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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Giving human characteristics to something that not human






2. A play on words






3. Address to an absent or imaginary person






4. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character






5. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.






6. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






7. A category or type of literary or artistic work






8. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker






9. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous






10. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect






11. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






12. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






13. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables






14. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations






15. Suggestions or hints






16. An evil or wicked person; antagonist






17. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified






18. The perspective from which a story is told






19. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way






20. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing






21. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.






22. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient






23. Series of events






24. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.






25. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities






26. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices






27. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story






28. The process by which the writer develops a character






29. (tall): short piece of fiction






30. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme






31. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (or vice versa) - the specific for the general (or vice versa) - or the material for the thing made from it






32. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as






33. The prevailing psychological state






34. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style






35. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






36. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound






37. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant






38. Attitude or mood towards a subject






39. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head






40. Conjoining contradictory terms






41. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference






42. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious






43. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects






44. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor






45. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject






46. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






47. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning






48. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred






49. An idea that is implied or suggested






50. Word choice