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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attitude or mood towards a subject






2. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally






3. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words






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






5. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities






6. A category or type of literary or artistic work






7. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation






8. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.






9. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control






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






11. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






12. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally






13. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as






14. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






15. A group of lines in a poem






16. Before the main part or actually story






17. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work






18. 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






19. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker






20. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






21. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






22. Conjoining contradictory terms






23. A message that digresses from the main subject






24. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words






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






26. To display emotions and ideas






27. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place






28. Someone to whom private matters are confided






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






30. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations






31. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor






32. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred






33. Dramatic speech to oneself






34. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way






35. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound






36. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts






37. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject






38. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






39. (tall): short piece of fiction






40. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.






41. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story






42. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood






43. An idea that is implied or suggested






44. A worn-out idea or overused expression






45. The use of elevated language over ordinary language






46. Suggestions or hints






47. 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






48. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference






49. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words






50. A contradiction or dilemma







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