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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as






2. Before the main part or actually story






3. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject






4. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.






5. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject






6. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature






7. 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






8. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution






9. A character or force in conflict with the main character






10. Humorous imitation






11. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances






12. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.






13. 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






14. A short story teaching a lesson






15. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being






16. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






17. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






18. The process by which the writer develops a character






19. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






20. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener






21. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






22. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






23. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker






24. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred






25. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient






26. A worn-out idea or overused expression






27. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation






28. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor






29. A word imitating the sound it represents






30. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love






31. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning






32. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






33. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head






34. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style






35. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






36. The series of conflicts building up to a climax






37. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place






38. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect






39. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects






40. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme






41. Address to an absent or imaginary person






42. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker






43. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant






44. (tall): short piece of fiction






45. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






46. Words mean exactly what they say






47. A group of lines in a poem






48. Point of view






49. Someone to whom private matters are confided






50. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)