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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Genre
Allusion
Conflict
Satire
2. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Theater
Sarcasm
Anachronism
Expressive Purpose
3. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Denotation
Assonance
Plot
Poetic Diction
4. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Analogy
Informative Purpose
Symbol
Metaphor
5. Before the main part or actually story
Ballad
Introduction
Satire
Elegy
6. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Hero(ine)
Cliche
Confidant
Oxymoron
7. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Atmosphere
Iambic Pentameter
Romance
Figure of Speech
8. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Resolution
Flashback
Falling Action
9. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Hero(ine)
Tone
Point of View
Satire
10. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Inference
Dialect
Persuasive Purpose
Legend
11. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Introduction
Denotation
Feeling
Stream of Consciousness
12. A short story teaching a lesson
Understatement
Parable
Thesis
Syntax
13. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Heroic Couplet
Ode
Exciting Force
Stanza
14. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Topic
Assonance
Antagonist
Superhero(ine)
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
Dramatic Monologue
Rising Action
Organizing Principles
16. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Narrative
Mood
Sequence Patterns
Flashback
17. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Anachronism
Symbol
Allusion
Inference
18. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Introduction
Stereotype Character
Conclusion
Euphemism
19. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Parallelism
Syntax
Complication
20. 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
Parable
Superhero(ine)
Falling Action
Synecdoche
21. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Thesis
Complication
Foreshadowing
Free Verse
22. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Metaphor
Couplet
Allegory
Rhetorical Question
23. Emotional appeal
Concrete Poetry
Climate
Pathos
Rhyme Scheme
24. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
Crisis
Assonance
25. Humorous imitation
Parody
Blank Verse
Pathos
Romance
26. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Maxim
Idiom
Folktale
Genre
27. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Theme
Third-person
Free Verse
28. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Tone
Tragedy
Climax
Simile
29. (tall): short piece of fiction
Realism
Rhetorical Question
Myth
Tale
30. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Mood
Myth
Narrative Purpose
Anastrophe
31. Words mean exactly what they say
Rhyme
Monologue
Sonnet
Literal Meaning
32. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Theater
Empathy
Persona
Rhyme Scheme
33. The main (good) character
Literal Meaning
Hero(ine)
Epithet
Apostrophe
34. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Descriptive Purpose
Connotation
Romance
Aphorism
35. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Crisis
Stereotype Character
Anecdote
Connotation
36. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Comedy
Rhyme
Superhero(ine)
37. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Context
Myth
Setting
Voice
38. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Legend
Sprung rhythm
Confidant
39. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Epithet
Crisis
Expressive Purpose
Voice
40. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Villain(ess)
Synecdoche
Plot
41. Exaggeration
Theme
Interior Monologue
Hyperbole
Climate
42. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Point of View
Theater
Inference
Style
43. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Thesis
Anastrophe
Mood
44. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Expository Purpose
Antihero(ine)
Interior Monologue
Onomatopoeia
45. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
First-person
Thesis
Comedy
Tone
46. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Folktale
Imagery
Simile
47. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Exciting Force
Stereotype Character
Feeling
Cliche
48. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Anecdote
Organizing Principles
Fable
Soliloquy
49. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Informative Purpose
Poetic License
Flashback
50. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Sonnet
Fable
Antithesis
Implication