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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Heroic Couplet
Climax
Argumentative purpose
Rhyme
2. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Folktale
Argumentative purpose
Ode
Parallelism
3. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Pathos
Ballad
Voice
Tone
4. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Parallelism
Persona
Apostrophe
Introduction
5. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Iambic Pentameter
Connotation
Crisis
Context
6. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Aside
Tale
Narrative
7. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Metonymy
Informative Purpose
Poetic Diction
Flashback
8. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Narrative Purpose
Antithesis
Feeling
9. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Poetic Syntax
Climate
Sequence Patterns
10. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Point of View
Genre
Sonnet
Epithet
11. Humorous imitation
Complication
Epigram
Maxim
Parody
12. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Implication
Anachronism
Epithet
Style
13. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Dramatic Monologue
Rhetorical Question
Context
Antithesis
14. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Rhetorical Question
Assonance
Poetic License
Poetic Diction
15. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Sarcasm
Symbol
Exciting Force
16. Exaggeration
Conflict
Persona
Expressive Purpose
Hyperbole
17. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Apostrophe
Paradox
Myth
Organizing Principles
18. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Exposition
Tone
Denouement
Mood
19. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Consonance
Connotation
Concrete Poetry
Metaphor
20. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Metonymy
Elegy
Theater
Perspective
21. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Fable
Simile
Thesis
Denotation
22. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Symbol
Poetic License
Anachronism
Climax
23. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Anachronism
Poetic Diction
Idiom
24. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Persona
Allegory
Literal Meaning
Theater
25. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Setting
Narrative Purpose
Point of View
Farce
26. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Expressive Purpose
Allegory
Aside
Sarcasm
27. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Literal Meaning
Comedy
Confidant
Heroic Couplet
28. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Empathy
Personification
Sonnet
Villain(ess)
29. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Exposition
Confidant
Setting
Satire
30. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Figure of Speech
Empathy
Topic
Simile
31. An idea that is implied or suggested
Confidant
Connotation
Parallelism
Descriptive Purpose
32. Conjoining contradictory terms
Personification
Antithesis
Simile
Oxymoron
33. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Anecdote
Maxim
Epigram
Antihero(ine)
34. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Consonance
Analogy
Metonymy
Plot
35. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Thesis
Antithesis
Cliche
Dramatic Monologue
36. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Persuasive Purpose
Aphorism
Paradox
Consonance
37. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Theater
Tone
Syntax
Synecdoche
38. Dictionary definition of a word
Idiom
Exposition
Couplet
Denotation
39. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Falling Action
Setting
Implication
Rhetorical Question
40. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Sprung rhythm
Narrative
Understatement
Interior Monologue
41. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Metaphor
Conclusion
Concrete Poetry
Blank Verse
42. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Context
Idiom
Crisis
Consonance
43. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Descriptive Purpose
Theater
Metonymy
Paradox
44. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Introduction
Informative Purpose
Ballad
Parody
45. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Figure of Speech
Irony
Tragedy
46. Word choice
Poetic Diction
Crisis
Exciting Force
Diction
47. 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
Falling Action
Synecdoche
Farce
Oxymoron
48. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Organizing Principles
Concrete Poetry
Descriptive Purpose
49. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Aphorism
Descriptive Purpose
Metonymy
Tragedy
50. 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
Stereotype Character
Complication
Rhyme
Myth