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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Before the main part or actually story






2. Point of view






3. Someone to whom private matters are confided






4. A category or type of literary or artistic work






5. A character or force in conflict with the main character






6. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject






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






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






9. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.






10. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives






11. A play on words






12. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution






13. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning






14. A group of lines in a poem






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






16. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






17. A final settlement






18. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred






19. Dictionary definition of a word






20. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending






21. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






22. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words






23. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication






24. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse






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






26. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'






27. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding






28. A worn-out idea or overused expression






29. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms






30. Humorous imitation






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






32. Giving human characteristics to something that not human






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






34. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people






35. Anything that stands for or represents something else






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






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






38. The main (good) character






39. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as






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






41. The perspective from which a story is told






42. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character






43. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






44. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations






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






46. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons






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






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






49. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






50. The process by which the writer develops a character