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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Realism
Stream of Consciousness
Irony
2. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Realism
Pathos
Tragedy
Irony
3. The perspective from which a story is told
Informative Purpose
Expressive Purpose
Stereotype Character
Point of View
4. The main (good) character
Atmosphere
Rhyme
Metonymy
Hero(ine)
5. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Mood
Sonnet
Superhero(ine)
Personification
6. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Apostrophe
Foil
Couplet
7. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Aside
Legend
Anecdote
Characterization
8. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Topic
Poetic Diction
Climax
9. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Euphony
Heroic Couplet
Simile
10. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Rhetorical Question
Interior Monologue
Antihero(ine)
Ode
11. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Setting
Metaphor
Couplet
12. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Satire
Allusion
Ballad
Narrative
13. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Synecdoche
Ode
Iambic Pentameter
Allegory
14. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Epigram
Simile
Legend
15. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Falling Action
Realism
Tragedy
Sonnet
16. (tall): short piece of fiction
Maxim
Villain(ess)
Tale
Aside
17. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Satire
Pathos
Interior Monologue
Stream of Consciousness
18. 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
Stanza
Empathy
Informative Purpose
Iambic Pentameter
19. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Organizing Principles
Stereotype Character
Epithet
Satire
20. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Sequence Patterns
Analogy
Point of View
21. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Rhyme Scheme
Mood
Anthropomorphism
Symbol
22. An idea that is implied or suggested
Context
Topic
Connotation
Rhyme Scheme
23. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Folktale
Aphorism
Poetic License
24. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Conclusion
Plot
Cliche
25. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Third-person
Conflict
26. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Connotation
Inference
Sarcasm
Theater
27. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Epigram
Syntax
Context
Irony
28. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Euphemism
Monologue
Comedy
Alliteration
29. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Foreshadowing
Allegory
Introduction
Epithet
30. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Flashback
Synecdoche
Sprung rhythm
Antithesis
31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Parable
Anastrophe
Alliteration
Synecdoche
32. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Hero(ine)
Persona
Plot
Antithesis
33. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Epithet
Romance
Argumentative purpose
34. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Tragedy
Satire
Metaphor
Pun
35. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Theme
Setting
Surrealism
Paradox
36. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Anastrophe
Ballad
Metaphor
Denouement
37. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Rhetorical Question
Literal Meaning
Tale
Persona
38. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Figure of Speech
Dialect
Characterization
Hyperbole
39. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Dialect
Narrative Purpose
Anastrophe
Stream of Consciousness
40. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Metaphor
Poetic License
Stream of Consciousness
Figurative Language
41. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Stereotype Character
Conflict
Realism
Flashback
42. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Stanza
Epigram
Poetic Diction
43. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Exposition
Third-person
Theme
Falling Action
44. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
First-person
Sprung rhythm
Epigram
45. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Exposition
First-person
46. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Crisis
Tone
Exposition
47. Conjoining contradictory terms
Heroic Couplet
Narrative
Oxymoron
Stanza
48. Point of view
Introduction
Pathos
Perspective
Satire
49. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Exposition
Free Verse
Romance
50. Recurring at regular intervals
Couplet
Rhythm
Rhyme
Heroic Couplet