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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Falling Action
Argumentative purpose
Setting
Antithesis
2. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Persona
Elegy
Onomatopoeia
Sonnet
3. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Antihero(ine)
Farce
Genre
4. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Realism
Folktale
Dramatic Monologue
Pun
5. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Poetic License
Figure of Speech
Farce
Narrative Purpose
6. 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
Interior Monologue
Personification
Theme
Metonymy
7. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Poetic Diction
Antagonist
Analogy
Poetic License
8. Point of view
Soliloquy
Flashback
Perspective
Free Verse
9. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Farce
Poetic Syntax
Pathos
10. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Empathy
Characterization
Foil
Irony
11. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Allegory
Stereotype Character
Theater
12. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Soliloquy
Expository Purpose
Understatement
Antihero(ine)
13. A group of lines in a poem
Metonymy
Stanza
First-person
Descriptive Purpose
14. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Conclusion
Surrealism
Denouement
15. Subject
Surrealism
Metaphor
Topic
Poetic Diction
16. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Symbol
Heroic Couplet
Farce
Poetic License
17. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Anthropomorphism
Complication
Tone
Dramatic Monologue
18. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Stereotype Character
Farce
Villain(ess)
Conflict
19. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Anecdote
Argumentative purpose
Irony
Denotation
20. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Expository Purpose
Personification
Parallelism
Thesis
21. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Hyperbole
Aphorism
Voice
22. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Ode
Implication
Figure of Speech
Thesis
23. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Exciting Force
Characterization
Falling Action
24. A word imitating the sound it represents
Pathos
Poetic Diction
Style
Onomatopoeia
25. Series of events
Stereotype Character
Plot
Atmosphere
Allusion
26. Word choice
Expressive Purpose
Parallelism
Diction
Falling Action
27. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Hero(ine)
Narrative
Iambic Pentameter
28. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Rhythm
Sonnet
Anastrophe
Confidant
29. 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
Folktale
Synecdoche
Flashback
Third-person
30. The process by which the writer develops a character
Assonance
Characterization
Stereotype Character
Consonance
31. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Tragedy
Superhero(ine)
Symbol
Apostrophe
32. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Surrealism
Foreshadowing
Descriptive Purpose
33. Before the main part or actually story
Analogy
Introduction
Rhyme
Pun
34. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Pathos
Sprung rhythm
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
35. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Oxymoron
Stream of Consciousness
Descriptive Purpose
Realism
36. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Syntax
Apostrophe
Aphorism
Tale
37. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Free Verse
Confidant
Irony
38. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Euphony
Feeling
Epithet
Onomatopoeia
39. A message that digresses from the main subject
Dramatic Monologue
Anachronism
Pun
Aside
40. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Sarcasm
Connotation
Tragedy
41. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Climax
Figurative Language
Heroic Couplet
Third-person
42. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Allegory
Cliche
Point of View
Perspective
43. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Ode
Plot
Apostrophe
First-person
44. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Villain(ess)
Pun
Pastoral
Inference
45. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Sonnet
Fable
Persuasive Purpose
Theme
46. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Hero(ine)
Anachronism
Farce
Expressive Purpose
47. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Surrealism
Couplet
48. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Implication
Simile
Comedy
Empathy
49. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Allegory
Alliteration
Organizing Principles
Climax
50. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Anachronism
Literal Meaning
Metaphor
Synecdoche
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