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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. 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
Antihero(ine)
Implication
Metonymy
Aside
2. A play on words
Theater
Implication
Pathos
Pun
3. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Anthropomorphism
Iambic Pentameter
Introduction
4. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Superhero(ine)
Anachronism
Paradox
First-person
5. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Soliloquy
Folktale
Understatement
Third-person
6. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Alliteration
Poetic Diction
Rhyme Scheme
Paradox
7. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Pathos
Epithet
Assonance
Feeling
8. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
Literal Meaning
Villain(ess)
9. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Poetic Syntax
Epigram
Feeling
Romance
10. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Falling Action
Crisis
Myth
Atmosphere
11. Subject
Heroic Couplet
Atmosphere
Couplet
Topic
12. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Climate
Paradox
Anecdote
13. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Rising Action
Villain(ess)
Concrete Poetry
Connotation
14. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Conclusion
Pun
Expository Purpose
15. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Sonnet
Theme
Simile
Setting
16. Series of events
Rising Action
Maxim
Plot
Point of View
17. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theater
Denouement
Poetic License
Topic
18. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Persona
Ode
Hyperbole
19. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Poetic Diction
Empathy
Denouement
Figurative Language
20. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Empathy
Interior Monologue
Rising Action
Comedy
21. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Euphemism
Tragedy
Blank Verse
Persona
22. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Tale
Argumentative purpose
Elegy
Foreshadowing
23. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Euphony
Persuasive Purpose
Allegory
Genre
24. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Hyperbole
Literal Meaning
Euphony
Free Verse
25. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Assonance
Oxymoron
Iambic Pentameter
Crisis
26. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Descriptive Purpose
Parallelism
Climate
27. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Symbol
Syntax
Folktale
Inference
28. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Foil
Antagonist
Farce
Comedy
29. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Maxim
Apostrophe
Persuasive Purpose
Sprung rhythm
30. Word choice
Synecdoche
Confidant
Onomatopoeia
Diction
31. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Hyperbole
Myth
Rhythm
Poetic Syntax
32. The final actions or solution of the plot
Mood
Parody
Free Verse
Resolution
33. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Poetic License
Villain(ess)
Descriptive Purpose
Irony
34. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Foreshadowing
Rhyme
Surrealism
Denouement
35. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Apostrophe
Symbol
Anthropomorphism
Surrealism
36. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Interior Monologue
Anecdote
Comedy
37. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Rhetorical Question
Atmosphere
Villain(ess)
Legend
38. Words mean exactly what they say
Mood
Falling Action
Literal Meaning
Concrete Poetry
39. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Figure of Speech
Denouement
Parallelism
Sonnet
40. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
Rhetorical Question
41. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Parallelism
Romance
Context
Tone
42. The process by which the writer develops a character
Introduction
Euphemism
Pathos
Characterization
43. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Folktale
Concrete Poetry
First-person
44. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Persuasive Purpose
Apostrophe
Third-person
Narrative Purpose
45. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Descriptive Purpose
Sprung rhythm
Pastoral
Alliteration
46. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Interior Monologue
Villain(ess)
Farce
47. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Metaphor
Literal Meaning
Oxymoron
Dialect
48. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Narrative Purpose
Personification
Figurative Language
Myth
49. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Blank Verse
Aside
Interior Monologue
Aphorism
50. To display emotions and ideas
Rhythm
Expressive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Aphorism
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