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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A play on words






2. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations






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






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






5. An evil or wicked person; antagonist






6. The main (good) character






7. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally






8. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)






9. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect






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






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






12. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless






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






14. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker






15. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons






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






17. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject






18. Words mean exactly what they say






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






20. A word imitating the sound it represents






21. Humorous imitation






22. A contradiction or dilemma






23. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being






24. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head






25. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms






26. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






27. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature






28. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication






29. 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






30. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words






31. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






32. Recurring at regular intervals






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






34. (tall): short piece of fiction






35. Series of events






36. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point






37. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)






38. A final settlement






39. A message that digresses from the main subject






40. Anything that stands for or represents something else






41. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing






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






43. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse






44. Emotional appeal






45. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






46. The perspective from which a story is told






47. The process by which the writer develops a character






48. Giving human characteristics to something that not human






49. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






50. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient