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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Conclusion
Theme
Narrative Purpose
Anthropomorphism
2. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Setting
Allegory
Dramatic Monologue
Assonance
3. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Argumentative purpose
Euphony
Euphemism
Crisis
4. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Parable
Denouement
Interior Monologue
Euphemism
5. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Paradox
Antihero(ine)
Rhythm
Elegy
6. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antihero(ine)
Voice
Antagonist
Expository Purpose
7. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Connotation
Empathy
Persona
8. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Persuasive Purpose
Rhythm
Denouement
Sarcasm
9. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Realism
Literal Meaning
Tone
Assonance
10. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Tale
Analogy
Satire
11. The freedom of a poet in writing
Voice
Legend
Romance
Poetic License
12. 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
Synecdoche
Epigram
Voice
Theme
13. A play on words
Pun
Epithet
Rhythm
Setting
14. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Feeling
Rhythm
Allusion
Legend
15. A final settlement
Diction
Poetic License
Conclusion
Theme
16. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Context
Antagonist
Plot
Organizing Principles
17. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Blank Verse
Antithesis
Synecdoche
18. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Third-person
Thesis
Climax
Rhetorical Question
19. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Narrative
Expository Purpose
Aside
20. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Descriptive Purpose
Rhythm
Satire
21. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Rhetorical Question
Dialect
Mood
Foreshadowing
22. Exaggeration
Exposition
Voice
Rising Action
Hyperbole
23. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Connotation
Rhyme
Tragedy
Villain(ess)
24. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Satire
Rhyme Scheme
Denotation
25. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Characterization
Heroic Couplet
Exciting Force
Expository Purpose
26. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parody
Analogy
Parallelism
Climate
27. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Foreshadowing
Sprung rhythm
Complication
Exciting Force
28. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Third-person
Assonance
Setting
29. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Persuasive Purpose
Allusion
Alliteration
Realism
30. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Aphorism
Rhetorical Question
Elegy
Theme
31. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Interior Monologue
Anastrophe
Allegory
Tone
32. A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents - each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Diction
Thesis
Setting
Iambic Pentameter
33. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Mood
Elegy
Ode
Third-person
34. Words mean exactly what they say
Poetic License
Maxim
Tone
Literal Meaning
35. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Descriptive Purpose
Confidant
Plot
Satire
36. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Stanza
Paradox
Tale
Metaphor
37. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Parody
Tragedy
Sarcasm
Confidant
38. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Narrative
Interior Monologue
Diction
Monologue
39. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Monologue
Paradox
Context
40. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Myth
Tragedy
Antagonist
Crisis
41. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Oxymoron
Literal Meaning
Analogy
42. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Rhyme Scheme
Antihero(ine)
Epigram
Euphemism
43. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Consonance
Myth
Hero(ine)
44. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Imagery
Farce
Mood
45. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Interior Monologue
Atmosphere
Exposition
Literal Meaning
46. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Monologue
Descriptive Purpose
Rhythm
Pathos
47. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Exciting Force
Sarcasm
Persona
Poetic Diction
48. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Antihero(ine)
Thesis
Resolution
Epithet
49. Suggestions or hints
Rhyme Scheme
Metaphor
Implication
Characterization
50. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhyme
Anastrophe
Syntax
Rhythm