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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Heroic Couplet
Narrative
Conflict
Anthropomorphism
2. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Stereotype Character
Topic
Pathos
Thesis
3. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Narrative
Falling Action
Parallelism
Euphemism
4. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Sequence Patterns
Pun
Myth
Superhero(ine)
5. The freedom of a poet in writing
Context
Stanza
Implication
Poetic License
6. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Allusion
Poetic Diction
Irony
Imagery
7. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Atmosphere
Exciting Force
Anecdote
8. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Rhetorical Question
Expository Purpose
Fable
9. Series of events
Plot
Narrative
Sarcasm
Antagonist
10. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Sonnet
Foreshadowing
Monologue
Stanza
11. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Climax
Figurative Language
Hero(ine)
Flashback
12. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Crisis
Descriptive Purpose
Parody
13. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Alliteration
Argumentative purpose
Metaphor
First-person
14. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Allegory
Myth
Genre
15. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Persuasive Purpose
Thesis
Setting
Syntax
16. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Plot
Exciting Force
Rhyme
Topic
17. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Context
Sequence Patterns
First-person
Realism
18. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Voice
Ballad
Foreshadowing
Euphemism
19. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Topic
Context
Iambic Pentameter
20. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Characterization
Anthropomorphism
Metonymy
Argumentative purpose
21. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Introduction
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Denouement
22. A final settlement
Imagery
First-person
Conclusion
Allegory
23. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Tone
Antithesis
Paradox
Interior Monologue
24. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Dramatic Monologue
Personification
Pathos
Pastoral
25. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Villain(ess)
Diction
Feeling
Exposition
26. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Pathos
Informative Purpose
Sarcasm
Plot
27. Recurring at regular intervals
Realism
Maxim
Rhythm
Conclusion
28. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Maxim
Voice
Hyperbole
Concrete Poetry
29. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Onomatopoeia
Parody
Poetic Syntax
Epigram
30. A word imitating the sound it represents
Parallelism
Theater
Onomatopoeia
Euphemism
31. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Context
Crisis
Romance
32. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Interior Monologue
Simile
Connotation
Understatement
33. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Flashback
Fable
Symbol
Theme
34. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theater
Myth
Soliloquy
Paradox
35. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Simile
Climate
Villain(ess)
Persuasive Purpose
36. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
Stereotype Character
Assonance
37. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Foil
Concrete Poetry
Figure of Speech
Alliteration
38. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Conclusion
Sprung rhythm
Hero(ine)
Analogy
39. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Understatement
Sprung rhythm
Rhyme Scheme
Antagonist
40. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Voice
Anastrophe
Style
Theme
41. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Exciting Force
Imagery
Farce
Folktale
42. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Plot
Diction
43. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Poetic License
Comedy
Sequence Patterns
44. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Foreshadowing
Pastoral
Ode
Plot
45. Words mean exactly what they say
Symbol
Realism
First-person
Literal Meaning
46. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Heroic Couplet
Climate
Rhyme
Consonance
47. Word choice
Idiom
Context
Diction
Feeling
48. Conjoining contradictory terms
Assonance
Farce
First-person
Oxymoron
49. 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
Metonymy
Free Verse
Satire
Assonance
50. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Genre
Point of View
Soliloquy
Anachronism