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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






2. A play on words






3. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts






4. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances






5. Conjoining contradictory terms






6. Address to an absent or imaginary person






7. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.






8. Series of events






9. Recurring at regular intervals






10. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons






11. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious






12. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love






13. Emotional appeal






14. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'






15. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






16. Inversion of the natural or usual word order






17. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.






18. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood






19. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way






20. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as






21. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)






22. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless






23. A word imitating the sound it represents






24. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred






25. Word choice






26. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens






27. The use of elevated language over ordinary language






28. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style






29. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






30. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener






31. A final settlement






32. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives






33. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities






34. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition






35. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words






36. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature






37. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group






38. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker






39. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words






40. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation






41. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people






42. Humorous imitation






43. Exaggeration






44. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.






45. A category or type of literary or artistic work






46. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






47. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.






48. Anything that stands for or represents something else






49. The series of conflicts building up to a climax






50. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse