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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To display emotions and ideas






2. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending






3. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation






4. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious






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






6. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.






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






8. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation






9. A word imitating the sound it represents






10. Recurring at regular intervals






11. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables






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






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






14. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying






15. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)






16. The perspective from which a story is told






17. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)






18. Someone to whom private matters are confided






19. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous






20. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor






21. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject






22. 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






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






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






25. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound






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






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






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






29. Address to an absent or imaginary person






30. An idea that is implied or suggested






31. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition






32. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






33. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.






34. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.






35. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






36. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control






37. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story






38. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances






39. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication






40. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener






41. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






42. Conjoining contradictory terms






43. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place






44. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words






45. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme






46. The process by which the writer develops a character






47. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






48. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






49. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






50. Anything that stands for or represents something else