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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Sarcasm
Confidant
2. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Exposition
Syntax
Oxymoron
Sprung rhythm
3. A group of lines in a poem
Empathy
Plot
Stanza
Antithesis
4. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Denotation
Tragedy
Conflict
Argumentative purpose
5. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Hero(ine)
Anachronism
Resolution
Aphorism
6. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Hero(ine)
Satire
Consonance
Myth
7. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Onomatopoeia
Resolution
Descriptive Purpose
Voice
8. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Heroic Couplet
Satire
Imagery
9. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Myth
Antithesis
Iambic Pentameter
10. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Euphony
Antagonist
Blank Verse
Syntax
11. Humorous imitation
Foreshadowing
Parody
Theater
Tale
12. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Connotation
Style
Anastrophe
Antithesis
13. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Conclusion
Poetic Syntax
Poetic Diction
Argumentative purpose
14. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Idiom
Genre
Rising Action
Poetic Diction
15. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Dialect
Concrete Poetry
Irony
Connotation
16. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Climax
Villain(ess)
Paradox
Ballad
17. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Sequence Patterns
Climax
Euphony
Rhyme
18. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Ode
Epithet
Antihero(ine)
Comedy
19. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Irony
Couplet
Allegory
Theme
20. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Argumentative purpose
Exciting Force
Dramatic Monologue
Interior Monologue
21. Dictionary definition of a word
Euphemism
Idiom
Denotation
Figurative Language
22. 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
Rhythm
Voice
Context
Synecdoche
23. (tall): short piece of fiction
Romance
Tale
Pathos
Literal Meaning
24. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Poetic Diction
Pastoral
Legend
Organizing Principles
25. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Point of View
Informative Purpose
26. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Tone
Comedy
Figurative Language
Romance
27. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Apostrophe
Idiom
Narrative
Personification
28. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Elegy
Dramatic Monologue
Dialect
29. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Imagery
Flashback
Empathy
Free Verse
30. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Hero(ine)
Connotation
Mood
Euphemism
31. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Soliloquy
Foil
Tragedy
Elegy
32. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Voice
Theater
Diction
Parallelism
33. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Literal Meaning
Perspective
Monologue
34. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Epithet
Rhyme
Theater
Feeling
35. A message that digresses from the main subject
Parable
Aside
Stream of Consciousness
Stereotype Character
36. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Oxymoron
Climax
Cliche
Context
37. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Introduction
Tale
Metaphor
38. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Implication
First-person
Synecdoche
39. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Pastoral
Plot
Sequence Patterns
Epigram
40. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Anecdote
Denouement
Apostrophe
Simile
41. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Parable
Climax
Romance
42. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Connotation
Farce
Context
Concrete Poetry
43. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Dialect
Rhythm
Topic
Foil
44. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Myth
Flashback
Heroic Couplet
45. Recurring at regular intervals
Confidant
Sonnet
Rhythm
Farce
46. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Antihero(ine)
Diction
Satire
47. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Implication
Expository Purpose
Myth
Assonance
48. An idea that is implied or suggested
Alliteration
Sequence Patterns
Connotation
Figure of Speech
49. Dramatic speech to oneself
Superhero(ine)
Imagery
Poetic Syntax
Soliloquy
50. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Surrealism
Pun
Persuasive Purpose