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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A short story teaching a lesson
Simile
First-person
Surrealism
Parable
2. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Atmosphere
Implication
Imagery
3. The main (good) character
Pathos
Foreshadowing
Epithet
Hero(ine)
4. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Consonance
Comedy
Poetic Diction
Connotation
5. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Feeling
Literal Meaning
Persuasive Purpose
Rhyme
6. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Sequence Patterns
Aphorism
Iambic Pentameter
Metaphor
7. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Surrealism
Heroic Couplet
Foreshadowing
Hero(ine)
8. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Denotation
Surrealism
Feeling
9. Series of events
Persuasive Purpose
Plot
Interior Monologue
Parody
10. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Foil
Figure of Speech
Theater
Organizing Principles
11. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Figurative Language
Imagery
Plot
12. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
First-person
Superhero(ine)
Confidant
13. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Connotation
First-person
Poetic Diction
Free Verse
14. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Pastoral
Epigram
Poetic Syntax
Satire
15. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Pathos
Superhero(ine)
Mood
Concrete Poetry
16. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Idiom
Plot
Pun
17. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Hero(ine)
Narrative
Climate
Legend
18. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Parable
Topic
Folktale
Heroic Couplet
19. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Flashback
Narrative
Poetic Diction
20. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Dramatic Monologue
Organizing Principles
Parallelism
21. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Empathy
Poetic Diction
Theater
22. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Folktale
Sequence Patterns
Sarcasm
Sonnet
23. Word choice
Interior Monologue
Diction
Climate
Rhyme Scheme
24. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Onomatopoeia
Genre
Idiom
Figure of Speech
25. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Persona
Romance
Antithesis
Ode
26. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Voice
Tragedy
Thesis
Context
27. A final settlement
Conclusion
Parody
Pathos
Villain(ess)
28. (tall): short piece of fiction
Stanza
Genre
Satire
Tale
29. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Romance
Rhyme
Voice
30. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Resolution
Persuasive Purpose
Implication
Syntax
31. A play on words
Irony
Exposition
Pastoral
Pun
32. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Parallelism
Personification
Rhetorical Question
Complication
33. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Diction
Simile
Falling Action
Topic
34. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Idiom
Couplet
Euphemism
Ballad
35. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Stream of Consciousness
Folktale
Style
Flashback
36. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Anecdote
Superhero(ine)
Denouement
Persuasive Purpose
37. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Metonymy
Hero(ine)
Point of View
Irony
38. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Figurative Language
Feeling
Genre
Organizing Principles
39. Point of view
Metaphor
Perspective
Antagonist
Empathy
40. Before the main part or actually story
Flashback
Irony
Implication
Introduction
41. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Tragedy
Allusion
Analogy
Descriptive Purpose
42. 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
Tragedy
Exposition
Synecdoche
Consonance
43. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Sonnet
Cliche
Villain(ess)
Alliteration
44. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Anastrophe
Couplet
Synecdoche
Atmosphere
45. Subject
Expository Purpose
Topic
Apostrophe
Rhythm
46. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Pastoral
Euphony
Maxim
Third-person
47. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Pastoral
Poetic License
Inference
Stream of Consciousness
48. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Implication
Assonance
Idiom
Interior Monologue
49. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Simile
Pastoral
Anecdote
Anthropomorphism
50. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Metonymy
Expository Purpose
Inference
Setting