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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Pun
Parody
Epigram
Voice
2. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Pastoral
Poetic Diction
Anecdote
Context
3. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Figure of Speech
Anachronism
Myth
4. The final actions or solution of the plot
Elegy
Resolution
Tale
Third-person
5. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Tragedy
Superhero(ine)
Comedy
Anecdote
6. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Style
Anecdote
Paradox
7. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Thesis
Alliteration
Ballad
Rhetorical Question
8. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Sprung rhythm
Maxim
Anthropomorphism
9. Series of events
Farce
Plot
Iambic Pentameter
Poetic Syntax
10. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Tone
Anecdote
Resolution
Foreshadowing
11. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Surrealism
Idiom
Aphorism
12. The freedom of a poet in writing
First-person
Poetic License
Ode
Cliche
13. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Empathy
Poetic License
Personification
14. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Parable
Antihero(ine)
Exciting Force
Sonnet
15. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Plot
Genre
Ode
Metaphor
16. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Analogy
Characterization
Climate
17. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Sarcasm
Rhetorical Question
Idiom
Apostrophe
18. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Context
Allegory
Tone
Exposition
19. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Perspective
Connotation
Monologue
20. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Allusion
Euphemism
Voice
Onomatopoeia
21. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Consonance
Realism
Myth
Villain(ess)
22. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Tale
Comedy
Literal Meaning
Persuasive Purpose
23. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sonnet
Couplet
Soliloquy
Sprung rhythm
24. A contradiction or dilemma
Antithesis
Maxim
Paradox
Personification
25. A word imitating the sound it represents
Fable
Mood
Organizing Principles
Onomatopoeia
26. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Falling Action
Irony
Denouement
Consonance
27. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Argumentative purpose
Conflict
Surrealism
Sarcasm
28. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Style
Realism
Sequence Patterns
Foil
29. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Empathy
Climax
Denotation
Expressive Purpose
30. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Voice
Complication
Style
Farce
31. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Diction
Foil
Oxymoron
32. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Pastoral
Tragedy
Figurative Language
Denotation
33. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Climax
Allegory
Aphorism
Informative Purpose
34. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Assonance
Pastoral
Analogy
Blank Verse
35. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Hyperbole
Tale
Climax
Simile
36. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Heroic Couplet
Synecdoche
Organizing Principles
37. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Hyperbole
Voice
Rhetorical Question
Myth
38. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices
Stereotype Character
Elegy
Expository Purpose
Simile
39. (tall): short piece of fiction
Poetic License
Simile
Tale
Rhythm
40. 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
Concrete Poetry
Metonymy
Epithet
Sprung rhythm
41. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Concrete Poetry
Realism
Falling Action
Mood
42. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Characterization
Stanza
Ode
Setting
43. A final settlement
Poetic Diction
Assonance
Style
Conclusion
44. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Atmosphere
Style
Epithet
Tone
45. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Farce
Falling Action
Assonance
Sequence Patterns
46. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Tone
Pastoral
Mood
First-person
47. 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
Pathos
Synecdoche
Complication
Anecdote
48. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Tale
Tragedy
Irony
49. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Aphorism
Satire
Exposition
Tone
50. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Alliteration
Context
Rhyme
Legend