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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The final actions or solution of the plot
Resolution
Theme
Free Verse
Parody
2. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Anachronism
Ballad
Villain(ess)
Syntax
3. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Context
Interior Monologue
Surrealism
Complication
4. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Monologue
Narrative
Elegy
Villain(ess)
5. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Context
Exciting Force
Surrealism
6. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Villain(ess)
Rhythm
Onomatopoeia
Descriptive Purpose
7. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Rhetorical Question
Anastrophe
Poetic Syntax
Denotation
8. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Paradox
Sarcasm
Implication
Resolution
9. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Farce
Introduction
Euphemism
Climate
10. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Paradox
Blank Verse
Antagonist
Antihero(ine)
11. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Parallelism
Inference
Heroic Couplet
12. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Resolution
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Blank Verse
13. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Climax
Sprung rhythm
Sonnet
14. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Sprung rhythm
Conflict
Idiom
Maxim
15. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Poetic License
Thesis
Rhythm
Denotation
16. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Antithesis
Anthropomorphism
Sarcasm
Epithet
17. Dictionary definition of a word
Anachronism
Denotation
Metaphor
Argumentative purpose
18. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Antagonist
Free Verse
Concrete Poetry
Apostrophe
19. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Comedy
Sequence Patterns
Antithesis
Literal Meaning
20. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Surrealism
Antithesis
Antagonist
Narrative Purpose
21. An idea that is implied or suggested
Ballad
Rhetorical Question
Connotation
Hero(ine)
22. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Anecdote
Stream of Consciousness
Legend
Climax
23. A group of lines in a poem
Genre
Stanza
Pun
Stereotype Character
24. 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
Epithet
Ballad
Third-person
Metonymy
25. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Syntax
Expressive Purpose
Rhyme
Iambic Pentameter
26. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Informative Purpose
Legend
Flashback
Figure of Speech
27. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Implication
Ode
Atmosphere
Sonnet
28. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Free Verse
Figurative Language
Poetic Diction
29. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Understatement
Mood
Voice
Persona
30. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Analogy
Sarcasm
Tone
31. A contradiction or dilemma
Flashback
Paradox
Introduction
Ballad
32. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Denouement
Monologue
Expository Purpose
Antagonist
33. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Tragedy
Dramatic Monologue
Diction
34. A word imitating the sound it represents
Parallelism
Anastrophe
Onomatopoeia
Pathos
35. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Alliteration
Blank Verse
Figure of Speech
36. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Resolution
Parody
Romance
Exciting Force
37. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Stream of Consciousness
Poetic License
Narrative Purpose
Comedy
38. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Setting
Anachronism
Irony
39. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Falling Action
Comedy
Soliloquy
Informative Purpose
40. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Allegory
Literal Meaning
Climax
41. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Epigram
Persuasive Purpose
Farce
Hero(ine)
42. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Empathy
Complication
Dramatic Monologue
Denouement
43. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Sequence Patterns
Personification
Mood
Antithesis
44. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Stanza
Sequence Patterns
Empathy
Hyperbole
45. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
Denotation
Symbol
Couplet
46. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Dialect
Sprung rhythm
Setting
47. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Fable
Informative Purpose
Mood
Rising Action
48. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Heroic Couplet
Tragedy
Legend
Topic
49. The main (good) character
Maxim
Concrete Poetry
First-person
Hero(ine)
50. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Allegory
Thesis
Persona
Farce