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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of diction; language widely considered crude - disgusting - and offensive
mood
cadence
existentialism
vulgarity
2. Conversation between characters in a literary work
maxim
enjambment
dialogue
end rhyme
3. 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
unreliable narrator
atmosphere
slang
flashback
4. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
anthropomorphism
figurative language
foreshadowing
trochaic (trochee)
5. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
omniscient
iambic (iamb)
symbol
dialect
6. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.
irony
theme
situational irony
ballad
7. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words; used as musical device
flash - forward
end rhyme
alliteration
denouement
8. Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry
end rhyme
paradox
narrative poetry
flashback
9. The repetition of a line or phrase in a poem at regular intervals - usually at the end of each stanza
refrain
verbal irony
motif
monometer
10. Short narrative about an interesting event - often used to make a point
internal rhyme
enjambment
anecdote
setting
11. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
anecdote
stream of consciousness
maxim
figurative language
12. A lesson about right and wrong conduct taught in a fable or parable
monologue
end rhyme
trochaic (trochee)
moral
13. The rhythmic rise and fall of oral language
metonymy
memoir
analogy
cadence
14. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
imagery
memoir
profanity
antagonist
15. A question to which no answer is expected or the answer is obvious
drama
synecdoche
rhetorical question
farce
16. 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)
magic realism
octameter
synecdoche
internal rhyme
17. Eight feet per line of poetry
octameter
point of view
profanity
mood
18. A wise saying - usually short and to the point; similar to epigram or maxim
malapropism
Foot
aphorism
Transcendentalism
19. Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical (ex: tone and gone)
tone
meter
suspense
slant rhyme
20. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea
jargon
heroic couplet
octameter
narrator
21. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
first person
onomatopoeia
spondaic (spondee)
iambic (iamb)
22. A figure of speech in which a comparison in implied but not stated (ex: The snow was a white blanket)
synecdoche
consonance
metaphor
dactylic (dactyl)
23. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
allusion
simile
denotation
first person
24. A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (ex: wise fool)
denotation
character
oxymoron
narrative
25. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
dialogue
plot
jargon
motif
26. A literary device in which the author interrupts the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened in the past
jargon
anecdote
free verse
flashback
27. The feeling a literary work evokes in a reader - such as sadness - peace - or joy
mood
dramatic poetry
setting
situational irony
28. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
rhetorical question
archaic
trochaic (trochee)
meter
29. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
rhetoric
flash - forward
Foot
cliche
30. A metrical foot; // (stressed - stressed)
theme
colloquialisms
hubris
spondaic (spondee)
31. One foot per line of poetry
farce
monometer
slant rhyme
blank verse
32. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
climax
parallelism
metonymy
repetition
33. A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author
fiction
farce
omniscient
couplet
34. The assignment/application of human characteristics to animals - inanimate object - or gods (ex: Sponge Bob - Bugs Bunny)
anthropomorphism
oxymoron
Imagism
aphorism
35. 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
anecdote
dactylic (dactyl)
rhyme scheme
memoir
36. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry
prologue
Imagism
cliche
archaic
37. The repetition of final consonant sounds in words containing different vowels (ex: fresh cash - yard bird)
consonance
farce
narrative poetry
jargon
38. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
internal rhyme
slang
epigram
hyperbole
39. An author's choice of words - based on their effectiveness for the author's purpose
synecdoche
diction
end rhyme
internal rhyme
40. A symbol - image - plot pattern - or character type that occurs often in literature - such as the hero on a dangerous quest
oxymoron
archetype
farce
slang
41. Five feet per line of poetry
epic hero
pentameter
paradox
antagonist
42. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
blank verse
farce
assonance
omniscient
43. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
dialogue
interior monologue
farce
limited omniscient
44. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; the word comes from the Greek word hybris meaning 'excessive pride'
hubris
figurative language
dramatic irony
tetrameter
45. Four feet per line of poetry
conflict
climax
tetrameter
pentameter
46. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism
tone
unreliable narrator
assonance
maxim
47. The suggested or implied meaning associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition; can be positive - neutral - or negative
epigraph
point of view
connotation
epic hero
48. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind
situational irony
plot
imagery
hero
49. The central character in a literary work - around whom the action revolves
regionalism
synecdoche
protagonist
heptameter (or septameter)
50. Two feet per line of poetry
hexameter
dimeter
unreliable narrator
drama