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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Perspective
Romance
Legend
2. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Myth
Couplet
Stereotype Character
Farce
3. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Ode
Aside
Euphony
Style
4. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Couplet
Perspective
Third-person
Flashback
5. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Theme
Hero(ine)
Exposition
6. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Perspective
Atmosphere
Irony
Ballad
7. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Parody
Flashback
Complication
8. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Pastoral
Romance
Concrete Poetry
9. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Figure of Speech
Expository Purpose
Concrete Poetry
10. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Anastrophe
Descriptive Purpose
Theater
Ode
11. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Epigram
Resolution
Superhero(ine)
Point of View
12. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Anecdote
Couplet
Rhythm
Theater
13. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Third-person
Crisis
Metonymy
14. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Romance
Parallelism
Falling Action
Empathy
15. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Personification
Alliteration
Tone
16. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Aside
Anecdote
Persona
Poetic License
17. (tall): short piece of fiction
Surrealism
Pastoral
Sonnet
Tale
18. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Cliche
Expository Purpose
Confidant
19. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Comedy
Stereotype Character
Descriptive Purpose
Organizing Principles
20. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Mood
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
Figure of Speech
21. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Anecdote
Simile
Stream of Consciousness
Cliche
22. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Comedy
Metaphor
Style
Dramatic Monologue
23. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Epithet
Stanza
Blank Verse
Monologue
24. An idea that is implied or suggested
Denouement
Legend
Foil
Connotation
25. The final actions or solution of the plot
Soliloquy
Irony
Narrative
Resolution
26. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Genre
First-person
Free Verse
Dialect
27. Word choice
Cliche
Diction
Characterization
Irony
28. Subject
First-person
Syntax
Fable
Topic
29. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Complication
Epigram
Organizing Principles
30. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Synecdoche
Antihero(ine)
Interior Monologue
Persuasive Purpose
31. Before the main part or actually story
Figurative Language
Exciting Force
Metaphor
Introduction
32. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Argumentative purpose
Ode
Elegy
33. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Stereotype Character
Rising Action
Context
Point of View
34. 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
Inference
Stereotype Character
Resolution
Expressive Purpose
35. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Empathy
Epithet
Sarcasm
Antihero(ine)
36. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Fable
Flashback
Figurative Language
Confidant
37. The freedom of a poet in writing
Expressive Purpose
Third-person
Rhyme Scheme
Poetic License
38. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Syntax
Folktale
Epithet
First-person
39. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Sequence Patterns
Understatement
Consonance
Syntax
40. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Stereotype Character
Interior Monologue
Argumentative purpose
41. A group of lines in a poem
Literal Meaning
Stanza
Couplet
Fable
42. To display emotions and ideas
Fable
Confidant
Expressive Purpose
Introduction
43. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Heroic Couplet
Assonance
Synecdoche
Irony
44. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Aside
Denotation
Rhythm
45. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Myth
Empathy
Descriptive Purpose
Poetic Diction
46. Dramatic speech to oneself
Thesis
Metaphor
Parable
Soliloquy
47. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Sonnet
Imagery
Analogy
Flashback
48. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Inference
Parallelism
Style
Poetic Diction
49. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Euphemism
Perspective
Epigram
Conflict
50. Words mean exactly what they say
Implication
Literal Meaning
Farce
Poetic Syntax