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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Foreshadowing
Diction
Metonymy
2. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Satire
Cliche
Anachronism
3. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Euphony
Rising Action
Comedy
Argumentative purpose
4. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Atmosphere
Epigram
Descriptive Purpose
Sequence Patterns
5. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Cliche
Topic
Heroic Couplet
6. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Poetic Syntax
Idiom
Free Verse
Expository Purpose
7. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Empathy
Epigram
Complication
Euphony
8. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Figurative Language
Confidant
Sarcasm
9. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Pun
Imagery
First-person
Hero(ine)
10. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Epithet
Foreshadowing
Elegy
Metaphor
11. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Soliloquy
Confidant
Maxim
12. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Confidant
Understatement
Fable
Rhyme Scheme
13. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Antihero(ine)
Couplet
Aside
Complication
14. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Denouement
Mood
Superhero(ine)
Persona
15. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Diction
Tale
Satire
16. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Stanza
Personification
Complication
Ballad
17. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Blank Verse
Atmosphere
Irony
Comedy
18. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Context
Genre
Anachronism
First-person
19. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Organizing Principles
Climax
Perspective
Connotation
20. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Antagonist
Third-person
Anthropomorphism
Figurative Language
21. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Soliloquy
Rhetorical Question
Symbol
Rising Action
22. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Expository Purpose
Figurative Language
Anastrophe
Inference
23. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Rhythm
Denouement
Style
24. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Stereotype Character
Euphemism
Poetic License
25. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Euphemism
Irony
Fable
Literal Meaning
26. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Atmosphere
Persuasive Purpose
Figurative Language
Third-person
27. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Argumentative purpose
Symbol
Tragedy
Style
28. Word choice
Apostrophe
Maxim
Diction
Characterization
29. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Free Verse
Perspective
Imagery
Informative Purpose
30. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Satire
Rhetorical Question
Hero(ine)
Informative Purpose
31. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Hero(ine)
Poetic Syntax
Ode
Foil
32. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Heroic Couplet
Folktale
Theme
Satire
33. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Narrative
Tale
Dialect
34. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Onomatopoeia
Parallelism
Persona
Atmosphere
35. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
Free Verse
Rhythm
36. The process by which the writer develops a character
Heroic Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Monologue
Characterization
37. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Realism
Parable
Conflict
Comedy
38. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Antihero(ine)
Parable
Third-person
39. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Elegy
Third-person
Ballad
Crisis
40. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Oxymoron
Myth
Connotation
Figure of Speech
41. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Empathy
Figure of Speech
Monologue
Alliteration
42. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Romance
Euphemism
Comedy
Denouement
43. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Stereotype Character
Style
Confidant
Sequence Patterns
44. Subject
Argumentative purpose
Informative Purpose
Setting
Topic
45. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Myth
Persona
Inference
Theater
46. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Persona
Allusion
Antagonist
47. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Parody
Denouement
Dramatic Monologue
Sprung rhythm
48. The main (good) character
Sequence Patterns
Pastoral
Hero(ine)
Falling Action
49. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Figure of Speech
Parallelism
Analogy
Assonance
50. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Literal Meaning
Blank Verse
Sequence Patterns