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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. 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
Antagonist
Elegy
Rhyme Scheme
Stereotype Character
2. 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
Antagonist
Synecdoche
Personification
Romance
3. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Antithesis
Theme
Organizing Principles
4. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Conclusion
Foil
Mood
5. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Narrative Purpose
Resolution
Realism
Style
6. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Simile
Parable
Setting
Dramatic Monologue
7. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Irony
Rhyme Scheme
Antithesis
Foil
8. The final actions or solution of the plot
Descriptive Purpose
Legend
Metonymy
Resolution
9. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Farce
Free Verse
Imagery
Sarcasm
10. Word choice
Diction
Mood
Falling Action
Sarcasm
11. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Denouement
Informative Purpose
Persuasive Purpose
12. 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
Syntax
Anecdote
Anachronism
Iambic Pentameter
13. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Allegory
Rhetorical Question
Sequence Patterns
Iambic Pentameter
14. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Assonance
Realism
Parody
Consonance
15. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Heroic Couplet
Descriptive Purpose
Anthropomorphism
Persuasive Purpose
16. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Pathos
Anachronism
Personification
Sprung rhythm
17. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Soliloquy
Empathy
Descriptive Purpose
Understatement
18. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Romance
Antithesis
Sequence Patterns
Sonnet
19. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Pathos
Introduction
Narrative Purpose
20. The freedom of a poet in writing
Elegy
Atmosphere
Poetic License
First-person
21. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Euphemism
Stanza
Falling Action
22. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Conflict
Anachronism
Epithet
Denouement
23. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Apostrophe
Falling Action
Simile
Heroic Couplet
24. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Anthropomorphism
Setting
Monologue
Romance
25. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Flashback
Rhetorical Question
Sprung rhythm
26. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Figure of Speech
Exposition
Informative Purpose
Theme
27. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Allegory
Myth
Perspective
Flashback
28. Suggestions or hints
Style
Complication
Narrative Purpose
Implication
29. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Setting
Mood
Oxymoron
Euphony
30. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Paradox
Figure of Speech
Narrative Purpose
31. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Interior Monologue
Epithet
Alliteration
Complication
32. A group of lines in a poem
Context
Stanza
Empathy
Concrete Poetry
33. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Soliloquy
Concrete Poetry
Rhyme
Tone
34. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Empathy
Resolution
Epithet
Romance
35. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Maxim
Sarcasm
Allusion
Realism
36. Dictionary definition of a word
Denouement
Sequence Patterns
Complication
Denotation
37. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Surrealism
Villain(ess)
Onomatopoeia
38. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Sonnet
Connotation
Literal Meaning
Style
39. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Allegory
Romance
Irony
40. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Descriptive Purpose
Villain(ess)
Folktale
Falling Action
41. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Anastrophe
Antihero(ine)
Figure of Speech
Euphemism
42. Series of events
Plot
Onomatopoeia
Poetic License
Foreshadowing
43. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Onomatopoeia
Antagonist
Heroic Couplet
Theater
44. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Rising Action
Tragedy
Poetic Diction
Anthropomorphism
45. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Satire
Aphorism
Farce
Cliche
46. The process by which the writer develops a character
Expository Purpose
Climax
Argumentative purpose
Characterization
47. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Context
Metaphor
First-person
Stereotype Character
48. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Surrealism
Alliteration
Fable
Narrative
49. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Fable
Pastoral
Elegy
50. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Connotation
First-person
Anthropomorphism
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