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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Stream of Consciousness
Persona
Topic
Expository Purpose
2. To display emotions and ideas
Comedy
Superhero(ine)
Expressive Purpose
Sonnet
3. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Narrative Purpose
Epigram
Characterization
4. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Connotation
Climax
Folktale
5. (tall): short piece of fiction
Hero(ine)
Tale
Heroic Couplet
Atmosphere
6. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Thesis
Stream of Consciousness
Plot
7. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Allusion
Exciting Force
Free Verse
Parallelism
8. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Oxymoron
Antihero(ine)
Descriptive Purpose
Pun
9. Subject
Topic
Allegory
Allusion
Resolution
10. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Consonance
Exposition
Romance
Setting
11. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Parallelism
Aphorism
Voice
Allusion
12. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Alliteration
Antagonist
Legend
Sarcasm
13. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Tragedy
Pastoral
Comedy
Descriptive Purpose
14. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Anastrophe
Free Verse
Metaphor
Figurative Language
15. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Perspective
Poetic License
Mood
16. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Setting
Hyperbole
Paradox
17. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Setting
Symbol
Antithesis
Irony
18. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Anthropomorphism
Farce
Simile
Exciting Force
19. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Voice
Organizing Principles
Elegy
Aphorism
20. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Persuasive Purpose
Elegy
Flashback
Rhetorical Question
21. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Voice
Style
Euphony
22. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Point of View
Parody
Analogy
23. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Poetic Diction
Denotation
Crisis
Third-person
24. Suggestions or hints
Epithet
Hyperbole
Rhetorical Question
Implication
25. The prevailing psychological state
Poetic Syntax
Climate
Confidant
Euphemism
26. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Figurative Language
Romance
Syntax
Comedy
27. A short story teaching a lesson
Romance
Theme
Parable
Assonance
28. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Allegory
Climax
Rising Action
29. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Anachronism
Aphorism
Narrative
Flashback
30. Dictionary definition of a word
Fable
Oxymoron
Topic
Denotation
31. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Persona
Ballad
Irony
Rhyme
32. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Resolution
Plot
Folktale
33. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Farce
Sequence Patterns
Crisis
Sprung rhythm
34. The process by which the writer develops a character
Plot
Characterization
Antagonist
Exposition
35. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Legend
Ode
Rhyme Scheme
Introduction
36. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Euphony
Style
Thesis
Apostrophe
37. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Stereotype Character
Organizing Principles
Thesis
Tone
38. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Metonymy
Idiom
Pun
Consonance
39. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Rhyme
Falling Action
Perspective
Thesis
40. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Foil
Expository Purpose
Topic
Onomatopoeia
41. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Superhero(ine)
Folktale
Rhythm
Mood
42. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Sarcasm
Dialect
Irony
43. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Onomatopoeia
Characterization
Euphony
Feeling
44. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Parable
Blank Verse
Metaphor
Informative Purpose
45. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Point of View
Antithesis
Voice
Couplet
46. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Paradox
Third-person
Foil
47. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Persona
Inference
Onomatopoeia
48. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Pun
Poetic Diction
Hero(ine)
Symbol
49. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Flashback
Imagery
Myth
50. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Expository Purpose
Parallelism
Informative Purpose
Perspective