SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
SAT Subject Test: Literature
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
sat
,
literature
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Sonnet
Climax
Interior Monologue
Narrative
2. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Confidant
Sprung rhythm
Euphony
Imagery
3. 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
Synecdoche
Figurative Language
Paradox
Syntax
4. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Hero(ine)
Oxymoron
Superhero(ine)
Voice
5. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Sonnet
Point of View
Theme
6. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Connotation
Pastoral
Parody
7. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Sarcasm
Aphorism
Comedy
Theme
8. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Genre
Poetic Diction
Dialect
Crisis
9. The freedom of a poet in writing
Third-person
Dialect
Voice
Poetic License
10. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Tragedy
Characterization
Antithesis
11. Before the main part or actually story
Antagonist
Introduction
Myth
Allegory
12. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Persona
Farce
Alliteration
13. A contradiction or dilemma
Heroic Couplet
Climax
Paradox
Myth
14. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Analogy
Style
Euphemism
15. A message that digresses from the main subject
Realism
Sprung rhythm
Aside
Diction
16. Recurring at regular intervals
Romance
Sprung rhythm
Rhythm
Introduction
17. A short story teaching a lesson
Narrative
Theme
Parable
Sonnet
18. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Pathos
Falling Action
Stereotype Character
Climax
19. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Narrative
Mood
Anecdote
Tragedy
20. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Dramatic Monologue
Poetic License
Rhetorical Question
Assonance
21. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Dramatic Monologue
Apostrophe
Romance
Epigram
22. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Rhythm
Anthropomorphism
Feeling
Thesis
23. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Conflict
Irony
Epithet
Farce
24. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Flashback
Parallelism
Rhythm
Antihero(ine)
25. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Feeling
Theater
Denouement
Dramatic Monologue
26. 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
Idiom
Synecdoche
Denotation
27. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Genre
Tale
Blank Verse
Expository Purpose
28. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Parody
Foreshadowing
Denotation
29. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Imagery
Concrete Poetry
Ode
Parody
30. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Monologue
Stanza
First-person
Thesis
31. Subject
Topic
Cliche
Villain(ess)
Point of View
32. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Euphemism
Concrete Poetry
Anachronism
Antihero(ine)
33. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Comedy
Tale
Dramatic Monologue
Heroic Couplet
34. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Atmosphere
Plot
Exciting Force
Sequence Patterns
35. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Antithesis
Realism
Flashback
Anecdote
36. Series of events
Monologue
Denouement
Consonance
Plot
37. 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
Metonymy
Iambic Pentameter
Satire
38. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Narrative Purpose
Euphemism
Theater
39. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Anachronism
Syntax
Epigram
Rhyme Scheme
40. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Sprung rhythm
Antithesis
Euphony
41. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Analogy
Concrete Poetry
Myth
42. Humorous imitation
Third-person
Literal Meaning
Parody
Rhetorical Question
43. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Figure of Speech
Simile
Diction
44. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Romance
Sequence Patterns
Anastrophe
Parable
45. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Narrative
Anastrophe
Literal Meaning
46. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Assonance
Expressive Purpose
Couplet
Inference
47. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Sequence Patterns
Organizing Principles
Euphony
48. The final actions or solution of the plot
Legend
Descriptive Purpose
Resolution
Hero(ine)
49. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Simile
Plot
Myth
50. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Sonnet
Elegy
Euphony