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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Recurring at regular intervals
Concrete Poetry
Third-person
Tale
Rhythm
2. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Iambic Pentameter
Allusion
Legend
3. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Idiom
Mood
Topic
Dramatic Monologue
4. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Setting
Epigram
Foil
Stream of Consciousness
5. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Rhyme Scheme
Metonymy
Blank Verse
Falling Action
6. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Dialect
Sarcasm
Setting
Concrete Poetry
7. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Oxymoron
Parody
Antithesis
8. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Tragedy
Stanza
Stereotype Character
Comedy
9. To display emotions and ideas
Feeling
Expressive Purpose
Monologue
Figure of Speech
10. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Oxymoron
Allegory
Superhero(ine)
Anachronism
11. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Aside
Antagonist
Heroic Couplet
12. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Aside
Legend
Soliloquy
Foil
13. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Genre
Climate
Atmosphere
Implication
14. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Ode
Maxim
Cliche
Point of View
15. 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
Comedy
Free Verse
Aside
Synecdoche
16. Subject
Plot
Hyperbole
Iambic Pentameter
Topic
17. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Organizing Principles
Antihero(ine)
Figure of Speech
Pun
18. Word choice
Diction
Complication
Resolution
Topic
19. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Stream of Consciousness
Anecdote
Inference
Feeling
20. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Expository Purpose
Aphorism
Understatement
Mood
21. The final actions or solution of the plot
Resolution
Conflict
Sonnet
Euphemism
22. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Sonnet
Cliche
Parody
23. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Rhythm
Climate
Concrete Poetry
24. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Anecdote
Oxymoron
Exposition
Monologue
25. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Heroic Couplet
Persuasive Purpose
Sonnet
Myth
26. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Plot
Complication
Soliloquy
Expository Purpose
27. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Parallelism
Exciting Force
Crisis
Tone
28. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Resolution
Romance
Confidant
29. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Theme
Argumentative purpose
Interior Monologue
Feeling
30. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Connotation
Mood
Antihero(ine)
Topic
31. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Blank Verse
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
32. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Thesis
Rhyme
Analogy
Third-person
33. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Exposition
Introduction
Metaphor
Epithet
34. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Foil
Falling Action
Rhyme
Feeling
35. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Folktale
Monologue
Inference
Figurative Language
36. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Anachronism
Mood
Style
Monologue
37. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Narrative
Conflict
First-person
38. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Interior Monologue
Blank Verse
Surrealism
Consonance
39. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Legend
Tale
Soliloquy
Symbol
40. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Monologue
Persona
Irony
Setting
41. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Simile
Persona
Voice
Figurative Language
42. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Hero(ine)
Understatement
Blank Verse
Apostrophe
43. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Mood
Rhyme Scheme
Sonnet
Characterization
44. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Style
Genre
Consonance
Paradox
45. A group of lines in a poem
Legend
Stanza
Sonnet
Couplet
46. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Consonance
Confidant
Sprung rhythm
47. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Free Verse
Conflict
Rhetorical Question
Allegory
48. The main (good) character
Foreshadowing
Falling Action
Hero(ine)
Sprung rhythm
49. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Soliloquy
Legend
Rhythm
50. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Stream of Consciousness
Persona
Foil