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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
Allusion
Interior Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
Narrative Purpose
2. Dictionary definition of a word
Resolution
Personification
Style
Denotation
3. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Exciting Force
Atmosphere
Aside
Plot
4. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Metonymy
Realism
Topic
5. A play on words
Satire
Setting
Pun
Elegy
6. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Climax
Style
Paradox
7. 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
Rising Action
Alliteration
Stereotype Character
Elegy
8. Emotional appeal
Argumentative purpose
Pathos
Informative Purpose
Stanza
9. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Tale
Sonnet
Flashback
Pathos
10. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Context
Figure of Speech
Climax
Aside
11. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Euphony
Villain(ess)
Antagonist
Falling Action
12. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Fable
Couplet
Conclusion
13. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
First-person
Exposition
Realism
Sprung rhythm
14. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Euphemism
Irony
Third-person
15. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Denotation
Persuasive Purpose
Irony
Anastrophe
16. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Exciting Force
Characterization
Surrealism
Euphemism
17. A final settlement
Epigram
Pastoral
Irony
Conclusion
18. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Syntax
Descriptive Purpose
Ballad
Free Verse
19. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Pastoral
Anecdote
Mood
Myth
20. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Comedy
Rhyme
Syntax
Aside
21. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Epithet
Point of View
Sprung rhythm
Characterization
22. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme
Anachronism
Sarcasm
23. Subject
Metonymy
Persuasive Purpose
Topic
Farce
24. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Hero(ine)
Maxim
Antithesis
Foil
25. Humorous imitation
Parody
Folktale
Sprung rhythm
Plot
26. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Characterization
Comedy
Soliloquy
Literal Meaning
27. Word choice
Pathos
Diction
Apostrophe
Maxim
28. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Simile
Third-person
Allusion
Flashback
29. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Persuasive Purpose
Anthropomorphism
Ballad
Crisis
30. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Rhythm
Climax
Cliche
Figurative Language
31. Words mean exactly what they say
Euphemism
Literal Meaning
Simile
Antihero(ine)
32. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Exciting Force
Idiom
Dialect
Epithet
33. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Organizing Principles
Elegy
Expository Purpose
Anecdote
34. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Diction
Aphorism
Folktale
35. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Personification
Topic
Flashback
Resolution
36. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Anecdote
Expository Purpose
Perspective
37. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Informative Purpose
First-person
Satire
Alliteration
38. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Euphemism
Exposition
Figurative Language
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
Farce
Anecdote
Cliche
40. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Allusion
Persona
Maxim
41. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Simile
Free Verse
42. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Superhero(ine)
Expository Purpose
Pathos
Epithet
43. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Anecdote
Alliteration
Flashback
Ballad
44. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Simile
Figurative Language
Tragedy
Climate
45. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Literal Meaning
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
Persuasive Purpose
46. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Blank Verse
Apostrophe
Climax
47. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Heroic Couplet
Synecdoche
Figurative Language
48. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Maxim
Understatement
Onomatopoeia
49. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Idiom
Aphorism
Rhyme
Antihero(ine)
50. (tall): short piece of fiction
Inference
Exciting Force
Tale
Anthropomorphism