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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Point of View
Ode
Theater
2. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Simile
Argumentative purpose
Climax
Assonance
3. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Climate
Elegy
Analogy
4. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Alliteration
Poetic License
Flashback
Paradox
5. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Poetic License
Voice
Thesis
6. Recurring at regular intervals
Euphemism
Rhythm
Narrative
Persona
7. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Tale
Ode
Realism
Aphorism
8. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Hyperbole
Elegy
Denouement
Informative Purpose
9. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Personification
Romance
Apostrophe
Understatement
10. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Epigram
Epithet
Couplet
11. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Poetic License
Persona
Sarcasm
Denouement
12. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Thesis
Mood
First-person
Pastoral
13. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Introduction
Epigram
Romance
Analogy
14. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Theater
Stream of Consciousness
Couplet
15. A group of lines in a poem
Resolution
Stanza
Satire
Rising Action
16. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Literal Meaning
Pathos
Irony
Symbol
17. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Pun
Anthropomorphism
Stanza
18. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Ballad
Exposition
Expressive Purpose
Interior Monologue
19. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Allusion
Anthropomorphism
Anastrophe
Stream of Consciousness
20. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Maxim
Understatement
Rhyme Scheme
Syntax
21. Point of view
Tragedy
Perspective
Satire
Onomatopoeia
22. 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
Narrative
First-person
Legend
23. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Plot
Introduction
Feeling
Complication
24. A message that digresses from the main subject
Crisis
Aside
Stereotype Character
Pastoral
25. An idea that is implied or suggested
Flashback
Exposition
Connotation
Synecdoche
26. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Heroic Couplet
Dialect
Sequence Patterns
Maxim
27. A contradiction or dilemma
Climax
Falling Action
Paradox
Informative Purpose
28. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Heroic Couplet
Confidant
Antagonist
Conflict
29. (tall): short piece of fiction
Comedy
Paradox
Tale
Antihero(ine)
30. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Mood
Crisis
Satire
Aside
31. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Euphemism
Interior Monologue
Ode
Voice
32. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Falling Action
Third-person
Assonance
Theme
33. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Myth
Sequence Patterns
Persuasive Purpose
Onomatopoeia
34. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Anachronism
Hyperbole
Euphony
Literal Meaning
35. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Argumentative purpose
Metonymy
Narrative Purpose
Heroic Couplet
36. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Poetic Syntax
Empathy
Organizing Principles
Setting
37. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Folktale
Complication
Exciting Force
Style
38. A short story teaching a lesson
Literal Meaning
Crisis
Parable
Ode
39. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Folktale
Ballad
Narrative
Figurative Language
40. To display emotions and ideas
Blank Verse
Consonance
Expressive Purpose
Cliche
41. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Setting
Satire
Atmosphere
Figure of Speech
42. The process by which the writer develops a character
Theme
Syntax
Climate
Characterization
43. Dramatic speech to oneself
Sequence Patterns
Soliloquy
Idiom
Personification
44. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Resolution
Plot
Folktale
Alliteration
45. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Epithet
Ballad
Rhetorical Question
Allegory
46. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Diction
Satire
Hero(ine)
Third-person
47. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Rising Action
Narrative
Rhythm
Anecdote
48. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Villain(ess)
Stanza
Rhyme
Parody
49. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Dramatic Monologue
Figurative Language
Ode
50. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Satire
Hero(ine)
Monologue
Confidant