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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Farce
Anastrophe
First-person
Antagonist
2. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Implication
Syntax
Poetic Diction
Allusion
3. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Elegy
Voice
Exposition
Metaphor
4. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Fable
Epithet
Poetic Syntax
5. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Anecdote
Flashback
Elegy
Superhero(ine)
6. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Thesis
Syntax
Setting
7. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Allusion
Genre
Style
Realism
8. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Pastoral
Informative Purpose
Metaphor
Falling Action
9. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Pathos
Simile
Free Verse
Plot
10. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Theater
Poetic Diction
Thesis
11. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Theater
Free Verse
Rising Action
Sprung rhythm
12. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Theme
Plot
Hyperbole
13. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Imagery
Parallelism
Alliteration
Iambic Pentameter
14. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Allegory
Descriptive Purpose
Inference
Romance
15. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices
Stereotype Character
Aside
Genre
Organizing Principles
16. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Sonnet
Figurative Language
Alliteration
17. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Farce
Understatement
Ode
Connotation
18. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Pastoral
Genre
Monologue
Fable
19. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Poetic Syntax
Setting
Farce
Genre
20. The final actions or solution of the plot
Resolution
Figure of Speech
Symbol
Onomatopoeia
21. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Hyperbole
Literal Meaning
Stream of Consciousness
Apostrophe
22. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Argumentative purpose
Anastrophe
Perspective
Elegy
23. 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
Foreshadowing
Metonymy
Comedy
Narrative
24. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Euphony
Anthropomorphism
Context
Rhyme
25. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Heroic Couplet
Aphorism
Climax
Surrealism
26. Humorous imitation
Superhero(ine)
Parody
Setting
Rhythm
27. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Sequence Patterns
Realism
Conclusion
28. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Synecdoche
Figurative Language
Folktale
Surrealism
29. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Topic
Anastrophe
Perspective
Concrete Poetry
30. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Denotation
Exposition
Narrative Purpose
Superhero(ine)
31. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Narrative
Elegy
Villain(ess)
Foreshadowing
32. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Stanza
Irony
Mood
33. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Personification
Ode
Onomatopoeia
Denouement
34. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Conclusion
Allusion
Maxim
35. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Persona
Assonance
Cliche
Context
36. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Connotation
Analogy
Sprung rhythm
37. A contradiction or dilemma
Atmosphere
Persuasive Purpose
Point of View
Paradox
38. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Persona
Diction
Euphemism
Falling Action
39. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Imagery
Personification
Thesis
Stereotype Character
40. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Confidant
Narrative
Romance
41. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Pastoral
Alliteration
Sequence Patterns
Rhyme Scheme
42. The main (good) character
Romance
Parody
Hero(ine)
Satire
43. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Implication
Folktale
Anthropomorphism
Satire
44. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Anastrophe
Hero(ine)
Argumentative purpose
Tragedy
45. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Pathos
Atmosphere
Connotation
Personification
46. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Tale
Rhetorical Question
Poetic License
Organizing Principles
47. Before the main part or actually story
Narrative
Introduction
Sonnet
Pathos
48. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Persona
Hero(ine)
Epigram
Genre
49. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Dialect
Complication
Alliteration
50. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Persona
Poetic Syntax
Ode
Free Verse