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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A contradiction or dilemma
Conclusion
Paradox
Rhyme Scheme
First-person
2. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Narrative
Foreshadowing
Idiom
Symbol
3. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Conclusion
Monologue
Personification
Style
4. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Confidant
Inference
Perspective
5. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Poetic Diction
Tragedy
Perspective
Exposition
6. 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
Foreshadowing
Denouement
Euphony
Stereotype Character
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
Aphorism
Maxim
Allegory
8. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Aside
Fable
Atmosphere
Inference
9. A play on words
Hero(ine)
Pun
Diction
Conflict
10. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Poetic Diction
Interior Monologue
Idiom
11. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Ode
Falling Action
Understatement
Climax
12. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Implication
Allegory
Conflict
Cliche
13. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Dialect
Anecdote
Figurative Language
Rhyme
14. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Sonnet
Antihero(ine)
Superhero(ine)
Personification
15. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
First-person
Implication
Theme
Organizing Principles
16. An idea that is implied or suggested
Expository Purpose
Free Verse
Denotation
Connotation
17. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Exciting Force
Genre
Climate
18. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Stanza
Metaphor
Empathy
Superhero(ine)
19. The prevailing psychological state
Euphony
Climate
Anthropomorphism
Implication
20. Point of view
Rhyme
Perspective
Symbol
Fable
21. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Euphemism
Assonance
Exciting Force
Anachronism
22. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Antagonist
Complication
Maxim
Rhythm
23. A group of lines in a poem
Syntax
Stanza
Rhetorical Question
Heroic Couplet
24. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Dialect
Climax
Metonymy
25. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Literal Meaning
Ballad
Romance
26. The perspective from which a story is told
Heroic Couplet
Dramatic Monologue
Idiom
Point of View
27. A word imitating the sound it represents
Parable
Poetic License
Onomatopoeia
Stanza
28. (tall): short piece of fiction
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Epigram
Tale
29. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Connotation
Climax
Sarcasm
30. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Superhero(ine)
Dialect
Setting
Connotation
31. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Tale
Ode
Superhero(ine)
32. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Denotation
Atmosphere
Exciting Force
33. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Couplet
Anecdote
Iambic Pentameter
34. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Narrative
Complication
Plot
Genre
35. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Tragedy
Maxim
Falling Action
Interior Monologue
36. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Anthropomorphism
Third-person
Context
Argumentative purpose
37. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Aphorism
Parallelism
Poetic License
Figurative Language
38. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Expressive Purpose
Simile
Cliche
Ballad
39. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Stereotype Character
Theater
Hero(ine)
40. Before the main part or actually story
Sprung rhythm
Irony
Conclusion
Introduction
41. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Rhyme Scheme
Hero(ine)
Theater
Ode
42. Word choice
Myth
Conclusion
Irony
Diction
43. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Atmosphere
Rhyme Scheme
Personification
Theater
44. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Analogy
Flashback
Free Verse
Myth
45. The main (good) character
Feeling
Hero(ine)
Paradox
Poetic Syntax
46. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Foil
Interior Monologue
Paradox
Empathy
47. Suggestions or hints
Anthropomorphism
Folktale
Implication
Foil
48. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Stream of Consciousness
Parallelism
Ballad
First-person
49. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Couplet
Irony
Plot
Interior Monologue
50. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Irony
Atmosphere
Conflict