical question
41. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
profanity
imagery
analogy
internal rhyme
42. The reader or the playgoer has information unknown to characters in the play
spondaic (spondee)
dramatic irony
parallelism
hero
43. The person who tells a story; may be a part of the story or an outside observer
epigraph
motif
narrator
narrative poetry
44. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
allusion
hyperbole
memoir
enjambment
45. Eight feet per line of poetry
octameter
Imagism
plot
end rhyme
46. Rhyming that occurs within a single line
regionalism
slant rhyme
epiphany
internal rhyme
47. Two feet per line of poetry
dimeter
rhetorical question
cliche
dactylic (dactyl)
48. A narrative song or poem
hubris
ballad
enjambment
figurative language
49. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
paradox
drama
metaphor
alliteration
50. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
point of view
rhetorical question
aphorism
anecdote