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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Epigram
Foil
Dialect
Style
2. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Comedy
Thesis
Aphorism
Oxymoron
3. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Connotation
Free Verse
Theater
Rhyme
4. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Conflict
Literal Meaning
Organizing Principles
Narrative Purpose
5. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Allusion
Folktale
Concrete Poetry
Resolution
6. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Expository Purpose
Monologue
Free Verse
Rhyme Scheme
7. 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
Synecdoche
Comedy
Pathos
Villain(ess)
8. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Foreshadowing
Exciting Force
Crisis
9. A group of lines in a poem
Idiom
Farce
Stanza
Literal Meaning
10. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Parallelism
Interior Monologue
Assonance
Paradox
11. A final settlement
Simile
Conclusion
Denotation
Superhero(ine)
12. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Parallelism
Foil
Comedy
Romance
13. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Third-person
Argumentative purpose
Pathos
Persuasive Purpose
14. The prevailing psychological state
Idiom
Climate
Assonance
Sprung rhythm
15. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Apostrophe
Antagonist
Stream of Consciousness
Climax
16. A message that digresses from the main subject
Hero(ine)
Antihero(ine)
Foil
Aside
17. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Style
Tone
Foil
Surrealism
18. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Aphorism
Style
Third-person
19. Conjoining contradictory terms
Tale
Oxymoron
Anachronism
Sonnet
20. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Superhero(ine)
Mood
Climax
21. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Comedy
First-person
Realism
Climax
22. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Epithet
Analogy
Dialect
Poetic Syntax
23. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Irony
Feeling
First-person
Aphorism
24. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Exciting Force
Descriptive Purpose
Genre
Satire
25. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Maxim
Dramatic Monologue
Consonance
26. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Narrative Purpose
Exposition
Sarcasm
Parallelism
27. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Genre
Iambic Pentameter
Euphony
Legend
28. Point of view
Sequence Patterns
Perspective
Euphony
Aphorism
29. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Inference
Alliteration
Allegory
30. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Sarcasm
Denotation
Persuasive Purpose
31. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Tone
Dialect
Elegy
32. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Parable
Sequence Patterns
Rhetorical Question
33. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Sequence Patterns
Idiom
Comedy
34. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Tale
Poetic License
Symbol
Atmosphere
35. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Anthropomorphism
Style
Foreshadowing
Expository Purpose
36. The freedom of a poet in writing
Falling Action
Antihero(ine)
Poetic License
Understatement
37. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Inference
Imagery
Hero(ine)
Tragedy
38. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Poetic Diction
Alliteration
Voice
39. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
First-person
Pastoral
Interior Monologue
Implication
40. Word choice
Pathos
Metaphor
Euphony
Diction
41. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Conclusion
Connotation
Euphony
Sequence Patterns
42. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Theme
Analogy
Rhyme
Implication
43. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Anthropomorphism
Climate
Antithesis
Realism
44. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Connotation
Tale
Setting
Simile
45. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Rhythm
Rhyme Scheme
Realism
Interior Monologue
46. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Parallelism
47. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Empathy
Synecdoche
Epithet
Interior Monologue
48. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Heroic Couplet
Expository Purpose
Rhyme Scheme
49. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Foreshadowing
Thesis
Romance
Parallelism
50. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Irony
Antithesis
Monologue
Maxim