SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT Subject Test: Literature
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
literature
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Pathos
Thesis
Persona
2. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Syntax
Metaphor
Informative Purpose
Parable
3. Word choice
Stream of Consciousness
Persona
Figurative Language
Diction
4. Dramatic speech to oneself
Plot
Soliloquy
Farce
Diction
5. Suggestions or hints
Sarcasm
Implication
Organizing Principles
Flashback
6. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Assonance
Falling Action
Epigram
Tone
7. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Genre
Informative Purpose
Epithet
Iambic Pentameter
8. Humorous imitation
Parody
Atmosphere
Feeling
Farce
9. A final settlement
Crisis
Anachronism
Conclusion
Genre
10. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Personification
First-person
Narrative
11. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Alliteration
Sarcasm
Foil
Euphony
12. A play on words
Pun
Thesis
Assonance
Folktale
13. (tall): short piece of fiction
Introduction
Syntax
Voice
Tale
14. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Soliloquy
Stream of Consciousness
Descriptive Purpose
Foil
15. To display emotions and ideas
Romance
Expressive Purpose
Stream of Consciousness
Thesis
16. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Third-person
Rising Action
Antagonist
Elegy
17. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Metonymy
Sonnet
Stream of Consciousness
Superhero(ine)
18. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Superhero(ine)
Voice
Apostrophe
19. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Oxymoron
Antihero(ine)
Heroic Couplet
Allegory
20. A message that digresses from the main subject
Antihero(ine)
Aside
Expressive Purpose
Climate
21. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Theater
Interior Monologue
Antithesis
Antihero(ine)
22. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Genre
Poetic License
Perspective
23. The final actions or solution of the plot
Concrete Poetry
Resolution
Assonance
Allusion
24. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Elegy
Surrealism
Anachronism
25. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Parody
Mood
Monologue
26. A contradiction or dilemma
Descriptive Purpose
Falling Action
Paradox
Sonnet
27. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Anecdote
Idiom
Argumentative purpose
Consonance
28. Point of view
Perspective
Imagery
Epigram
Iambic Pentameter
29. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Concrete Poetry
Analogy
Villain(ess)
30. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Surrealism
Empathy
Descriptive Purpose
Parody
31. Dictionary definition of a word
Anecdote
Conclusion
Denotation
Confidant
32. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Alliteration
Assonance
Folktale
Pastoral
33. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Monologue
Figure of Speech
Confidant
34. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Villain(ess)
Feeling
Antihero(ine)
Iambic Pentameter
35. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Stereotype Character
Descriptive Purpose
Figure of Speech
Irony
36. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Anachronism
Climax
Crisis
37. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Monologue
Realism
Expressive Purpose
38. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Theme
Parody
Tragedy
Epigram
39. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Characterization
Parody
Assonance
Anachronism
40. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Surrealism
Syntax
Metonymy
Anachronism
41. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Ballad
Idiom
Elegy
Couplet
42. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Persona
Anecdote
Maxim
Foreshadowing
43. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Hero(ine)
Narrative
Analogy
Rhythm
44. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Diction
Understatement
Mood
Antihero(ine)
45. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Allegory
Point of View
Anachronism
46. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Foreshadowing
Sprung rhythm
Theme
Aphorism
47. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Crisis
Persona
Euphony
Climate
48. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Implication
Climax
Feeling
Expressive Purpose
49. The perspective from which a story is told
Irony
Voice
Point of View
Villain(ess)
50. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Alliteration
Narrative Purpose
Syntax