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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Sequence Patterns
Assonance
Couplet
2. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Crisis
Apostrophe
Dialect
Free Verse
3. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Organizing Principles
Ballad
Crisis
Allegory
4. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Sonnet
Genre
Simile
5. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Satire
Mood
Informative Purpose
Epithet
6. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Romance
Soliloquy
Complication
7. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Denouement
Sprung rhythm
Onomatopoeia
8. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Epithet
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
Figurative Language
9. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Foil
Villain(ess)
Expository Purpose
Rising Action
10. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Anthropomorphism
Dramatic Monologue
Stereotype Character
11. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Theme
Voice
Idiom
Oxymoron
12. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Parable
Farce
Couplet
Rhyme Scheme
13. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Ballad
Dialect
Fable
14. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Epithet
Syntax
Theme
Perspective
15. A short story teaching a lesson
Folktale
Parable
Mood
Analogy
16. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Blank Verse
Narrative Purpose
Context
Hyperbole
17. Subject
Aside
Topic
Cliche
Rhythm
18. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Diction
Rhyme
Tone
Villain(ess)
19. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Mood
Stereotype Character
Antihero(ine)
Flashback
20. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Voice
Rhythm
Surrealism
Couplet
21. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
Sarcasm
Setting
22. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Parable
Stereotype Character
Atmosphere
Poetic Syntax
23. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Inference
Surrealism
Narrative
Anachronism
24. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Superhero(ine)
Topic
Narrative Purpose
Antithesis
25. Series of events
Thesis
Setting
Plot
Anachronism
26. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Personification
Interior Monologue
Plot
27. A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents - each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Poetic Diction
Iambic Pentameter
Anecdote
Satire
28. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Topic
Allusion
Descriptive Purpose
Inference
29. Conjoining contradictory terms
Hero(ine)
Conclusion
Oxymoron
Rhyme
30. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Fable
Irony
Comedy
Imagery
31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Stereotype Character
Syntax
Epithet
Figure of Speech
32. A contradiction or dilemma
Genre
Flashback
Paradox
Syntax
33. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Feeling
Foreshadowing
Exciting Force
Rhyme Scheme
34. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Superhero(ine)
Narrative Purpose
Dramatic Monologue
Heroic Couplet
35. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Complication
Tale
Ode
36. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Soliloquy
Perspective
Superhero(ine)
37. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Soliloquy
Pathos
Climate
Understatement
38. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Resolution
Farce
Connotation
Surrealism
39. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Perspective
Third-person
Consonance
Rhyme
40. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Poetic Syntax
Empathy
Fable
Pathos
41. Word choice
Villain(ess)
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme Scheme
Diction
42. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Parable
Dialect
Couplet
43. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Realism
Implication
Flashback
44. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Free Verse
Expository Purpose
Parable
45. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Denotation
Literal Meaning
Analogy
Blank Verse
46. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Parody
Folktale
Idiom
47. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Antithesis
Anastrophe
First-person
Allusion
48. A final settlement
Implication
Conclusion
Theater
Mood
49. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Epithet
Narrative Purpose
Stanza
50. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Anecdote
Comedy
Epithet
Parable