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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Pathos
Allusion
Alliteration
Descriptive Purpose
2. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Plot
Flashback
Informative Purpose
Oxymoron
3. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Atmosphere
Antithesis
Pathos
Flashback
4. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Point of View
Stream of Consciousness
Confidant
Epigram
5. 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
Villain(ess)
Dramatic Monologue
Synecdoche
Syntax
6. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Allusion
Confidant
Foil
Personification
7. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Informative Purpose
Syntax
Empathy
Theme
8. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
Figurative Language
Perspective
Denotation
9. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Oxymoron
Topic
Introduction
Villain(ess)
10. A short story teaching a lesson
Simile
Exciting Force
Parable
Metonymy
11. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Persuasive Purpose
Exciting Force
Parable
Maxim
12. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Sarcasm
Narrative Purpose
Crisis
Apostrophe
13. Recurring at regular intervals
Epithet
Rising Action
Rhythm
Antagonist
14. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Conflict
Genre
Dialect
Argumentative purpose
15. A message that digresses from the main subject
Confidant
Stream of Consciousness
Pun
Aside
16. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Anecdote
Interior Monologue
Falling Action
Comedy
17. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Third-person
Aside
Persona
Assonance
18. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Denouement
Connotation
Anachronism
Allegory
19. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Rhyme Scheme
Rhetorical Question
Heroic Couplet
Superhero(ine)
20. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Parable
Rhythm
Falling Action
Rhyme
21. The perspective from which a story is told
Satire
Persuasive Purpose
Confidant
Point of View
22. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Satire
Tone
Realism
Antagonist
23. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Metonymy
Understatement
Symbol
Apostrophe
24. 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
Falling Action
Descriptive Purpose
Poetic Syntax
25. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Symbol
Metaphor
Blank Verse
Persona
26. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Dialect
Anastrophe
Surrealism
Rhythm
27. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Romance
Sonnet
Heroic Couplet
Allegory
28. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Voice
Anachronism
Empathy
Free Verse
29. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Alliteration
Dramatic Monologue
Parable
30. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Topic
Synecdoche
Simile
Imagery
31. Words mean exactly what they say
Exposition
Folktale
Literal Meaning
Paradox
32. To display emotions and ideas
Elegy
Theme
Expressive Purpose
Diction
33. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Empathy
Tone
Atmosphere
Personification
34. A group of lines in a poem
Plot
Tale
Hero(ine)
Stanza
35. Exaggeration
Descriptive Purpose
Hyperbole
First-person
Plot
36. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Pathos
Genre
Blank Verse
Farce
37. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Epigram
Syntax
Denouement
Metaphor
38. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Symbol
Free Verse
Apostrophe
39. 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
Metonymy
Sprung rhythm
Persona
Dialect
40. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Apostrophe
Rhetorical Question
Idiom
Monologue
41. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Implication
Exciting Force
First-person
42. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Flashback
Interior Monologue
Narrative
Dialect
43. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Romance
Stream of Consciousness
Rhetorical Question
Descriptive Purpose
44. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Theater
Allusion
Climax
Ballad
45. Humorous imitation
Hero(ine)
Parody
Superhero(ine)
Narrative Purpose
46. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Point of View
Myth
Poetic Syntax
Thesis
47. Dramatic speech to oneself
Syntax
Pastoral
Superhero(ine)
Soliloquy
48. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Introduction
Personification
Confidant
Setting
49. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Heroic Couplet
Narrative
Sprung rhythm
Argumentative purpose
50. Subject
Metonymy
Concrete Poetry
Allusion
Topic