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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The prevailing psychological state






2. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words






3. An evil or wicked person; antagonist






4. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying






5. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities






6. Address to an absent or imaginary person






7. Anything that stands for or represents something else






8. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






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






10. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)






11. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.






12. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point






13. The main (good) character






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






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






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






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






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






19. Humorous imitation






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






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






22. Conjoining contradictory terms






23. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






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






25. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance






26. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as






27. A final settlement






28. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious






29. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables






30. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood






31. 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






32. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






33. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally






34. Inversion of the natural or usual word order






35. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






36. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'






37. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






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






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






40. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives






41. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution






42. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story






43. Exaggeration






44. Words mean exactly what they say






45. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






46. 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






47. A short story teaching a lesson






48. A contradiction or dilemma






49. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






50. Giving human characteristics to something that not human