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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Complication
Maxim
Figurative Language
Antihero(ine)
2. Dictionary definition of a word
Sprung rhythm
Denotation
Implication
Diction
3. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Monologue
Denouement
Surrealism
4. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Hyperbole
Blank Verse
Aphorism
Climax
5. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Climax
Superhero(ine)
Pathos
Concrete Poetry
6. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Foil
Voice
Parable
Sprung rhythm
7. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Parallelism
Organizing Principles
Assonance
8. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Flashback
Apostrophe
Organizing Principles
9. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Resolution
Exposition
Couplet
Aside
10. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Topic
Anastrophe
Antihero(ine)
Fable
11. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Exposition
Rhetorical Question
Genre
Diction
12. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Interior Monologue
Hero(ine)
Tale
13. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Apostrophe
Dialect
Pastoral
Idiom
14. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Sonnet
Sarcasm
Exposition
Genre
15. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Anthropomorphism
Persuasive Purpose
Implication
Synecdoche
16. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Cliche
Dramatic Monologue
Aside
17. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Dramatic Monologue
Synecdoche
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
18. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Satire
Resolution
Analogy
Style
19. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Exciting Force
Maxim
Style
Implication
20. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Ode
Foil
Hyperbole
Atmosphere
21. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Resolution
Rhyme
Comedy
22. Dramatic speech to oneself
Organizing Principles
Informative Purpose
Interior Monologue
Soliloquy
23. Point of view
Crisis
Perspective
Parody
Sonnet
24. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Topic
Point of View
Figure of Speech
Dramatic Monologue
25. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Maxim
Parable
Empathy
Narrative Purpose
26. The prevailing psychological state
Denouement
Irony
Blank Verse
Climate
27. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Farce
Implication
Consonance
28. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Idiom
Conflict
Metonymy
Climate
29. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Complication
Myth
Stanza
Syntax
30. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Rhythm
Simile
Stereotype Character
31. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Expository Purpose
Epithet
Context
Onomatopoeia
32. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Surrealism
Concrete Poetry
Implication
Exciting Force
33. A message that digresses from the main subject
Pun
Aside
Thesis
Denouement
34. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Anastrophe
Symbol
Realism
Metaphor
35. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Crisis
Couplet
Persona
Rhyme
36. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Allusion
Confidant
Exciting Force
Cliche
37. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Interior Monologue
Inference
Denotation
Romance
38. Word choice
Setting
Iambic Pentameter
Inference
Diction
39. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Rising Action
Antithesis
Concrete Poetry
40. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Legend
Alliteration
Resolution
Climate
41. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Metaphor
Folktale
Descriptive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
42. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Heroic Couplet
Flashback
Conclusion
Topic
43. Before the main part or actually story
First-person
Introduction
Euphony
Sonnet
44. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Rhyme Scheme
Allusion
Cliche
Falling Action
45. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Resolution
Climate
Figure of Speech
46. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Idiom
Inference
Sequence Patterns
Superhero(ine)
47. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Tone
Ballad
Symbol
48. Series of events
Plot
Ballad
Pastoral
Antithesis
49. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Sprung rhythm
Expository Purpose
Free Verse
Narrative
50. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Persuasive Purpose
Fable
Thesis
Understatement