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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Satire
Rhetorical Question
Dialect
Setting
2. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Topic
Informative Purpose
Maxim
Anecdote
3. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
First-person
Maxim
Poetic License
Blank Verse
4. 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
Irony
Rhythm
Symbol
Synecdoche
5. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Style
Epigram
Falling Action
Topic
6. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Analogy
Expository Purpose
Tragedy
Concrete Poetry
7. Before the main part or actually story
Narrative
Romance
Narrative Purpose
Introduction
8. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Euphemism
Anecdote
Ballad
Metaphor
9. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Third-person
Mood
Cliche
10. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Anecdote
Argumentative purpose
Syntax
Mood
11. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Rising Action
Foil
Rhetorical Question
Crisis
12. Humorous imitation
Literal Meaning
Consonance
Syntax
Parody
13. Series of events
Confidant
Plot
Farce
Rhyme
14. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Tale
Sprung rhythm
Inference
Stream of Consciousness
15. Subject
Antithesis
Topic
Rhetorical Question
Fable
16. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Narrative
Allegory
Simile
17. Dictionary definition of a word
Complication
Rhyme Scheme
Falling Action
Denotation
18. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Concrete Poetry
Superhero(ine)
Heroic Couplet
Oxymoron
19. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Comedy
Literal Meaning
Genre
Simile
20. The freedom of a poet in writing
Blank Verse
Poetic License
Ballad
First-person
21. (tall): short piece of fiction
Satire
Sequence Patterns
Poetic License
Tale
22. Point of view
Perspective
Denouement
Mood
Sarcasm
23. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Free Verse
Falling Action
Metonymy
Epithet
24. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Foil
Plot
Topic
25. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Antagonist
Iambic Pentameter
Allusion
Empathy
26. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Onomatopoeia
Free Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Anastrophe
27. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Style
Onomatopoeia
Genre
Argumentative purpose
28. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Organizing Principles
Sprung rhythm
Conflict
Characterization
29. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Interior Monologue
Voice
Monologue
Narrative Purpose
30. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Pathos
Romance
Ode
Informative Purpose
31. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Antithesis
Complication
Expository Purpose
32. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Euphony
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
33. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Antihero(ine)
Irony
Inference
34. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Aphorism
Argumentative purpose
Euphemism
35. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Figure of Speech
Maxim
Parallelism
Antagonist
36. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Tone
Simile
Imagery
Poetic Syntax
37. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Point of View
Parody
Blank Verse
38. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Introduction
Sonnet
Stereotype Character
39. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Sarcasm
Feeling
Figure of Speech
Expository Purpose
40. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Organizing Principles
Voice
Pathos
Narrative
41. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Climax
Superhero(ine)
Complication
Persuasive Purpose
42. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Aphorism
Characterization
Connotation
Dialect
43. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Argumentative purpose
Tragedy
Figure of Speech
Pathos
44. An idea that is implied or suggested
Personification
Connotation
Tone
Characterization
45. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Stanza
Characterization
First-person
Dramatic Monologue
46. Dramatic speech to oneself
Mood
Implication
Epigram
Soliloquy
47. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Allusion
Parallelism
Myth
48. A word imitating the sound it represents
Personification
Ballad
Onomatopoeia
Parody
49. To display emotions and ideas
Topic
Parable
Symbol
Expressive Purpose
50. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Conclusion
Free Verse
Syntax