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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Anachronism
Implication
Anastrophe
Alliteration
2. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Soliloquy
Thesis
Concrete Poetry
Comedy
3. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Connotation
Rhyme
Exciting Force
Anthropomorphism
4. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Tone
Style
Informative Purpose
Iambic Pentameter
5. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Denouement
Anastrophe
Context
Literal Meaning
6. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Couplet
Setting
Aside
Syntax
7. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Stereotype Character
Pastoral
Fable
Surrealism
8. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Feeling
Stereotype Character
Narrative Purpose
Pun
9. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Interior Monologue
Blank Verse
Paradox
Setting
10. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Rising Action
Oxymoron
Inference
11. A word imitating the sound it represents
Parody
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Rhyme
12. The main (good) character
Organizing Principles
Oxymoron
Flashback
Hero(ine)
13. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Climate
Poetic Syntax
Imagery
Concrete Poetry
14. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Farce
Analogy
Poetic Syntax
15. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Conflict
Symbol
Confidant
Conclusion
16. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Genre
Narrative
Foreshadowing
Complication
17. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Diction
Maxim
Argumentative purpose
18. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Foreshadowing
Realism
Characterization
Allusion
19. Word choice
Sarcasm
Diction
Figure of Speech
Denouement
20. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Soliloquy
Rhythm
Consonance
21. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Poetic Syntax
Tale
Ode
Heroic Couplet
22. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Couplet
Setting
Perspective
Exposition
23. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Anastrophe
Consonance
24. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Rhyme Scheme
Irony
Epigram
Antagonist
25. 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
Poetic License
Alliteration
Denouement
26. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Allusion
Confidant
Synecdoche
Poetic Syntax
27. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Anecdote
Simile
Myth
Foil
28. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Parable
Comedy
Ballad
Persuasive Purpose
29. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Surrealism
Elegy
Persuasive Purpose
Sprung rhythm
30. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Style
Poetic Syntax
Symbol
31. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Personification
Complication
Parallelism
Voice
32. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Metaphor
Atmosphere
Antithesis
Rhetorical Question
33. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Tone
Syntax
Symbol
34. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Resolution
Cliche
Anecdote
35. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Paradox
Dialect
Parallelism
Antihero(ine)
36. 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
Personification
Pathos
Synecdoche
Aphorism
37. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Pathos
Epithet
Alliteration
Falling Action
38. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Characterization
Irony
Parallelism
Climate
39. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Foil
Oxymoron
Feeling
Mood
40. Dictionary definition of a word
Consonance
Denotation
Perspective
Sequence Patterns
41. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Hyperbole
Idiom
Interior Monologue
Third-person
42. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Iambic Pentameter
Empathy
Anachronism
Allegory
43. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Sprung rhythm
Climax
Thesis
Dramatic Monologue
44. The final actions or solution of the plot
Pastoral
Monologue
Connotation
Resolution
45. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Idiom
Third-person
Climax
Theater
46. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Myth
Style
Persuasive Purpose
Sequence Patterns
47. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices
Stereotype Character
Conflict
Villain(ess)
Allusion
48. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Symbol
Monologue
Climate
49. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Context
Anthropomorphism
50. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Setting
Expressive Purpose
Mood
Denotation