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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Style
Diction
Farce
Anthropomorphism
2. 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
Paradox
Iambic Pentameter
Introduction
Stereotype Character
3. 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
Style
Anastrophe
Metonymy
Voice
4. Emotional appeal
Sonnet
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Pathos
5. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Epithet
Literal Meaning
Antihero(ine)
Comedy
6. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Climax
Conclusion
Monologue
7. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Rhythm
Conclusion
Understatement
Atmosphere
8. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Stereotype Character
Diction
Simile
9. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Implication
Rhythm
Poetic Syntax
10. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Atmosphere
Imagery
Concrete Poetry
Aphorism
11. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Antihero(ine)
Apostrophe
Aphorism
12. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Expository Purpose
Narrative Purpose
Tragedy
Diction
13. A group of lines in a poem
Idiom
Parable
Stanza
Aside
14. The final actions or solution of the plot
Onomatopoeia
Resolution
Thesis
Euphemism
15. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Expressive Purpose
Myth
Sarcasm
Persona
16. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Maxim
Onomatopoeia
First-person
Thesis
17. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Rhythm
Ballad
Monologue
Perspective
18. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Irony
Atmosphere
Conflict
19. Conjoining contradictory terms
Exposition
Antihero(ine)
Oxymoron
Farce
20. A short story teaching a lesson
Style
Parable
Anachronism
Crisis
21. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Irony
Metonymy
Antihero(ine)
22. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Denouement
Simile
Organizing Principles
Irony
23. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Farce
Tone
Rhetorical Question
Concrete Poetry
24. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Denotation
Flashback
Stereotype Character
Anecdote
25. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Blank Verse
Informative Purpose
Sprung rhythm
Rhythm
26. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Monologue
Farce
Understatement
Romance
27. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
Symbol
28. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Stanza
Tragedy
Exposition
Romance
29. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Exposition
Symbol
Synecdoche
Topic
30. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Sequence Patterns
Genre
Climax
Antagonist
31. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Dialect
Realism
Theater
First-person
32. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Conflict
Falling Action
Narrative Purpose
Anthropomorphism
33. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Setting
Antagonist
Climate
Antihero(ine)
34. Dictionary definition of a word
Inference
Ballad
Figure of Speech
Denotation
35. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Context
Pun
Interior Monologue
Superhero(ine)
36. Before the main part or actually story
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Introduction
Interior Monologue
37. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Poetic Diction
Tone
Narrative Purpose
38. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Pathos
Third-person
Anastrophe
39. A final settlement
Conclusion
Diction
Euphemism
Exciting Force
40. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Assonance
Alliteration
First-person
Anthropomorphism
41. A play on words
Context
Pun
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Monologue
42. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Crisis
Feeling
Rising Action
Complication
43. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Feeling
Conclusion
Elegy
44. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Implication
Falling Action
Synecdoche
45. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Informative Purpose
Conflict
Empathy
46. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Stereotype Character
Rhetorical Question
Fable
Sprung rhythm
47. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Antagonist
Myth
Parallelism
Ballad
48. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Diction
Argumentative purpose
Blank Verse
Dramatic Monologue
49. Humorous imitation
Parody
Connotation
Personification
Sonnet
50. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Style
Idiom
Complication
Irony