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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Persona
Theme
Expository Purpose
Hero(ine)
2. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
Analogy
Symbol
Persona
3. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Complication
Simile
Foreshadowing
4. Humorous imitation
Poetic Diction
Dialect
Parody
Parable
5. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Dramatic Monologue
Poetic Diction
Poetic Syntax
Tale
6. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Topic
Style
Aphorism
Ballad
7. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Feeling
Organizing Principles
Aphorism
8. Subject
Connotation
Anachronism
Topic
Setting
9. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Syntax
Informative Purpose
Villain(ess)
Rhetorical Question
10. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Blank Verse
Perspective
Figure of Speech
Falling Action
11. Words mean exactly what they say
Aphorism
Ballad
Imagery
Literal Meaning
12. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Parable
Falling Action
Foil
13. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Heroic Couplet
Conflict
Sonnet
14. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Rhyme
Surrealism
Assonance
Rhyme Scheme
15. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Expressive Purpose
Antihero(ine)
Concrete Poetry
16. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Conflict
Symbol
Perspective
17. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Anastrophe
Monologue
Antihero(ine)
18. A contradiction or dilemma
Setting
Romance
Foil
Paradox
19. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Introduction
Rhyme Scheme
Farce
20. A final settlement
Denotation
Anachronism
Organizing Principles
Conclusion
21. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Confidant
Consonance
Characterization
22. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Exciting Force
Context
Setting
Blank Verse
23. (tall): short piece of fiction
Rhetorical Question
Tale
Inference
Persuasive Purpose
24. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Exciting Force
Assonance
Climate
25. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Anachronism
Sarcasm
Foil
Flashback
26. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Rhythm
Couplet
Maxim
Theater
27. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Ode
Legend
Epigram
Point of View
28. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Context
Theme
Narrative
29. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Villain(ess)
Metonymy
Dialect
30. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Monologue
Comedy
Allusion
31. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Expressive Purpose
Tale
Allegory
Climate
32. Recurring at regular intervals
Poetic License
Descriptive Purpose
Rhythm
Rhyme Scheme
33. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Superhero(ine)
Narrative Purpose
Aside
Simile
34. The freedom of a poet in writing
Anachronism
Introduction
Poetic License
Antihero(ine)
35. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Aside
Aphorism
Anecdote
Tragedy
36. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Perspective
Expository Purpose
Syntax
Tone
37. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Tragedy
Persuasive Purpose
Concrete Poetry
38. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Sonnet
Complication
Anthropomorphism
39. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Realism
Expository Purpose
Tragedy
Mood
40. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Poetic Diction
Symbol
Aphorism
41. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Legend
Cliche
Comedy
Metaphor
42. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Context
Tragedy
Idiom
43. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Poetic License
Perspective
Figure of Speech
44. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Anthropomorphism
Flashback
Allegory
45. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Metaphor
Narrative
Antithesis
Rising Action
46. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Apostrophe
Climate
Persuasive Purpose
Complication
47. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Diction
Personification
Poetic Diction
48. 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
Concrete Poetry
Persona
Free Verse
49. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Denouement
Foil
Atmosphere
Parable
50. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices
Stereotype Character
Synecdoche
Euphony
Conclusion