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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Word choice
Paradox
Foil
Anachronism
Diction
2. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Assonance
Poetic License
Dialect
3. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Anthropomorphism
Voice
Paradox
4. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Empathy
Crisis
Topic
Fable
5. Dictionary definition of a word
Confidant
Elegy
Personification
Denotation
6. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Denotation
Informative Purpose
Parody
Concrete Poetry
7. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Conclusion
Rhyme
Euphony
Sprung rhythm
8. An idea that is implied or suggested
Maxim
Crisis
Connotation
Realism
9. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Theater
Sarcasm
Imagery
Parable
10. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Connotation
Symbol
Aside
11. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Paradox
Maxim
Confidant
Anachronism
12. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Rhetorical Question
Anachronism
Blank Verse
13. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Crisis
Expository Purpose
Idiom
14. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Denotation
Theater
Concrete Poetry
Comedy
15. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Hero(ine)
Irony
Folktale
Syntax
16. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Parable
Flashback
Metonymy
17. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Parable
Anachronism
Metaphor
Denotation
18. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Villain(ess)
Couplet
Comedy
Pastoral
19. A message that digresses from the main subject
Antihero(ine)
Aside
Persuasive Purpose
Euphemism
20. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Interior Monologue
Cliche
Symbol
Monologue
21. Emotional appeal
Euphemism
Climate
Pathos
Tragedy
22. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Tale
Fable
Persona
Blank Verse
23. A word imitating the sound it represents
Sprung rhythm
Onomatopoeia
Pastoral
Atmosphere
24. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Pastoral
Pathos
Antithesis
Surrealism
25. Exaggeration
Introduction
Rising Action
Hyperbole
Folktale
26. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Point of View
Thesis
Blank Verse
Tragedy
27. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Maxim
Anachronism
Figure of Speech
Organizing Principles
28. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Romance
Theater
Crisis
Conflict
29. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Diction
Exposition
Sarcasm
Sprung rhythm
30. Recurring at regular intervals
Ballad
Antihero(ine)
Introduction
Rhythm
31. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Ode
Rhyme Scheme
Anastrophe
Pun
32. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Free Verse
Descriptive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Tone
33. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Organizing Principles
Aside
Style
Genre
34. The final actions or solution of the plot
Confidant
Realism
Resolution
Rhyme Scheme
35. Subject
Allegory
Complication
Topic
Figurative Language
36. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Epithet
Cliche
Villain(ess)
Voice
37. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Romance
Allusion
Paradox
Complication
38. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
Crisis
39. 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
Empathy
Pastoral
Iambic Pentameter
Resolution
40. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Consonance
Sonnet
Interior Monologue
First-person
41. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Conclusion
Analogy
Rhyme
42. Suggestions or hints
Ballad
Concrete Poetry
Implication
Expressive Purpose
43. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Irony
Falling Action
Ballad
Epithet
44. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
First-person
Superhero(ine)
Confidant
Euphony
45. The main (good) character
Apostrophe
Epigram
Hero(ine)
Context
46. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Sprung rhythm
First-person
Figurative Language
Informative Purpose
47. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
Anthropomorphism
48. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Anthropomorphism
Maxim
Dramatic Monologue
49. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Diction
Cliche
Rhyme
Syntax
50. 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
Aside
Persuasive Purpose
Surrealism