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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Rhythm
Sarcasm
Narrative
Feeling
2. The freedom of a poet in writing
Tale
Persona
Poetic License
Fable
3. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Theater
Superhero(ine)
Alliteration
Euphony
4. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Synecdoche
Third-person
Iambic Pentameter
Euphemism
5. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Foreshadowing
Stream of Consciousness
Legend
6. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Pathos
Style
Inference
7. Subject
Foreshadowing
Inference
Epigram
Topic
8. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Tale
Allusion
Parallelism
9. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Paradox
Voice
Narrative Purpose
10. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Plot
Climax
Persuasive Purpose
Falling Action
11. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Allusion
Third-person
Myth
12. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Exciting Force
Symbol
Rising Action
Theater
13. A final settlement
Interior Monologue
Conclusion
Sequence Patterns
Foreshadowing
14. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Persona
Denouement
Tragedy
15. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Sarcasm
Argumentative purpose
Denouement
16. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Connotation
Mood
Aphorism
Antihero(ine)
17. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Apostrophe
Assonance
Aside
Satire
18. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Figurative Language
Denouement
Third-person
19. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Persuasive Purpose
Atmosphere
Parable
20. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Genre
Euphemism
Setting
Stream of Consciousness
21. Conjoining contradictory terms
Crisis
Expository Purpose
Oxymoron
Denouement
22. The prevailing psychological state
Setting
Idiom
Climate
Ode
23. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Personification
Ballad
Foil
Expository Purpose
24. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Pun
Diction
Satire
Ode
25. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Onomatopoeia
Couplet
Epithet
Elegy
26. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Tone
Empathy
Iambic Pentameter
Understatement
27. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Idiom
Atmosphere
Allegory
Connotation
28. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Climate
Heroic Couplet
Setting
Antihero(ine)
29. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Antagonist
Simile
Confidant
30. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Persuasive Purpose
Paradox
Sequence Patterns
Antithesis
31. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Metaphor
Exciting Force
Syntax
Sprung rhythm
32. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Flashback
Monologue
Epithet
Imagery
33. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Comedy
Figure of Speech
Surrealism
Setting
34. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Pathos
Anecdote
Idiom
Pastoral
35. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Blank Verse
Conclusion
Empathy
Interior Monologue
36. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Romance
First-person
Persuasive Purpose
Epigram
37. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Ballad
Expository Purpose
Anecdote
Theater
38. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Poetic License
Concrete Poetry
Mood
Synecdoche
39. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Idiom
Third-person
Comedy
Oxymoron
40. A short story teaching a lesson
Superhero(ine)
Resolution
Parable
Point of View
41. A message that digresses from the main subject
Expository Purpose
Stream of Consciousness
Aside
Idiom
42. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Stanza
Understatement
Farce
First-person
43. Dramatic speech to oneself
Narrative Purpose
Soliloquy
Rising Action
Conclusion
44. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Metonymy
Cliche
Personification
Free Verse
45. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Topic
Climax
Poetic License
46. Word choice
Diction
Couplet
Anthropomorphism
Personification
47. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Denouement
Tone
Simile
48. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Third-person
Foreshadowing
Onomatopoeia
49. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Idiom
Epithet
Simile
Rhetorical Question
50. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Implication
Theater
Anthropomorphism
Crisis