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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The prevailing psychological state
Atmosphere
Rhetorical Question
Foreshadowing
Climate
2. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Concrete Poetry
Feeling
Simile
3. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Oxymoron
Complication
Idiom
Allusion
4. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Atmosphere
Pathos
Antihero(ine)
Free Verse
5. A final settlement
Imagery
Conclusion
Antagonist
Sequence Patterns
6. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Irony
Diction
Superhero(ine)
7. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Syntax
Antagonist
Allegory
Hyperbole
8. The process by which the writer develops a character
Resolution
Characterization
Inference
Heroic Couplet
9. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Poetic Diction
Pastoral
Rhyme
Villain(ess)
10. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Apostrophe
Denotation
Legend
Hero(ine)
11. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Persuasive Purpose
Empathy
Climax
Context
12. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Empathy
Characterization
Third-person
Hero(ine)
13. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Aphorism
Diction
Alliteration
Elegy
14. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Rhyme Scheme
Denotation
Poetic License
Poetic Syntax
15. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Superhero(ine)
Flashback
Thesis
16. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Point of View
Ballad
Parable
Pathos
17. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Point of View
Allegory
Rising Action
Topic
18. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Atmosphere
Syntax
Characterization
Aside
19. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Paradox
Syntax
Alliteration
20. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Satire
Thesis
Point of View
Anastrophe
21. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Anachronism
Literal Meaning
Imagery
Climate
22. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Euphony
Antagonist
Stereotype Character
23. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Feeling
Farce
Denouement
Empathy
24. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Fable
Rhyme Scheme
Tone
Pun
25. A message that digresses from the main subject
Tragedy
Pathos
Blank Verse
Aside
26. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Falling Action
Assonance
Elegy
27. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Exciting Force
Crisis
Elegy
Realism
28. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Fable
Apostrophe
Parable
29. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Cliche
Figurative Language
Setting
30. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Euphemism
Climate
Ballad
31. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Sarcasm
Surrealism
Falling Action
Sequence Patterns
32. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Irony
Theater
Topic
Introduction
33. Recurring at regular intervals
Realism
Connotation
Elegy
Rhythm
34. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Personification
Literal Meaning
Setting
Exposition
35. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Poetic Syntax
Introduction
Descriptive Purpose
Diction
36. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Context
Organizing Principles
Comedy
Rhythm
37. Dramatic speech to oneself
Maxim
Free Verse
Soliloquy
Tone
38. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Euphemism
Aphorism
Rhetorical Question
Monologue
39. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Legend
Synecdoche
Myth
Mood
40. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Third-person
Stream of Consciousness
Atmosphere
Theater
41. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Genre
Anastrophe
Denotation
Ballad
42. Humorous imitation
Climate
Style
Feeling
Parody
43. A short story teaching a lesson
Folktale
Diction
Conclusion
Parable
44. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Heroic Couplet
Blank Verse
Foreshadowing
45. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Legend
Free Verse
Surrealism
Idiom
46. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Paradox
Sonnet
47. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Exciting Force
Feeling
Rhyme Scheme
Narrative Purpose
48. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Anastrophe
Elegy
Syntax
49. A contradiction or dilemma
Folktale
Syntax
Inference
Paradox
50. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Analogy
Setting
Tone
Free Verse