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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally






2. The use of elevated language over ordinary language






3. Inversion of the natural or usual word order






4. Giving human characteristics to something that not human






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






6. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions






7. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference






8. An evil or wicked person; antagonist






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






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






11. Subject






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






13. A play on words






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






15. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






16. A word imitating the sound it represents






17. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






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






19. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms






20. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character






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






22. The perspective from which a story is told






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






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






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






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






27. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous






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






29. Someone to whom private matters are confided






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






31. Dictionary definition of a word






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






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






34. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication






35. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)






36. The process by which the writer develops a character






37. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






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






39. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker






40. (tall): short piece of fiction






41. To display emotions and ideas






42. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse






43. Conjoining contradictory terms






44. A contradiction or dilemma






45. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






46. Emotional appeal






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






48. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding






49. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society






50. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution