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CSET English Reading Understanding Text
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1. Reference to a well - known person - place - or situation from history/art/music/work of literature

2. A literary technique in which the author uses clues to prepare readers for events that will occur later

3. A statement or situation that seems to be contradictory but actually makes sense (ex: the more I learn - the less I know)

4. Reversal of the usual word order for variety or emphasis (ex:A girl with a hat/In a dream I saw)

5. An introductory section of a play - speech - or other literary work

6. A short saying that expresses a general ruth or gives practical advice - usually about behavior and morality; similar to adage or aphorism

7. Type of diction; a variety of language used by people in particular geographic area

8. A long speech by a character in a literary work

9. A specific kind of figurative language such as - simile - personification - metaphor - or hyperbole

10. A movement in early twentieth - century (1900s) poetry - which regarded the image as the essence of poetry

11. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds

12. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning.

13. Verse that tells a story

14. One foot per line of poetry

15. Persuasive writing

16. The point of view/perspective of a story when it is told by someone who stands outside the story

17. A literary work in which all or most of the characters - events and setting stand for ideas or generalization about life; have a moral or lesson

18. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line - marked in prosody by a double vertical line (||)

19. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person - inanimate object or idea

20. The point of highest emotional intensity or suspense in a literary work

21. A person portrayed in a literary work

22. A pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter that work together to make a point or express an idea

23. A metrical foot; _ _/ (unstressed - unstressed - stressed)

24. A metrical foot; /_ _ (stressed - unstressed - unstressed)

25. An emphasis on themes - characters - settings - and customs of a particular geographical region

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