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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Context
Setting
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
2. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Atmosphere
Blank Verse
Rhyme
Persona
3. The freedom of a poet in writing
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
Poetic License
Parable
4. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Myth
Exposition
Characterization
5. Words mean exactly what they say
Oxymoron
Literal Meaning
Dramatic Monologue
Fable
6. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Antihero(ine)
Sonnet
Consonance
Denouement
7. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Epithet
Understatement
Pathos
8. Before the main part or actually story
Theme
Introduction
Perspective
Flashback
9. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Literal Meaning
Romance
Flashback
Fable
10. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Anthropomorphism
Stanza
Realism
Analogy
11. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Descriptive Purpose
Ballad
Folktale
Blank Verse
12. 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
Stream of Consciousness
Aside
Iambic Pentameter
Farce
13. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Stanza
Poetic License
Euphemism
Argumentative purpose
14. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Irony
Anastrophe
Narrative Purpose
Alliteration
15. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Confidant
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Oxymoron
16. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Third-person
Personification
Fable
Allegory
17. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Sequence Patterns
Aside
Dramatic Monologue
Farce
18. Series of events
Conflict
Plot
Implication
Style
19. Word choice
Parallelism
Diction
Inference
Alliteration
20. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Superhero(ine)
Characterization
Topic
21. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Mood
Antithesis
Tale
Rising Action
22. Suggestions or hints
Confidant
Romance
Pathos
Implication
23. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Farce
Parallelism
Complication
Empathy
24. The prevailing psychological state
Persuasive Purpose
Antihero(ine)
Connotation
Climate
25. (tall): short piece of fiction
Rhythm
Argumentative purpose
Tale
Sonnet
26. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Surrealism
Denouement
Euphony
Informative Purpose
27. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Fable
Exposition
Epigram
28. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Consonance
Villain(ess)
Superhero(ine)
Irony
29. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Tone
Free Verse
Antithesis
Legend
30. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme
Persona
Expository Purpose
31. 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
Ode
Synecdoche
Narrative Purpose
Antihero(ine)
32. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Theater
Foreshadowing
Interior Monologue
Rhetorical Question
33. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Poetic Syntax
Figurative Language
Denouement
Poetic Diction
34. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Ode
Surrealism
Context
35. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Descriptive Purpose
Denouement
Style
36. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Folktale
Free Verse
Simile
Concrete Poetry
37. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Assonance
Concrete Poetry
Falling Action
Conflict
38. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Connotation
Interior Monologue
Falling Action
39. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Style
Informative Purpose
Analogy
40. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Diction
Thesis
Legend
Implication
41. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Climax
Rising Action
Apostrophe
Crisis
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
Comedy
Anecdote
Metonymy
Denotation
43. To display emotions and ideas
Blank Verse
Antithesis
Legend
Expressive Purpose
44. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Fable
Realism
Understatement
Irony
45. Address to an absent or imaginary person
First-person
Personification
Apostrophe
Topic
46. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Cliche
Epithet
Allusion
Elegy
47. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Foil
Tragedy
Third-person
Concrete Poetry
48. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Imagery
Parable
Farce
Epithet
49. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Maxim
Hero(ine)
Tale
50. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Free Verse
Inference
Symbol
Poetic License