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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Elegy
Tone
Monologue
Style
2. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Apostrophe
Implication
Feeling
Sarcasm
3. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Hero(ine)
Conflict
Allusion
Genre
4. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Rhyme
Sarcasm
Crisis
Antagonist
5. Emotional appeal
Expressive Purpose
Connotation
Rhetorical Question
Pathos
6. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Ballad
Allusion
Crisis
Denotation
7. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Sequence Patterns
Antagonist
Hero(ine)
8. A final settlement
Expressive Purpose
Pathos
Irony
Conclusion
9. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Understatement
Heroic Couplet
Satire
Poetic Syntax
10. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Synecdoche
Allusion
Ode
Analogy
11. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Empathy
Parable
Consonance
Aphorism
12. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Genre
Sonnet
Rhetorical Question
Anachronism
13. The perspective from which a story is told
Hyperbole
Superhero(ine)
Free Verse
Point of View
14. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Rhythm
Heroic Couplet
Euphemism
15. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Persuasive Purpose
Apostrophe
Argumentative purpose
Mood
16. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Villain(ess)
Maxim
Denouement
Monologue
17. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Feeling
Alliteration
Parallelism
18. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Romance
Aside
Feeling
19. A play on words
Denouement
Concrete Poetry
Pun
Connotation
20. (tall): short piece of fiction
Inference
Connotation
Stream of Consciousness
Tale
21. 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
Consonance
Tragedy
Plot
22. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Stream of Consciousness
Flashback
Myth
Implication
23. A message that digresses from the main subject
Alliteration
Sonnet
Aside
Epigram
24. The final actions or solution of the plot
Anastrophe
Resolution
Euphony
Connotation
25. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Anastrophe
Metaphor
Antagonist
Theme
26. 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
Elegy
Falling Action
Iambic Pentameter
Symbol
27. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Heroic Couplet
Sequence Patterns
Pathos
Epigram
28. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Analogy
Perspective
Assonance
Setting
29. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Introduction
Superhero(ine)
Epithet
30. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Consonance
Understatement
Style
31. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Topic
Personification
Apostrophe
Maxim
32. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Context
Assonance
Epithet
Irony
33. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Introduction
Parody
Implication
Heroic Couplet
34. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Topic
Confidant
Narrative
Introduction
35. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Introduction
Figure of Speech
Third-person
36. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Surrealism
Empathy
Analogy
Onomatopoeia
37. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Tone
Concrete Poetry
Antihero(ine)
Voice
38. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Style
Anachronism
Free Verse
Denouement
39. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Monologue
Connotation
First-person
Anastrophe
40. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Soliloquy
Figure of Speech
Persona
Rhyme Scheme
41. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Style
Sarcasm
Poetic License
Foil
42. A short story teaching a lesson
Aside
Alliteration
Hero(ine)
Parable
43. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Realism
Analogy
Argumentative purpose
44. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Epithet
Imagery
Antihero(ine)
45. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Literal Meaning
Anecdote
Empathy
Rising Action
46. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Sarcasm
Alliteration
Anthropomorphism
Satire
47. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Plot
Feeling
Antithesis
48. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Imagery
Ballad
Sequence Patterns
Personification
49. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Theater
Parallelism
Introduction
Euphony
50. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Understatement
Sprung rhythm
Poetic Diction