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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Poetic License
Foreshadowing
Resolution
Confidant
2. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Literal Meaning
Mood
Metaphor
Climax
3. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Anthropomorphism
Euphony
Assonance
Villain(ess)
4. Words mean exactly what they say
Empathy
Perspective
Literal Meaning
Rhythm
5. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Blank Verse
Idiom
Third-person
Hero(ine)
6. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Parallelism
Exposition
Oxymoron
Rhyme
7. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Antithesis
Myth
Realism
Allusion
8. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Figurative Language
Soliloquy
Theater
Parody
9. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Soliloquy
Imagery
Style
10. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Syntax
Organizing Principles
Atmosphere
Legend
11. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Flashback
Poetic Diction
Analogy
Antagonist
12. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Parody
Theme
Topic
Irony
13. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
First-person
Myth
Parable
Ballad
14. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Antithesis
Style
Third-person
Point of View
15. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Pastoral
Narrative Purpose
Free Verse
Satire
16. The perspective from which a story is told
Voice
Third-person
Point of View
Denotation
17. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Synecdoche
Allusion
Literal Meaning
Elegy
18. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Ballad
Perspective
Foreshadowing
Complication
19. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Superhero(ine)
Tale
Voice
Dramatic Monologue
20. The final actions or solution of the plot
Foil
Romance
Resolution
Pathos
21. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Metonymy
Conclusion
Ode
22. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Parallelism
Blank Verse
Setting
Euphemism
23. (tall): short piece of fiction
Complication
Figure of Speech
Tale
Personification
24. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Atmosphere
Crisis
Persuasive Purpose
Third-person
25. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Narrative
Assonance
Realism
26. A contradiction or dilemma
Rhetorical Question
Understatement
Paradox
Hyperbole
27. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Flashback
Feeling
Conflict
Anthropomorphism
28. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Perspective
Informative Purpose
Epigram
Epithet
29. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Organizing Principles
Expository Purpose
Climate
Irony
30. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Argumentative purpose
Setting
Persona
31. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Concrete Poetry
Dramatic Monologue
Tale
32. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Antihero(ine)
Free Verse
Consonance
33. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Inference
Sarcasm
Aphorism
Theater
34. Humorous imitation
Parody
Ballad
Hyperbole
Implication
35. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Dramatic Monologue
Personification
Setting
Informative Purpose
36. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Denotation
Persuasive Purpose
Rhetorical Question
37. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Flashback
Euphemism
Rhythm
Paradox
38. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Setting
Heroic Couplet
Rising Action
Narrative
39. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Expressive Purpose
Theater
Analogy
Tragedy
40. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Tale
Denouement
Antagonist
Mood
41. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Monologue
Informative Purpose
Sonnet
Realism
42. A final settlement
Expository Purpose
Heroic Couplet
Confidant
Conclusion
43. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Mood
Syntax
Epigram
Foil
44. Word choice
Poetic Diction
Paradox
Diction
Sequence Patterns
45. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Hyperbole
Aphorism
Folktale
Metaphor
46. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Stream of Consciousness
Soliloquy
Elegy
47. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Anecdote
Antithesis
Elegy
48. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Narrative
Persuasive Purpose
Surrealism
Parody
49. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Oxymoron
Organizing Principles
Sprung rhythm
50. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Free Verse
Comedy
Expressive Purpose
Dramatic Monologue