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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Exposition
Rhythm
Plot
2. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Heroic Couplet
Antithesis
Sprung rhythm
Figurative Language
3. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Stanza
Irony
Style
4. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Mood
Fable
Expository Purpose
Elegy
5. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Iambic Pentameter
Sarcasm
Climate
Sprung rhythm
6. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Informative Purpose
Monologue
Parable
Tragedy
7. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Tone
Setting
Synecdoche
8. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Sequence Patterns
Concrete Poetry
Conflict
Couplet
9. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Empathy
Dialect
Antihero(ine)
Climate
10. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Metonymy
Antihero(ine)
Descriptive Purpose
Informative Purpose
11. The freedom of a poet in writing
Style
Irony
Poetic License
Syntax
12. The perspective from which a story is told
Epigram
Soliloquy
Topic
Point of View
13. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Theater
Exposition
Anachronism
Romance
14. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Ode
Interior Monologue
Aphorism
Heroic Couplet
15. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Conflict
Feeling
Metaphor
Organizing Principles
16. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Expository Purpose
First-person
Rhyme Scheme
Assonance
17. The main (good) character
Feeling
Tragedy
Hero(ine)
Allusion
18. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Dialect
Assonance
Elegy
19. The process by which the writer develops a character
Blank Verse
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Idiom
20. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Empathy
Context
Farce
21. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Iambic Pentameter
Realism
Alliteration
Pastoral
22. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Foreshadowing
Setting
Fable
Pun
23. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Mood
Epithet
Argumentative purpose
Parable
24. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Voice
Farce
Hyperbole
Interior Monologue
25. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Sarcasm
Allegory
First-person
Euphemism
26. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Ode
Narrative Purpose
Maxim
Climax
27. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Elegy
Flashback
Rhythm
Setting
28. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Tone
Paradox
Stream of Consciousness
Blank Verse
29. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Romance
Context
Farce
Theme
30. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Myth
Poetic Syntax
Connotation
Ballad
31. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Epithet
Conflict
Parody
32. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Alliteration
Expository Purpose
Plot
Symbol
33. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Dramatic Monologue
Persuasive Purpose
Rising Action
Diction
34. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Stanza
Hyperbole
Pun
Concrete Poetry
35. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Resolution
Parallelism
Empathy
Context
36. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Idiom
Sarcasm
Rhythm
Free Verse
37. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Consonance
Aphorism
Rhetorical Question
38. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Cliche
Diction
Literal Meaning
Understatement
39. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Conflict
Symbol
First-person
40. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Folktale
Analogy
Parody
Metaphor
41. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Simile
Denouement
Consonance
42. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Comedy
Superhero(ine)
Crisis
Tone
43. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Rhyme Scheme
Foil
Ode
Euphemism
44. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Romance
Imagery
Falling Action
Denotation
45. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Hero(ine)
Atmosphere
Characterization
Foreshadowing
46. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Irony
Metonymy
Apostrophe
Allusion
47. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Romance
Elegy
48. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Comedy
Foil
Ode
Poetic Diction
49. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Conclusion
Understatement
Sarcasm
50. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Crisis
Superhero(ine)
Antithesis
Diction