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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conjoining contradictory terms
Stream of Consciousness
Ballad
Conclusion
Oxymoron
2. (tall): short piece of fiction
Metaphor
Concrete Poetry
Tale
Conflict
3. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Soliloquy
Expository Purpose
Heroic Couplet
Denouement
4. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Parody
Expository Purpose
Atmosphere
Style
5. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Persuasive Purpose
Surrealism
Concrete Poetry
6. The process by which the writer develops a character
Metonymy
Characterization
Fable
Romance
7. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Oxymoron
Understatement
Syntax
Anthropomorphism
8. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Descriptive Purpose
Conflict
Farce
Romance
9. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Symbol
Persona
Atmosphere
Allusion
10. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Anastrophe
Thesis
Narrative Purpose
11. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Heroic Couplet
Legend
Literal Meaning
Irony
12. The freedom of a poet in writing
Voice
Realism
Setting
Poetic License
13. Words mean exactly what they say
Empathy
Anthropomorphism
Maxim
Literal Meaning
14. Before the main part or actually story
Resolution
Introduction
Implication
Third-person
15. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Cliche
Hyperbole
Fable
16. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Allusion
Villain(ess)
Rhythm
Epigram
17. 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
Figure of Speech
Romance
Iambic Pentameter
Maxim
18. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Pun
Cliche
Conflict
19. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Pun
Cliche
Narrative
Exciting Force
20. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Ode
Paradox
Mood
Anastrophe
21. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Persona
Flashback
Blank Verse
Parallelism
22. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Descriptive Purpose
Villain(ess)
Irony
23. The final actions or solution of the plot
Simile
Resolution
Sprung rhythm
Exposition
24. Series of events
Interior Monologue
Plot
Villain(ess)
Expressive Purpose
25. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Perspective
Foil
Rhythm
Poetic Syntax
26. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Perspective
Symbol
Antagonist
Style
27. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Resolution
Iambic Pentameter
Antagonist
Persuasive Purpose
28. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Argumentative purpose
Idiom
Maxim
Sarcasm
29. Humorous imitation
Surrealism
Myth
Sarcasm
Parody
30. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Mood
Parody
Falling Action
Rhyme
31. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Personification
Superhero(ine)
Denotation
Cliche
32. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Dialect
Paradox
Antihero(ine)
Atmosphere
33. A contradiction or dilemma
Idiom
Oxymoron
Rising Action
Paradox
34. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Empathy
Tale
Persona
35. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Thesis
Figure of Speech
Figurative Language
Climate
36. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Narrative
Parallelism
Introduction
Assonance
37. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Crisis
Tragedy
Third-person
38. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Antihero(ine)
Exciting Force
Sprung rhythm
Consonance
39. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Figure of Speech
Simile
Cliche
Paradox
40. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Third-person
Tone
Tale
Sprung rhythm
41. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Flashback
Aside
Narrative Purpose
42. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Expressive Purpose
Metonymy
Allegory
First-person
43. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Pun
Conclusion
Poetic License
44. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Idiom
Interior Monologue
Foreshadowing
Elegy
45. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Plot
Setting
Allegory
Sprung rhythm
46. Subject
First-person
Topic
Aphorism
Dramatic Monologue
47. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Sarcasm
Epithet
Synecdoche
Inference
48. Suggestions or hints
Stanza
Conclusion
Implication
Antagonist
49. An idea that is implied or suggested
Anastrophe
Connotation
Anachronism
Analogy
50. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Fable
Empathy
Tale
Poetic License