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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A final settlement
Conclusion
Plot
Dialect
Epithet
2. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Expository Purpose
Empathy
Figure of Speech
Parody
3. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Pathos
Flashback
Hyperbole
Aphorism
4. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Falling Action
Couplet
Foil
Epigram
5. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Foil
Anecdote
Organizing Principles
Aphorism
6. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Empathy
Poetic Diction
Figure of Speech
Setting
7. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Antithesis
Complication
Plot
Satire
8. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Crisis
Synecdoche
Metonymy
9. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Interior Monologue
Foil
Antihero(ine)
Implication
10. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Theater
Ode
Foil
11. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Hero(ine)
Poetic Diction
Style
Euphemism
12. Dictionary definition of a word
Mood
Persuasive Purpose
Metaphor
Denotation
13. An idea that is implied or suggested
Heroic Couplet
Interior Monologue
Superhero(ine)
Connotation
14. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Aphorism
Parody
Interior Monologue
15. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Sequence Patterns
Expository Purpose
Conflict
16. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Villain(ess)
Analogy
Consonance
Blank Verse
17. Dramatic speech to oneself
Dramatic Monologue
Romance
Soliloquy
Poetic License
18. A short story teaching a lesson
Onomatopoeia
Paradox
Parable
Exciting Force
19. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Rhythm
Stereotype Character
Symbol
Aside
20. Suggestions or hints
Hero(ine)
Ode
Empathy
Implication
21. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Complication
Epithet
Point of View
Foil
22. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Euphemism
Tone
Analogy
Epithet
23. The freedom of a poet in writing
Paradox
Villain(ess)
Setting
Poetic License
24. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Narrative
Confidant
Assonance
Rising Action
25. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Organizing Principles
Allusion
Allegory
Falling Action
26. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Argumentative purpose
Dialect
Persona
27. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Understatement
Falling Action
Legend
28. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Antithesis
Figure of Speech
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
29. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Synecdoche
Legend
Sprung rhythm
30. 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
Perspective
Synecdoche
Sequence Patterns
Antagonist
31. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Assonance
Hyperbole
Thesis
Comedy
32. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Thesis
Informative Purpose
Irony
Anachronism
33. Subject
Couplet
Expository Purpose
Ballad
Topic
34. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Satire
Anthropomorphism
Cliche
Mood
35. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Symbol
Inference
Elegy
Complication
36. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Assonance
Myth
Antagonist
Analogy
37. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Rhythm
Elegy
Figure of Speech
38. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Exposition
Understatement
Stream of Consciousness
Antagonist
39. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Metaphor
Narrative Purpose
Dramatic Monologue
Argumentative purpose
40. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Couplet
Stream of Consciousness
Consonance
Point of View
41. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Third-person
Persona
Imagery
Elegy
42. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Narrative
Climax
Confidant
Epithet
43. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Tragedy
Irony
Argumentative purpose
Heroic Couplet
44. Emotional appeal
Stanza
Pathos
Anachronism
Personification
45. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Denotation
Anachronism
Sarcasm
Empathy
46. Before the main part or actually story
Legend
Poetic Diction
Introduction
Aside
47. The process by which the writer develops a character
Aside
Parody
Characterization
Pathos
48. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Conflict
Anachronism
Poetic Syntax
49. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Style
Falling Action
Pun
Allusion
50. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Personification
Climax
Conclusion