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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
Conflict
Elegy
Conclusion
Anachronism
2. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Metonymy
Analogy
Exposition
Rhythm
3. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
First-person
Descriptive Purpose
Denouement
Alliteration
4. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Oxymoron
Denotation
Irony
Ballad
5. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Sonnet
Climate
Genre
6. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Myth
Elegy
Style
7. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Persuasive Purpose
Antithesis
Implication
Thesis
8. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Persona
Tone
Plot
9. The final actions or solution of the plot
Exciting Force
Comedy
Conflict
Resolution
10. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Voice
Interior Monologue
Surrealism
Free Verse
11. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Surrealism
Metonymy
Climate
12. 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
Consonance
Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Climax
13. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Understatement
Theater
Iambic Pentameter
Persona
14. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Stereotype Character
Crisis
Ode
15. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Point of View
Epithet
Setting
16. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Aphorism
Crisis
Couplet
17. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Couplet
Diction
Point of View
Syntax
18. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Allegory
Denouement
Symbol
Elegy
19. A short story teaching a lesson
Antagonist
Feeling
Crisis
Parable
20. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Implication
Mood
Farce
Exposition
21. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Foreshadowing
Climax
Realism
Imagery
22. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Paradox
Apostrophe
Euphony
Stream of Consciousness
23. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Blank Verse
Personification
Fable
Free Verse
24. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Poetic License
Context
Pathos
25. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Syntax
Blank Verse
Superhero(ine)
26. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Informative Purpose
Diction
Comedy
Oxymoron
27. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Metonymy
Epigram
Complication
Rhythm
28. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Onomatopoeia
Plot
Hero(ine)
Ballad
29. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Denotation
Comedy
Euphemism
Descriptive Purpose
30. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Figure of Speech
Heroic Couplet
Denouement
Synecdoche
31. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Expressive Purpose
Syntax
Simile
Antihero(ine)
32. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Interior Monologue
Foreshadowing
Third-person
Expository Purpose
33. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Climax
Free Verse
Cliche
Rising Action
34. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Paradox
Assonance
Genre
Denouement
35. A message that digresses from the main subject
Farce
Realism
Aside
Theme
36. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Epithet
Rhyme Scheme
Thesis
Climax
37. Emotional appeal
Allegory
Tone
Pathos
Expository Purpose
38. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Foil
Elegy
Concrete Poetry
39. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Romance
Tone
Anecdote
Stream of Consciousness
40. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Perspective
Heroic Couplet
Tragedy
41. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Perspective
Point of View
Introduction
42. Words mean exactly what they say
Romance
Feeling
Anachronism
Literal Meaning
43. Exaggeration
Apostrophe
Antagonist
Hyperbole
Feeling
44. Word choice
Apostrophe
Stream of Consciousness
Diction
Plot
45. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Analogy
Narrative Purpose
Third-person
46. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Poetic Diction
Introduction
Farce
47. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Stanza
Anachronism
Introduction
Metonymy
48. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Feeling
Paradox
Dramatic Monologue
49. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Style
Analogy
Anecdote
50. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Informative Purpose
Surrealism
Anthropomorphism
Antihero(ine)