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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Series of events
Antithesis
Plot
Personification
Confidant
2. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Heroic Couplet
Antithesis
Consonance
Conclusion
3. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Atmosphere
Aside
Symbol
Romance
4. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Empathy
Analogy
Euphemism
Irony
5. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Idiom
Genre
Foreshadowing
Flashback
6. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Allusion
Rhetorical Question
Complication
Theme
7. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Aphorism
Interior Monologue
Personification
Comedy
8. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Antagonist
Irony
Poetic Syntax
Soliloquy
9. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Superhero(ine)
Folktale
Pun
Personification
10. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Anthropomorphism
Climax
Imagery
Farce
11. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Realism
Empathy
Romance
12. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Personification
Stream of Consciousness
Surrealism
Persona
13. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Dramatic Monologue
Poetic Diction
Simile
Expository Purpose
14. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Flashback
Theme
Irony
Concrete Poetry
15. The prevailing psychological state
Oxymoron
Voice
Climate
Euphony
16. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Setting
Tone
Realism
Parody
17. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Theater
Narrative Purpose
Foil
Synecdoche
18. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Irony
Euphemism
Argumentative purpose
19. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Falling Action
Rhythm
Cliche
Soliloquy
20. To display emotions and ideas
Pathos
Style
Tone
Expressive Purpose
21. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Aside
Sequence Patterns
Analogy
Paradox
22. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Antihero(ine)
Surrealism
Diction
23. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Aphorism
Narrative
Anthropomorphism
24. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Hero(ine)
Descriptive Purpose
Allegory
25. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Ballad
Anachronism
Concrete Poetry
Cliche
26. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Parody
Iambic Pentameter
Flashback
Figure of Speech
27. A word imitating the sound it represents
Metaphor
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
28. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Myth
Empathy
Rhyme Scheme
Informative Purpose
29. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Rising Action
Oxymoron
First-person
Hyperbole
30. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Complication
Tale
Tragedy
31. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Consonance
Metaphor
Voice
32. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Empathy
Flashback
Irony
Exposition
33. The final actions or solution of the plot
Allusion
Satire
Syntax
Resolution
34. Subject
Metaphor
Resolution
Topic
Falling Action
35. The process by which the writer develops a character
Antagonist
Concrete Poetry
Characterization
Style
36. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Sprung rhythm
Climate
Narrative
Rhyme Scheme
37. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Tone
Expressive Purpose
Setting
Figurative Language
38. The main (good) character
Imagery
Hero(ine)
Apostrophe
Rhyme
39. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Concrete Poetry
Implication
Elegy
40. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Superhero(ine)
Crisis
Setting
Epigram
41. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Hyperbole
Mood
Topic
Blank Verse
42. Words mean exactly what they say
Denotation
Literal Meaning
Setting
Tragedy
43. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Inference
Dramatic Monologue
Comedy
Apostrophe
44. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Villain(ess)
Comedy
Stream of Consciousness
45. A final settlement
Stereotype Character
Denotation
Poetic Syntax
Conclusion
46. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Heroic Couplet
Confidant
Conclusion
47. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Apostrophe
Stream of Consciousness
Conclusion
Foreshadowing
48. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Plot
Feeling
Epigram
Oxymoron
49. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Analogy
Synecdoche
Free Verse
Theater
50. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Anachronism
Introduction
Context
Idiom