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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Soliloquy
Sonnet
Anecdote
2. Before the main part or actually story
Topic
Introduction
Surrealism
Myth
3. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Concrete Poetry
Rising Action
Euphemism
Voice
4. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Consonance
Genre
Implication
Satire
5. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Implication
Rhyme Scheme
Point of View
6. The final actions or solution of the plot
Conflict
Resolution
Onomatopoeia
Topic
7. Emotional appeal
Apostrophe
Pathos
Foil
Concrete Poetry
8. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Synecdoche
Expressive Purpose
Argumentative purpose
Exciting Force
9. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Pun
Flashback
Epigram
Narrative
10. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Paradox
Feeling
Foreshadowing
Romance
11. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Introduction
Connotation
Falling Action
Superhero(ine)
12. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Syntax
Realism
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Monologue
13. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Genre
Rhythm
Feeling
Allusion
14. An idea that is implied or suggested
Perspective
Connotation
Falling Action
Sequence Patterns
15. 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
Anastrophe
Expressive Purpose
Tale
Metonymy
16. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Idiom
Persona
Perspective
Atmosphere
17. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Poetic Syntax
Organizing Principles
Feeling
Irony
18. The prevailing psychological state
Context
Climate
Concrete Poetry
Persona
19. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Thesis
Imagery
Allusion
Simile
20. Dramatic speech to oneself
Folktale
Metonymy
Soliloquy
Imagery
21. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Rhyme
Antihero(ine)
Legend
Personification
22. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Introduction
Dramatic Monologue
Dialect
Anastrophe
23. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Denotation
Farce
Stereotype Character
24. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Diction
Metaphor
Persuasive Purpose
Legend
25. A message that digresses from the main subject
Sonnet
Denotation
Syntax
Aside
26. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Informative Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Allegory
Anachronism
27. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Pun
Satire
Atmosphere
Surrealism
28. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Allusion
Anecdote
Farce
Idiom
29. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Falling Action
Aside
Dialect
30. Dictionary definition of a word
Fable
Denotation
Informative Purpose
Sprung rhythm
31. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Ode
Inference
Exposition
Pastoral
32. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Stereotype Character
Poetic License
Imagery
33. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Hyperbole
Couplet
Parallelism
34. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Pun
Diction
Alliteration
35. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Voice
Persona
Atmosphere
36. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Anthropomorphism
First-person
Resolution
Sarcasm
37. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Figurative Language
Superhero(ine)
Sarcasm
Aphorism
38. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Allusion
Figure of Speech
Comedy
Monologue
39. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Couplet
Poetic Diction
Elegy
40. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Connotation
Rhyme
Anachronism
Descriptive Purpose
41. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Antithesis
Flashback
Voice
Anthropomorphism
42. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Foreshadowing
Antihero(ine)
Poetic Syntax
Anecdote
43. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Dramatic Monologue
Informative Purpose
Antithesis
Stanza
44. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Exciting Force
Empathy
Confidant
Couplet
45. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Expository Purpose
Climax
Tone
Assonance
46. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Setting
Irony
Conflict
47. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Feeling
Assonance
Aside
Elegy
48. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Diction
Symbol
Superhero(ine)
Alliteration
49. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Falling Action
Rhythm
Sequence Patterns
50. 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
Argumentative purpose
Rhyme Scheme
Narrative Purpose
Iambic Pentameter