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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 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)
flashback
tone
profanity
conflict
2. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
limited omniscient
first person
theme
monologue
3. Type of diction; old fashioned words no longer in common use
archaic
pentameter
tone
limited omniscient
4. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later
climax
hubris
dialogue
foreshadowing
5. The basic unit in the measurement of a line of metrical poetry; usually has one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllable;
Foot
hexameter
limited omniscient
inversion
6. The methods - direct and indirect - used by a writer to reveal a character's personality
narrative poetry
characterization
hexameter
colloquialisms
7. A literary technique that records a character's memories - opinions - and emotions
tetrameter
irony
interior monologue
anthropomorphism
8. A metrical foot; _/ (unstressed - stressed)
anthropomorphism
hero
iambic (iamb)
trochaic (trochee)
9. A brief statement commemorating a dead person - often inscribed on a gravestone
epitaph
trimeter
ballad
dramatic irony
10. The use of a series of words - phrases - or sentences that have similar grammatical form
parallelism
metaphor
refrain
irony
11. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)
inversion
character
alliteration
dactylic (dactyl)
12. The literal - or dictionary - meaning of a word
denotation
genre
climax
repetition
13. The outcome - or resolution - of the plot
denouement
hexameter
dramatic monologue
caesura
14. The narrator knows everything about the characters and events and reveals details that even the characters themselves could not reveal
meter
narrator
consonance
omniscient
15. A type of comedy with ridiculous characters - events - or situations
parallelism
theme
farce
alliteration
16. A category or type of literature - defined by its style - form - and content (ex: poetry - drama - fiction - and nonfiction)
repetition
inversion
genre
narrative poetry
17. Comparison of two things that are alike in some ways
analogy
limited omniscient
tone
malapropism
18. The dominant mood or feeling of a literary work
slant rhyme
metaphor
omniscient
atmosphere
19. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines that follow the same rhythmic pattern
tetrameter
conflict
couplet
colloquialisms
20. An occurrence is the opposite of what was expected
irony
epitaph
cliche
situational irony
21. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work
dramatic irony
climax
aphorism
unreliable narrator
22. 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
rhyme scheme
atmosphere
maxim
symbol
23. Type of diction; language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred
narrative
ballad
allusion
profanity
24. In drama - a long speech given by a character who is alone on stage; reveals the inner thoughts and emotions of that character
soliloquy
simile
antagonist
point of view
25. Eight feet per line of poetry
plot
protagonist
epiphany
octameter
26. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story
archaic
prologue
Third person
foreshadowing
27. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)
anapestic (anapest)
antagonist
hubris
epigram
28. Type of diction; specialized language used in a particular profession or content area
Transcendentalism
jargon
anapestic (anapest)
hexameter
29. Conversation between characters in a literary work
epigraph
spondaic (spondee)
atmosphere
dialogue
30. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse
assonance
internal rhyme
characterization
apostrophe
31. Type of diction; informal language used by a particular group among themselves
simile
hexameter
denouement
slang
32. One foot per line of poetry
flashback
verbal irony
monometer
soliloquy
33. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by one character who uses the pronouns I and me
allusion
heroic couplet
first person
Foot
34. A word or phrase that is so overused that it has lost its expressive power
slant rhyme
malapropism
cliche
refrain
35. A metrical foot; /_ (stressed - unstressed)
iambic (iamb)
rhetorical question
tetrameter
trochaic (trochee)
36. The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur
archaic
consonance
dramatic monologue
setting
37. A quotation from another work that suggests the main idea - or theme - of the work at hand
limited omniscient
epigraph
dialogue
hexameter
38. A form of dramatic poetry in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
end rhyme
dramatic monologue
free verse
connotation
39. Language used for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning and including at least one figure of speech (metaphor - simile - personification)
figurative language
end rhyme
anecdote
epigram
40. Poetry in which characters are revealed through dialogue - monologue - and description
heroic couplet
epigraph
jargon
dramatic poetry
41. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else (ex: scarlet 'A' representing the sin of adultery)
symbol
prologue
repetition
anecdote
42. The perspective from which a story is told
point of view
synecdoche
conflict
stream of consciousness
43. A short - witty verse or saying; similar to aphorism or maxim
stream of consciousness
onomatopoeia
epigram
rhyme
44. Five feet per line of poetry
Third person
verbal irony
profanity
pentameter
45. 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)
fiction
synecdoche
drama
oxymoron
46. A type of narrative nonfiction recounting a period in the writer's life
memoir
jargon
regionalism
end rhyme
47. A story intended to be performed before an audience by actors on a stage
free verse
mood
figurative language
drama
48. Verse that tells a story
trochaic (trochee)
ballad
jargon
narrative poetry
49. Two feet per line of poetry
heptameter (or septameter)
alliteration
malapropism
dimeter
50. A feeling of curiosity or dread about what will happen next in a story
epigraph
free verse
suspense
refrain