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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)
Conflict
Introduction
Analogy
Assonance
2. Subject
Topic
Tragedy
Connotation
Style
3. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Rhetorical Question
Anecdote
Aphorism
Villain(ess)
4. The perspective from which a story is told
Persuasive Purpose
Imagery
Point of View
Anastrophe
5. A short story teaching a lesson
Climate
Anachronism
Parable
Point of View
6. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Parallelism
Tragedy
Persona
Tone
7. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Syntax
Allegory
Atmosphere
Rhyme
8. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Romance
Villain(ess)
Dramatic Monologue
Mood
9. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Exciting Force
Superhero(ine)
Poetic Syntax
Sequence Patterns
10. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Euphony
Flashback
Villain(ess)
11. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Persuasive Purpose
Anthropomorphism
Paradox
Pathos
12. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Confidant
Epithet
Falling Action
Stanza
13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Poetic License
Atmosphere
Monologue
14. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Cliche
Legend
Figure of Speech
Connotation
15. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Climate
Idiom
Antihero(ine)
Rising Action
16. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Villain(ess)
Anachronism
Personification
Interior Monologue
17. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Rhetorical Question
Alliteration
Elegy
Idiom
18. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
First-person
Stanza
Dramatic Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
19. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Diction
Connotation
Empathy
Rhetorical Question
20. An idea that is implied or suggested
Foil
Rhyme
Connotation
Couplet
21. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Stream of Consciousness
Metonymy
Apostrophe
22. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Consonance
Romance
Thesis
Anachronism
23. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Antithesis
Falling Action
Imagery
Assonance
24. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Theater
Ode
Interior Monologue
Superhero(ine)
25. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Informative Purpose
Crisis
Pastoral
Thesis
26. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Diction
Dramatic Monologue
Theater
Legend
27. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Foreshadowing
Antagonist
Elegy
Antihero(ine)
28. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Stanza
Style
Sprung rhythm
29. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Alliteration
Organizing Principles
Anecdote
30. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Expository Purpose
Narrative Purpose
Parallelism
Farce
31. A final settlement
Narrative
Conclusion
Euphony
Exciting Force
32. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Irony
Blank Verse
Persona
33. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Pathos
Concrete Poetry
Stanza
Allegory
34. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Villain(ess)
Sarcasm
Implication
Tragedy
35. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Introduction
Falling Action
Poetic License
36. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Persuasive Purpose
Thesis
Symbol
Villain(ess)
37. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Falling Action
Dramatic Monologue
Blank Verse
38. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Oxymoron
Empathy
Interior Monologue
39. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Ode
Flashback
Sequence Patterns
Theme
40. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Persona
Euphemism
Figure of Speech
Epigram
41. Emotional appeal
Rhyme
Complication
Euphemism
Pathos
42. Humorous imitation
Symbol
Personification
Parody
Stanza
43. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Understatement
Surrealism
Antithesis
Diction
44. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Rising Action
Folktale
Expressive Purpose
45. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Couplet
Stereotype Character
Syntax
Free Verse
46. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Expository Purpose
First-person
Rhetorical Question
Farce
47. Conjoining contradictory terms
Theater
Context
Anthropomorphism
Oxymoron
48. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Anastrophe
Imagery
Persona
Connotation
49. Series of events
Plot
Implication
Figurative Language
Foreshadowing
50. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Falling Action
Realism
Thesis