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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Theme
Narrative Purpose
Euphemism
Dialect
2. Before the main part or actually story
Hyperbole
Introduction
Stanza
Conclusion
3. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Paradox
Hyperbole
Confidant
4. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Inference
Organizing Principles
Empathy
Diction
5. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Folktale
Elegy
Rhythm
Ode
6. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Anachronism
Introduction
Conflict
7. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Tone
Farce
Sprung rhythm
Superhero(ine)
8. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Rising Action
Mood
Anthropomorphism
9. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Synecdoche
Allusion
Personification
Euphemism
10. Point of view
Perspective
Metaphor
Villain(ess)
Blank Verse
11. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Monologue
Setting
Pastoral
First-person
12. The main (good) character
Metaphor
Theater
Tone
Hero(ine)
13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Rhythm
Connotation
Assonance
Free Verse
14. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Simile
Voice
Complication
Third-person
15. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Concrete Poetry
Characterization
Dialect
16. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Synecdoche
Epithet
Theater
Parody
17. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Complication
Ode
Satire
Climax
18. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Connotation
Characterization
Hero(ine)
19. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Foreshadowing
Figure of Speech
Antagonist
Villain(ess)
20. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Theater
Assonance
Literal Meaning
Mood
21. The final actions or solution of the plot
Soliloquy
Resolution
Inference
Simile
22. Word choice
Ode
Empathy
Setting
Diction
23. 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
Paradox
Rhetorical Question
Simile
Metonymy
24. 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
Dialect
Connotation
Folktale
Iambic Pentameter
25. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Sprung rhythm
Poetic License
Metaphor
Concrete Poetry
26. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Informative Purpose
Inference
Idiom
Characterization
27. 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
Couplet
Metaphor
Alliteration
28. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Farce
Rhyme
Elegy
Realism
29. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Exciting Force
Poetic License
Complication
30. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Exposition
Connotation
Cliche
31. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Symbol
Hero(ine)
Irony
Parallelism
32. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Pun
Third-person
Narrative
Ballad
33. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Atmosphere
Sprung rhythm
Realism
Rhyme
34. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Falling Action
Symbol
Theme
Point of View
35. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Syntax
Stream of Consciousness
Romance
Imagery
36. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Sequence Patterns
Interior Monologue
Complication
Syntax
37. The freedom of a poet in writing
Romance
Poetic License
Epithet
Blank Verse
38. The perspective from which a story is told
Analogy
Setting
Foil
Point of View
39. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Superhero(ine)
Poetic Syntax
Symbol
Persuasive Purpose
40. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Crisis
Persuasive Purpose
Dialect
41. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Narrative Purpose
Foreshadowing
Tone
Antithesis
42. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Flashback
Mood
Syntax
Figure of Speech
43. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Allusion
Pathos
Villain(ess)
Style
44. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Figure of Speech
Narrative
Poetic Diction
Anecdote
45. Words mean exactly what they say
Stream of Consciousness
Foil
Narrative
Literal Meaning
46. The process by which the writer develops a character
Poetic Diction
Antihero(ine)
Characterization
Dramatic Monologue
47. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Apostrophe
Imagery
Allegory
Heroic Couplet
48. An idea that is implied or suggested
Rhetorical Question
Connotation
Theme
Tale
49. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Confidant
Literal Meaning
Denouement
50. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Oxymoron
Resolution
Blank Verse
Diction