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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Suggestions or hints
Idiom
Implication
Organizing Principles
Exciting Force
2. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rising Action
Stanza
Hero(ine)
Rhyme
3. A final settlement
Persuasive Purpose
Conclusion
Atmosphere
Anecdote
4. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Allegory
Characterization
Ballad
Surrealism
5. Before the main part or actually story
Point of View
Introduction
Foreshadowing
Metonymy
6. Series of events
Exposition
Realism
Ballad
Plot
7. 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
Understatement
Iambic Pentameter
Sprung rhythm
Poetic Syntax
8. The process by which the writer develops a character
Alliteration
Topic
Metaphor
Characterization
9. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Pastoral
Fable
Complication
Satire
10. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Anecdote
Rhythm
Cliche
Symbol
11. Humorous imitation
Surrealism
Analogy
Parody
Stanza
12. A word imitating the sound it represents
Superhero(ine)
Analogy
Onomatopoeia
Personification
13. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Voice
Dramatic Monologue
Anastrophe
Antagonist
14. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Elegy
Pathos
Setting
15. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Pathos
Pun
Expository Purpose
Antithesis
16. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Concrete Poetry
Pastoral
Context
Comedy
17. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Voice
Hero(ine)
Sonnet
18. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Epigram
Irony
Superhero(ine)
Personification
19. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Euphemism
Narrative Purpose
Personification
Denouement
20. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Realism
Cliche
Interior Monologue
21. Word choice
Persona
Falling Action
Introduction
Diction
22. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Empathy
Atmosphere
Poetic Diction
Simile
23. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Parody
Rhyme Scheme
Villain(ess)
Imagery
24. To display emotions and ideas
Legend
Expressive Purpose
Aside
Mood
25. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Poetic Syntax
Persuasive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Dialect
26. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Tale
Rhetorical Question
Characterization
Exciting Force
27. A contradiction or dilemma
Heroic Couplet
Realism
Superhero(ine)
Paradox
28. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Theme
Superhero(ine)
Analogy
29. The final actions or solution of the plot
Soliloquy
Realism
Resolution
Falling Action
30. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Climax
Denotation
Sprung rhythm
Superhero(ine)
31. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Voice
Soliloquy
Literal Meaning
32. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Sequence Patterns
Consonance
Dialect
Voice
33. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Sprung rhythm
Personification
Aside
Empathy
34. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Antithesis
Parody
Confidant
Metaphor
35. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Narrative
Organizing Principles
Anastrophe
Anecdote
36. Conjoining contradictory terms
Metonymy
Oxymoron
Mood
Rhetorical Question
37. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Confidant
Metonymy
Style
Argumentative purpose
38. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Pastoral
Aside
Allegory
Monologue
39. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Pastoral
Rhyme Scheme
Sequence Patterns
Rhyme
40. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Iambic Pentameter
Crisis
Realism
Parable
41. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Characterization
Tragedy
Ballad
Blank Verse
42. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Tale
Free Verse
Parallelism
43. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Connotation
Allegory
Paradox
Informative Purpose
44. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Euphony
Stream of Consciousness
Conflict
Symbol
45. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Narrative Purpose
Imagery
Falling Action
Sonnet
46. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Legend
Conflict
Comedy
47. Emotional appeal
Analogy
Pathos
Crisis
Legend
48. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Analogy
Context
Ode
49. (tall): short piece of fiction
Expressive Purpose
Aphorism
Folktale
Tale
50. Point of view
Perspective
Paradox
Folktale
Antihero(ine)