CSET English Subtest 1 (2025) – Updated
Practice Questions with Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a complete and updated set of practice
questions and answers for the CSET English Subtest 1, designed for
the 2025 exam. It covers key concepts in literary analysis, rhetorical
devices, literary periods, poetic forms, and critical theories. The
material provides concise definitions, examples, and explanations,
making it useful for review and targeted preparation.
Questions and Answers:
Cultural Knowledge -Answer:-Norms, practices, beliefs based on
certain culture
-Social, economic, political
Folk tale -Answer:-A story originating in popular culture, based
on word of mouth.
-Morals/teaches a lesson
,-Creation myths (how something came to be)
Hyperbole -Answer:-Greek "over-casting" - Exaggerated
statements not meant to be taken literally.
EX: My purse weighs a ton
Fable or legend -Answer:-Main characters are usually animals
that has ability to speak & reason
-Moral story
-Meant to entertain
Myth -Answer:-Traditional story concerning early history of
people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon.
-Usually contains supernatural beings or events
Metonymy -Answer:-The substitution of the name of an attribute
or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
-Suit for business executive
-Track for horse racing.
, Alliteration -Answer:-The occurrence of the same letter or sound
at the beginning of a word or closely connected words.
-EX: Sally sells seashells
Anthropomorphism -Answer:-Attribution of human
characteristics/behavior to a god, animal, or objects.
Anaphora -Answer:-Deliberate repetition of the FIRST part of line
or sentence.
Epistrophe -Answer:-Repetition of a word at the END of
successive sentences.
Third Person Limited -Answer:-Narrator ONLY knows thoughts &
feelings of SINGLE character, while other characters are only
external.
Third Person Omniscient -Answer:-Narrator knows thoughts and
feelings of ALL characters.
Practice Questions with Answers
Introduction:
This document contains a complete and updated set of practice
questions and answers for the CSET English Subtest 1, designed for
the 2025 exam. It covers key concepts in literary analysis, rhetorical
devices, literary periods, poetic forms, and critical theories. The
material provides concise definitions, examples, and explanations,
making it useful for review and targeted preparation.
Questions and Answers:
Cultural Knowledge -Answer:-Norms, practices, beliefs based on
certain culture
-Social, economic, political
Folk tale -Answer:-A story originating in popular culture, based
on word of mouth.
-Morals/teaches a lesson
,-Creation myths (how something came to be)
Hyperbole -Answer:-Greek "over-casting" - Exaggerated
statements not meant to be taken literally.
EX: My purse weighs a ton
Fable or legend -Answer:-Main characters are usually animals
that has ability to speak & reason
-Moral story
-Meant to entertain
Myth -Answer:-Traditional story concerning early history of
people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon.
-Usually contains supernatural beings or events
Metonymy -Answer:-The substitution of the name of an attribute
or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
-Suit for business executive
-Track for horse racing.
, Alliteration -Answer:-The occurrence of the same letter or sound
at the beginning of a word or closely connected words.
-EX: Sally sells seashells
Anthropomorphism -Answer:-Attribution of human
characteristics/behavior to a god, animal, or objects.
Anaphora -Answer:-Deliberate repetition of the FIRST part of line
or sentence.
Epistrophe -Answer:-Repetition of a word at the END of
successive sentences.
Third Person Limited -Answer:-Narrator ONLY knows thoughts &
feelings of SINGLE character, while other characters are only
external.
Third Person Omniscient -Answer:-Narrator knows thoughts and
feelings of ALL characters.
