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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Consonance
Atmosphere
Foil
Legend
2. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Analogy
Voice
Anthropomorphism
3. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Descriptive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Conflict
Voice
4. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Metaphor
Farce
Poetic Syntax
Diction
5. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Couplet
Feeling
Alliteration
6. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Personification
Climax
Oxymoron
7. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Crisis
Pun
Rhetorical Question
Plot
8. The prevailing psychological state
Thesis
Literal Meaning
Foreshadowing
Climate
9. Subject
Parable
Synecdoche
Superhero(ine)
Topic
10. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Monologue
Realism
Persona
11. 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
Complication
Persuasive Purpose
Rhetorical Question
12. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Apostrophe
Persona
Alliteration
Complication
13. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Parody
Denouement
Euphemism
Foil
14. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Rhyme Scheme
Assonance
Rhetorical Question
Third-person
15. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Dialect
Realism
Analogy
Epithet
16. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Setting
Aphorism
Paradox
Tone
17. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Exposition
Sequence Patterns
18. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Allusion
Dialect
19. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Farce
Fable
Monologue
Rhyme Scheme
20. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Connotation
Paradox
Third-person
Symbol
21. Word choice
Topic
Falling Action
Diction
Perspective
22. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Anachronism
Feeling
Diction
Pastoral
23. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Poetic Diction
Exciting Force
Surrealism
Allusion
24. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Simile
Ode
Rhyme Scheme
Couplet
25. 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
Atmosphere
Dialect
Stanza
26. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Climax
Metonymy
Foreshadowing
Assonance
27. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Cliche
Understatement
Poetic License
Persona
28. A message that digresses from the main subject
Rhythm
Free Verse
Synecdoche
Aside
29. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Implication
Ode
Allusion
Concrete Poetry
30. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Perspective
Rhythm
Anachronism
Setting
31. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Confidant
Third-person
Maxim
Pun
32. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Organizing Principles
Perspective
Ballad
Euphony
33. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Poetic License
Romance
Anastrophe
34. (tall): short piece of fiction
Myth
Villain(ess)
Tale
Alliteration
35. A group of lines in a poem
Surrealism
Fable
Stanza
Denotation
36. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Hero(ine)
Sequence Patterns
Pastoral
Characterization
37. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Oxymoron
Complication
Expository Purpose
Imagery
38. Humorous imitation
Parable
Inference
Parody
Antihero(ine)
39. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Persuasive Purpose
Third-person
Onomatopoeia
40. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Anachronism
Falling Action
Sarcasm
Feeling
41. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Dramatic Monologue
Sprung rhythm
Narrative Purpose
Idiom
42. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Foreshadowing
Epigram
Sprung rhythm
Persuasive Purpose
43. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Rising Action
Setting
Stereotype Character
Epithet
44. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Free Verse
Idiom
Third-person
45. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Feeling
Villain(ess)
Alliteration
46. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Thesis
Narrative Purpose
Heroic Couplet
47. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Setting
Idiom
Persuasive Purpose
Mood
48. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Epigram
Figurative Language
Cliche
Iambic Pentameter
49. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Folktale
Pastoral
Farce
Descriptive Purpose
50. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Implication
Comedy
Alliteration
Stream of Consciousness