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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Hyperbole
Narrative Purpose
Sarcasm
Anachronism
2. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Stanza
Foil
Apostrophe
Epigram
3. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Stanza
Complication
Style
4. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Crisis
Conflict
First-person
Conclusion
5. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Style
Hyperbole
Pathos
6. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Stanza
Expository Purpose
Couplet
Allegory
7. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Poetic License
Feeling
Euphony
Exciting Force
8. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Symbol
Antagonist
Epithet
Exciting Force
9. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Persuasive Purpose
Pathos
Syntax
Metaphor
10. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Comedy
Folktale
Personification
Legend
11. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Setting
Stereotype Character
Cliche
Ode
12. The main (good) character
Parallelism
Assonance
Hero(ine)
Imagery
13. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Realism
Exciting Force
Topic
14. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Setting
Epithet
Concrete Poetry
15. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Anecdote
Couplet
Onomatopoeia
Pastoral
16. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Foil
Figurative Language
Paradox
Tone
17. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Maxim
Symbol
Pastoral
18. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Climate
Poetic Syntax
Antithesis
Exposition
19. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Realism
Simile
Figure of Speech
Heroic Couplet
20. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Poetic Syntax
Persona
Genre
21. (tall): short piece of fiction
Parable
Tale
Myth
Stream of Consciousness
22. A message that digresses from the main subject
Antihero(ine)
Stanza
Farce
Aside
23. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Characterization
Context
Maxim
Topic
24. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Voice
Metaphor
Anthropomorphism
Antithesis
25. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Anastrophe
Figure of Speech
Mood
26. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Personification
Elegy
Persona
Understatement
27. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Parable
Aphorism
Informative Purpose
Stereotype Character
28. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Poetic License
Euphemism
Descriptive Purpose
Empathy
29. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Dramatic Monologue
Idiom
Ballad
Thesis
30. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Antagonist
Anastrophe
Descriptive Purpose
Surrealism
31. A final settlement
Conclusion
Dramatic Monologue
Monologue
Atmosphere
32. A group of lines in a poem
Allusion
Stanza
Characterization
Maxim
33. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
First-person
Narrative
Connotation
Folktale
34. Suggestions or hints
Paradox
Implication
Characterization
Foreshadowing
35. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Genre
Apostrophe
Fable
Plot
36. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Point of View
Aside
Connotation
37. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Metonymy
Dialect
Epithet
38. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Crisis
Cliche
Euphemism
Aphorism
39. The freedom of a poet in writing
Dramatic Monologue
Foil
Denotation
Poetic License
40. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Paradox
Realism
Analogy
Conclusion
41. Dramatic speech to oneself
Couplet
Sarcasm
Falling Action
Soliloquy
42. Series of events
Climate
Rhyme
Interior Monologue
Plot
43. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Aphorism
Climax
Monologue
Stereotype Character
44. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Atmosphere
Denotation
Surrealism
45. The final actions or solution of the plot
Dramatic Monologue
Poetic License
Introduction
Resolution
46. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Surrealism
Empathy
Ballad
Ode
47. Word choice
Diction
Conflict
Legend
Falling Action
48. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Argumentative purpose
Ode
Pun
Falling Action
49. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Feeling
Antithesis
Imagery
Atmosphere
50. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Realism
Empathy
Theme
Allusion