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SAT Subject Test: Literature

Subjects : sat, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Subject






2. Recurring at regular intervals






3. The overall emotion created by a work of literature






4. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities






5. Someone to whom private matters are confided






6. The process by which the writer develops a character






7. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous






8. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution






9. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being






10. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts






11. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head






12. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point






13. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms






14. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation






15. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group






16. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect






17. Humorous imitation






18. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people






19. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally






20. The perspective from which a story is told






21. A worn-out idea or overused expression






22. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless






23. Giving human characteristics to something that not human






24. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words






25. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)






26. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style






27. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient






28. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control






29. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances






30. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication






31. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives






32. A short story teaching a lesson






33. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense






34. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying






35. The series of conflicts building up to a climax






36. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature






37. 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






38. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.






39. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse






40. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)






41. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story






42. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love






43. The freedom of a poet in writing






44. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition






45. A category or type of literary or artistic work






46. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)






47. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme






48. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead






49. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.






50. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place