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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Falling Action
Narrative
Understatement
Anthropomorphism
2. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Romance
Thesis
Point of View
Euphony
3. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
First-person
Symbol
Voice
Ode
4. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Interior Monologue
Tragedy
Conclusion
5. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Climax
Crisis
Oxymoron
Heroic Couplet
6. (tall): short piece of fiction
Falling Action
Heroic Couplet
Narrative
Tale
7. An idea that is implied or suggested
Myth
Argumentative purpose
Personification
Connotation
8. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Complication
Assonance
Tragedy
Dialect
9. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Literal Meaning
Surrealism
Anachronism
Aphorism
10. The final actions or solution of the plot
Resolution
Figure of Speech
Connotation
Fable
11. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Personification
Expository Purpose
Iambic Pentameter
Tragedy
12. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Flashback
Legend
Tragedy
Theater
13. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Characterization
Idiom
Denouement
14. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Exciting Force
Personification
Theater
Resolution
15. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Heroic Couplet
Personification
Pastoral
Romance
16. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Theme
Surrealism
Syntax
Figurative Language
17. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Sonnet
Feeling
Ode
Concrete Poetry
18. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Expository Purpose
Interior Monologue
Tale
Idiom
19. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Denouement
Imagery
Perspective
Atmosphere
20. A message that digresses from the main subject
Third-person
Aside
Personification
Pastoral
21. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Stanza
Euphemism
Euphony
Hyperbole
22. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Paradox
Introduction
Tale
Assonance
23. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Cliche
Syntax
Personification
Concrete Poetry
24. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Introduction
First-person
Denouement
25. 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
Synecdoche
Climax
Literal Meaning
Theme
26. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Pun
Cliche
Denouement
First-person
27. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Expressive Purpose
Parallelism
Analogy
Persona
28. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Connotation
Conclusion
Organizing Principles
Consonance
29. A short story teaching a lesson
Parallelism
Parable
Metaphor
Argumentative purpose
30. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Monologue
Euphemism
Connotation
Resolution
31. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Complication
Organizing Principles
Poetic Syntax
Folktale
32. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Anachronism
Rising Action
Fable
Onomatopoeia
33. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Persuasive Purpose
Couplet
Pathos
Imagery
34. Suggestions or hints
Figurative Language
Euphemism
Alliteration
Implication
35. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Apostrophe
Maxim
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
36. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Poetic License
Antihero(ine)
Soliloquy
37. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Comedy
Feeling
Dramatic Monologue
Rhythm
38. The prevailing psychological state
Persona
Parable
Climate
Sonnet
39. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Stream of Consciousness
Assonance
Empathy
Thesis
40. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Ballad
Antagonist
Hero(ine)
Rising Action
41. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Satire
Rhythm
Anthropomorphism
Argumentative purpose
42. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Climax
Irony
Rhyme
43. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Aside
Allegory
Plot
44. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Sequence Patterns
Euphemism
Complication
Persuasive Purpose
45. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Foreshadowing
Empathy
Anthropomorphism
Oxymoron
46. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Topic
Falling Action
Feeling
47. 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
Parable
Satire
Monologue
Metonymy
48. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Flashback
Anthropomorphism
Figurative Language
Analogy
49. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Informative Purpose
Characterization
Expressive Purpose
50. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Stanza
Idiom
Conclusion