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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Atmosphere
Assonance
Rhythm
Thesis
2. A final settlement
Conclusion
Narrative Purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Persuasive Purpose
3. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Persuasive Purpose
Satire
Empathy
Anastrophe
4. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Free Verse
Organizing Principles
Metaphor
Simile
5. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Exciting Force
Aphorism
Connotation
Heroic Couplet
6. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Apostrophe
Satire
Empathy
7. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Anachronism
Sonnet
Informative Purpose
Comedy
8. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Argumentative purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Romance
Poetic Diction
9. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Sonnet
Stream of Consciousness
Comedy
Perspective
10. 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
Epithet
Iambic Pentameter
Antagonist
Analogy
11. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Introduction
Setting
Analogy
Fable
12. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Myth
Setting
Persona
Sprung rhythm
13. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Exciting Force
Rising Action
Sonnet
14. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Interior Monologue
Comedy
Euphemism
Theme
15. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Idiom
Anecdote
Exposition
16. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Voice
Concrete Poetry
Sarcasm
Plot
17. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Anachronism
Anastrophe
Figurative Language
18. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Euphemism
Climax
Maxim
Soliloquy
19. A message that digresses from the main subject
Climate
Aside
Pun
Superhero(ine)
20. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Elegy
Empathy
Pastoral
21. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Personification
Denouement
Narrative Purpose
Foil
22. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Anastrophe
Sequence Patterns
Poetic License
Feeling
23. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Fable
Confidant
Genre
Syntax
24. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Setting
Myth
Blank Verse
Conflict
25. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Antagonist
Expressive Purpose
Diction
Heroic Couplet
26. 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
Cliche
Synecdoche
Rhythm
Rhyme Scheme
27. Humorous imitation
Flashback
Descriptive Purpose
Elegy
Parody
28. Dictionary definition of a word
Narrative
Paradox
Denotation
Sonnet
29. An idea that is implied or suggested
Atmosphere
Connotation
Crisis
Informative Purpose
30. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Assonance
Euphony
Mood
Rhetorical Question
31. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Sarcasm
Folktale
Soliloquy
Monologue
32. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Conflict
Apostrophe
Metaphor
Foil
33. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Crisis
Elegy
Theme
Epithet
34. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Theme
Villain(ess)
Third-person
Ballad
35. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Interior Monologue
Analogy
Monologue
Tone
36. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Foreshadowing
Concrete Poetry
Empathy
Elegy
37. The main (good) character
Tragedy
Couplet
Free Verse
Hero(ine)
38. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Imagery
Personification
Rhyme
Myth
39. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Rhythm
Denouement
Foil
Informative Purpose
40. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Consonance
Flashback
Concrete Poetry
41. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Interior Monologue
Pastoral
Literal Meaning
Satire
42. The perspective from which a story is told
Expressive Purpose
Point of View
Romance
Synecdoche
43. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Descriptive Purpose
Antihero(ine)
First-person
Sequence Patterns
44. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Couplet
Superhero(ine)
Heroic Couplet
Perspective
45. Suggestions or hints
Parallelism
Sarcasm
Iambic Pentameter
Implication
46. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Consonance
Iambic Pentameter
Understatement
Stereotype Character
47. Words mean exactly what they say
Third-person
Literal Meaning
Iambic Pentameter
Poetic Syntax
48. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Heroic Couplet
Informative Purpose
Antagonist
Consonance
49. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Denouement
Consonance
50. Recurring at regular intervals
Thesis
Interior Monologue
Elegy
Rhythm