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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Anthropomorphism
Consonance
Dramatic Monologue
Blank Verse
2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Assonance
Connotation
Iambic Pentameter
3. Dictionary definition of a word
Style
Denotation
Elegy
Mood
4. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Analogy
Satire
Anecdote
Euphony
5. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Rhythm
Soliloquy
Apostrophe
Plot
6. A message that digresses from the main subject
Climax
Aside
Exposition
Symbol
7. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Conflict
Implication
Resolution
8. The final actions or solution of the plot
Fable
Characterization
Resolution
Interior Monologue
9. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Third-person
Concrete Poetry
Anthropomorphism
Poetic Diction
10. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Metonymy
Poetic Diction
Understatement
11. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rhyme Scheme
Antithesis
Aside
Rising Action
12. 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
Expressive Purpose
Perspective
Descriptive Purpose
Synecdoche
13. Word choice
Perspective
Exposition
Oxymoron
Diction
14. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Figurative Language
Crisis
Alliteration
Exposition
15. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Narrative
Style
Aside
16. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Antihero(ine)
Apostrophe
Myth
Farce
17. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Epigram
Descriptive Purpose
Blank Verse
Exposition
18. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Simile
Voice
Dialect
Expository Purpose
19. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Epithet
Hero(ine)
Simile
Empathy
20. A group of lines in a poem
Anecdote
Atmosphere
Complication
Stanza
21. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Pun
Perspective
Anecdote
Assonance
22. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Paradox
Empathy
Idiom
Myth
23. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Elegy
Pun
Analogy
Understatement
24. Words mean exactly what they say
Iambic Pentameter
Diction
Personification
Literal Meaning
25. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Tragedy
Climate
Metaphor
26. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Style
Thesis
Pastoral
Legend
27. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Rhyme Scheme
Villain(ess)
Simile
Narrative
28. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Atmosphere
Realism
Free Verse
Expository Purpose
29. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Narrative
Exposition
Consonance
Foreshadowing
30. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Free Verse
Descriptive Purpose
Sarcasm
Theater
31. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Symbol
Aphorism
Introduction
32. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Plot
Free Verse
Aphorism
Falling Action
33. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Aphorism
Genre
Thesis
Conflict
34. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Argumentative purpose
Exciting Force
Mood
Setting
35. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Atmosphere
Exciting Force
Epithet
Anthropomorphism
36. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Anastrophe
Climate
Hyperbole
Rhetorical Question
37. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Persona
Resolution
Hyperbole
Atmosphere
38. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Rhyme
Third-person
Ballad
Parallelism
39. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
Irony
Epithet
40. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Flashback
Falling Action
Understatement
41. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Tale
Anecdote
Sequence Patterns
Interior Monologue
42. (tall): short piece of fiction
Hyperbole
Tale
Stanza
Mood
43. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Farce
Descriptive Purpose
Surrealism
Villain(ess)
44. Humorous imitation
Parody
Style
Pastoral
Climate
45. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Surrealism
Iambic Pentameter
Expressive Purpose
Allegory
46. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Denouement
Personification
Surrealism
Sprung rhythm
47. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Sprung rhythm
Denouement
Pathos
48. Series of events
Persona
Foreshadowing
Plot
Perspective
49. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Superhero(ine)
Expository Purpose
Sonnet
Realism
50. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Dialect
Onomatopoeia
Iambic Pentameter
Euphony