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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Apostrophe
Euphemism
Parody
Complication
2. Emotional appeal
Assonance
Argumentative purpose
Pathos
Topic
3. The final actions or solution of the plot
Fable
Alliteration
Resolution
Narrative Purpose
4. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Sprung rhythm
Ode
Diction
Pathos
5. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Antagonist
Parable
Introduction
Analogy
6. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Foil
Elegy
Syntax
Figurative Language
7. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Sprung rhythm
Anachronism
Confidant
8. A play on words
Sprung rhythm
Pun
Thesis
Tone
9. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Romance
Blank Verse
Feeling
Perspective
10. To display emotions and ideas
Implication
Dialect
Expressive Purpose
Pastoral
11. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Superhero(ine)
Crisis
Persuasive Purpose
Sprung rhythm
12. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Poetic Diction
Allusion
Style
Organizing Principles
13. Series of events
Surrealism
Crisis
Plot
Characterization
14. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Antihero(ine)
Genre
Pathos
15. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Complication
Aphorism
Idiom
16. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Poetic Diction
Rhyme Scheme
Poetic Syntax
Pastoral
17. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Genre
Allusion
Persuasive Purpose
18. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Realism
Denouement
Feeling
Informative Purpose
19. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Farce
Flashback
Euphony
Stanza
20. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Romance
Blank Verse
Genre
21. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Legend
Anecdote
Surrealism
Exciting Force
22. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Diction
Personification
Poetic Syntax
Stream of Consciousness
23. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Connotation
Consonance
Rhythm
24. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Stanza
Understatement
Heroic Couplet
25. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Assonance
Rhetorical Question
Metaphor
Complication
26. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Rising Action
Exciting Force
Figurative Language
Oxymoron
27. Subject
Inference
Climax
Topic
Narrative Purpose
28. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Rhyme Scheme
Understatement
Iambic Pentameter
Simile
29. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Anachronism
Fable
Irony
Climax
30. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Sequence Patterns
Foreshadowing
Antithesis
Couplet
31. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Aphorism
Dialect
Anastrophe
Flashback
32. 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
Myth
Feeling
Metonymy
Euphony
33. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Epigram
Anthropomorphism
Stream of Consciousness
Myth
34. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Assonance
Epithet
Dialect
35. A short story teaching a lesson
Epithet
Organizing Principles
Style
Parable
36. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Elegy
Conflict
Persuasive Purpose
Style
37. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Ballad
Foreshadowing
Crisis
Style
38. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Empathy
First-person
Understatement
39. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Sonnet
Figure of Speech
Metonymy
40. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Rhyme
Narrative Purpose
Figure of Speech
Idiom
41. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Poetic License
Dialect
Climate
42. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Point of View
Apostrophe
Oxymoron
43. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Allusion
Antihero(ine)
Exposition
44. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Consonance
Metaphor
Dramatic Monologue
Empathy
45. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Aphorism
Climax
Complication
Stream of Consciousness
46. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Denotation
Sarcasm
Falling Action
Context
47. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Hyperbole
Concrete Poetry
Metonymy
Fable
48. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Simile
Stream of Consciousness
Antagonist
Topic
49. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Symbol
Epigram
Organizing Principles
50. A final settlement
Setting
Conclusion
Sarcasm
First-person