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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
Narrative Purpose
Irony
Metonymy
Introduction
2. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Foil
Sprung rhythm
Interior Monologue
Expressive Purpose
3. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Parable
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Assonance
4. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Exciting Force
Understatement
Ballad
Voice
5. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Foil
Antagonist
Persona
Literal Meaning
6. A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents - each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Iambic Pentameter
Syntax
Theater
Euphemism
7. 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
Poetic License
Synecdoche
Tale
Blank Verse
8. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Folktale
Flashback
Point of View
9. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Anecdote
Empathy
Style
Couplet
10. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Characterization
Anachronism
Monologue
Parallelism
11. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Resolution
Stanza
Hyperbole
12. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Pathos
Tragedy
Allegory
Couplet
13. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Assonance
Superhero(ine)
Connotation
Understatement
14. The freedom of a poet in writing
Ode
Poetic License
Crisis
Personification
15. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Dialect
Fable
Paradox
16. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Diction
Anecdote
Paradox
17. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Crisis
Falling Action
Romance
Symbol
18. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Confidant
Context
First-person
Synecdoche
19. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Aphorism
Pathos
Farce
Syntax
20. The process by which the writer develops a character
Rhetorical Question
Setting
Complication
Characterization
21. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Allusion
Rhyme Scheme
Tragedy
Superhero(ine)
22. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Empathy
Exciting Force
Parody
Metaphor
23. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Allegory
Maxim
Persuasive Purpose
Poetic Diction
24. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Alliteration
Surrealism
Dialect
25. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Third-person
Context
Exposition
26. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Antagonist
Free Verse
Superhero(ine)
Tone
27. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Pathos
Allusion
Satire
Stream of Consciousness
28. Subject
Foreshadowing
Denotation
Aside
Topic
29. Point of view
Third-person
Perspective
Iambic Pentameter
Parody
30. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Free Verse
Expository Purpose
Iambic Pentameter
Thesis
31. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Narrative Purpose
Setting
Introduction
32. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Point of View
Diction
33. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Crisis
Third-person
Irony
Allusion
34. Exaggeration
Comedy
Hyperbole
Parallelism
Empathy
35. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Sonnet
Crisis
Stream of Consciousness
Analogy
36. A word imitating the sound it represents
Genre
Flashback
Anthropomorphism
Onomatopoeia
37. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Analogy
Hero(ine)
Hyperbole
38. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Soliloquy
Legend
Style
Ballad
39. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Confidant
Rhyme Scheme
Poetic License
40. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Poetic Syntax
Parallelism
Realism
Style
41. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Confidant
Parallelism
Irony
Argumentative purpose
42. 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
Mood
Pathos
Metonymy
Climate
43. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Understatement
Rising Action
Fable
Apostrophe
44. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Sprung rhythm
Euphemism
Rhyme
Elegy
45. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Allusion
Aside
Personification
Inference
46. Suggestions or hints
Paradox
Farce
Implication
Sarcasm
47. An idea that is implied or suggested
Hyperbole
Pathos
Ballad
Connotation
48. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Analogy
Tone
Metonymy
Imagery
49. Humorous imitation
Apostrophe
Parody
Anastrophe
Stream of Consciousness
50. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Expressive Purpose
Anachronism
Complication
Climax