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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Emotional appeal
Thesis
Dramatic Monologue
Pathos
Informative Purpose
2. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Rhyme Scheme
Anastrophe
Aside
Assonance
3. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Flashback
Rising Action
Allusion
Blank Verse
4. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Hyperbole
Thesis
Rhetorical Question
Anecdote
5. Dictionary definition of a word
Expressive Purpose
Denotation
Context
Pun
6. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Irony
Alliteration
Consonance
Poetic Diction
7. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Connotation
Concrete Poetry
Maxim
8. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Empathy
Syntax
Foil
Symbol
9. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Tone
Hyperbole
Fable
Argumentative purpose
10. 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
Expressive Purpose
Synecdoche
Comedy
Anachronism
11. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Farce
Romance
Dramatic Monologue
12. Point of view
Blank Verse
Hyperbole
Perspective
Aside
13. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Crisis
Introduction
Euphony
Superhero(ine)
14. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Syntax
Figure of Speech
Ballad
Setting
15. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Informative Purpose
Folktale
Denouement
Theater
16. A word imitating the sound it represents
Descriptive Purpose
Anthropomorphism
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
17. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Perspective
Blank Verse
Argumentative purpose
Symbol
18. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Epithet
Rhythm
Euphemism
19. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Conflict
Heroic Couplet
Anachronism
20. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Poetic Syntax
Topic
Parable
Empathy
21. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Villain(ess)
First-person
Introduction
Inference
22. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Ode
Simile
Argumentative purpose
Sequence Patterns
23. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Literal Meaning
Consonance
Sonnet
Figurative Language
24. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Sprung rhythm
Euphemism
Antagonist
Poetic License
25. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Rhetorical Question
Introduction
Conflict
Characterization
26. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Aside
Antagonist
Hyperbole
27. The freedom of a poet in writing
Alliteration
Poetic License
Parallelism
Complication
28. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Analogy
Diction
Sequence Patterns
Antagonist
29. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Romance
Rhyme
Irony
Interior Monologue
30. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Cliche
Foreshadowing
Ballad
Irony
31. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Conclusion
Exciting Force
Consonance
32. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Stream of Consciousness
Satire
Surrealism
Style
33. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Apostrophe
Anthropomorphism
Sprung rhythm
Free Verse
34. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Apostrophe
Mood
Descriptive Purpose
Argumentative purpose
35. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Hyperbole
Realism
Farce
Monologue
36. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Blank Verse
Idiom
Expository Purpose
Myth
37. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Crisis
Empathy
Expository Purpose
Epithet
38. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Organizing Principles
Onomatopoeia
Metonymy
Antagonist
39. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Consonance
Anecdote
Irony
Informative Purpose
40. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Oxymoron
Informative Purpose
Rising Action
Antithesis
41. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Connotation
Theme
Sarcasm
42. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Theater
Rhyme Scheme
Tragedy
Falling Action
43. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Hero(ine)
Resolution
Sonnet
44. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Idiom
Personification
Comedy
Stanza
45. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Tragedy
Monologue
Connotation
46. Recurring at regular intervals
Epigram
Metaphor
Rhythm
Plot
47. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Romance
Theater
Allegory
Tale
48. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Syntax
Resolution
Narrative
Theater
49. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Antagonist
Exciting Force
Expressive Purpose
Persuasive Purpose
50. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Persona
Figurative Language
Denotation
Paradox