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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Pathos
Symbol
Narrative Purpose
Hyperbole
2. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Expository Purpose
Antagonist
Cliche
Rhyme Scheme
3. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Ode
Epigram
Implication
Free Verse
4. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Tone
Ballad
Crisis
Onomatopoeia
5. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Idiom
Foreshadowing
Denotation
Rising Action
6. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Oxymoron
Couplet
Consonance
Figurative Language
7. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Parody
Style
Third-person
8. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Assonance
Crisis
Irony
Euphemism
9. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Connotation
Parallelism
Anthropomorphism
Alliteration
10. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Falling Action
Pun
Comedy
Paradox
11. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Perspective
Epithet
Pastoral
Dramatic Monologue
12. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Understatement
Conflict
Personification
Irony
13. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Metonymy
Interior Monologue
Literal Meaning
14. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Exposition
Anecdote
Blank Verse
Aside
15. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Maxim
Couplet
Introduction
16. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Voice
Argumentative purpose
Idiom
17. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
Informative Purpose
18. Dictionary definition of a word
Monologue
Crisis
Denotation
Anachronism
19. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Antihero(ine)
Introduction
Genre
Foil
20. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Tragedy
Rhythm
Romance
Persuasive Purpose
21. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Persona
Climax
Assonance
22. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Pathos
Persuasive Purpose
Feeling
Antagonist
23. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Rhetorical Question
Romance
Elegy
Characterization
24. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Villain(ess)
Sequence Patterns
Metonymy
Climax
25. Emotional appeal
Superhero(ine)
Point of View
Anecdote
Pathos
26. 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
Ballad
Iambic Pentameter
Onomatopoeia
Anthropomorphism
27. 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
Simile
Dramatic Monologue
Stereotype Character
Expository Purpose
28. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Hyperbole
First-person
Stanza
Aphorism
29. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Myth
Expository Purpose
Tragedy
Poetic Diction
30. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Perspective
Blank Verse
Descriptive Purpose
31. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Stereotype Character
Figurative Language
Diction
Figure of Speech
32. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Parody
Thesis
Concrete Poetry
Voice
33. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Persona
Consonance
Ballad
Poetic Diction
34. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Expressive Purpose
Satire
Synecdoche
Descriptive Purpose
35. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Persona
Style
Denouement
Confidant
36. A short story teaching a lesson
Euphony
Parable
Surrealism
Atmosphere
37. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Anachronism
Hyperbole
Complication
Expository Purpose
38. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Crisis
Metaphor
Resolution
Characterization
39. A play on words
Anastrophe
Interior Monologue
Pun
Poetic License
40. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Theater
Antagonist
Mood
Syntax
41. The final actions or solution of the plot
Sequence Patterns
Informative Purpose
Resolution
Understatement
42. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Legend
Hero(ine)
Tone
43. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Figurative Language
Stream of Consciousness
Parody
Narrative
44. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Romance
Myth
Rhyme
Foil
45. Dramatic speech to oneself
Imagery
Consonance
Soliloquy
Poetic License
46. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Atmosphere
Hero(ine)
Inference
Organizing Principles
47. Words mean exactly what they say
Iambic Pentameter
Literal Meaning
Resolution
Poetic Syntax
48. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Figurative Language
Exciting Force
Symbol
Persona
49. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Narrative
Epithet
Ballad
Complication
50. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Voice
Genre
Hero(ine)