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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions






2. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time






3. The prevailing psychological state






4. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme






5. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances






6. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.






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






8. Point of view






9. Words mean exactly what they say






10. Recurring at regular intervals






11. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.






12. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art






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






14. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound






15. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)






16. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'






17. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing






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






19. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






20. A category or type of literary or artistic work






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






22. A short moral story (often with animal characters)






23. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending






24. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects






25. The freedom of a poet in writing






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






27. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






28. Conjoining contradictory terms






29. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.






30. Suggestions or hints






31. (tall): short piece of fiction






32. A message that digresses from the main subject






33. The final actions or solution of the plot






34. A group of lines in a poem






35. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject






36. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






37. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work






38. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject






39. A final settlement






40. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations






41. Anything that stands for or represents something else






42. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient






43. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)






44. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing






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






46. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables






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






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






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






50. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition