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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices






2. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people






3. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem






4. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words






5. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love






6. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






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






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






9. Inversion of the natural or usual word order






10. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences






11. 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






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






13. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution






14. A final settlement






15. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)






16. The series of conflicts building up to a climax






17. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern






18. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning






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






20. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






21. Suggestions or hints






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






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






24. Conjoining contradictory terms






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






26. The perspective from which a story is told






27. Exaggeration






28. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying






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






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






31. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious






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






33. Subject






34. Words mean exactly what they say






35. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






36. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot






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






38. Dictionary definition of a word






39. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)






40. (tall): short piece of fiction






41. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens






42. The freedom of a poet in writing






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






44. Dramatic speech to oneself






45. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse






46. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker






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






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






49. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style






50. An idea that is implied or suggested