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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'






2. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous






3. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.






4. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless






5. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound






6. Exaggeration






7. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts






8. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events






9. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur






10. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society






11. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect






12. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects






13. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






14. Inversion of the natural or usual word order






15. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens






16. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






17. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending






18. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution






19. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story






20. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)






21. Point of view






22. The main (good) character






23. A message that digresses from the main subject






24. Emotional appeal






25. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place






26. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient






27. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way






28. The process by which the writer develops a character






29. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head






30. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style






31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






32. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






33. The perspective from which a story is told






34. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions






35. (tall): short piece of fiction






36. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






37. Word choice






38. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






39. A final settlement






40. A contradiction or dilemma






41. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words






42. Before the main part or actually story






43. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point






44. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group






45. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations






46. A group of lines in a poem






47. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.






48. 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






49. Someone to whom private matters are confided






50. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.