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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Words mean exactly what they say
Anastrophe
Literal Meaning
Resolution
Sonnet
2. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Hyperbole
Dialect
Antagonist
Maxim
3. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Analogy
Crisis
Symbol
Narrative Purpose
4. The final actions or solution of the plot
Style
Conclusion
Resolution
Empathy
5. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Narrative
Myth
Couplet
Rhyme
6. Emotional appeal
Conflict
Dialect
Pathos
Paradox
7. A message that digresses from the main subject
Third-person
Stream of Consciousness
Assonance
Aside
8. Dramatic speech to oneself
Pastoral
Descriptive Purpose
Flashback
Soliloquy
9. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Parallelism
Denouement
Atmosphere
10. A short story teaching a lesson
Superhero(ine)
Organizing Principles
Epithet
Parable
11. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Surrealism
Conflict
Villain(ess)
Organizing Principles
12. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Mood
Aside
Anecdote
Confidant
13. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Anastrophe
Plot
Confidant
Foreshadowing
14. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Figure of Speech
Poetic Diction
Irony
Topic
15. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Figure of Speech
Climax
Anastrophe
Elegy
16. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Rhyme Scheme
Tale
Introduction
Myth
17. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Cliche
Atmosphere
Apostrophe
Consonance
18. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Foreshadowing
Parable
Soliloquy
19. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Imagery
Aside
Figure of Speech
Villain(ess)
20. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Thesis
Maxim
Resolution
Figure of Speech
21. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Feeling
Foil
Anastrophe
Stanza
22. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Denotation
Blank Verse
Parallelism
Antagonist
23. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Crisis
Maxim
Introduction
24. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Fable
Rhyme Scheme
Diction
Analogy
25. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rising Action
Informative Purpose
Rhetorical Question
Climax
26. An idea that is implied or suggested
Sprung rhythm
Epigram
Connotation
Irony
27. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Couplet
Paradox
Theater
Antithesis
28. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Descriptive Purpose
Atmosphere
Mood
Blank Verse
29. A contradiction or dilemma
Sprung rhythm
Imagery
Paradox
Anecdote
30. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Dialect
Analogy
Plot
Inference
31. Conjoining contradictory terms
Diction
Style
Characterization
Oxymoron
32. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Maxim
Concrete Poetry
Climate
33. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Allegory
Hyperbole
Climax
Tragedy
34. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Flashback
Anachronism
Satire
Poetic Syntax
35. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Climax
Theater
Folktale
Poetic Diction
36. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Ode
Figure of Speech
Syntax
Empathy
37. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Folktale
Blank Verse
Simile
Assonance
38. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Stream of Consciousness
Tale
Mood
Heroic Couplet
39. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Parody
Maxim
Parable
Sonnet
40. The process by which the writer develops a character
Farce
Understatement
Characterization
Organizing Principles
41. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Satire
Apostrophe
Argumentative purpose
42. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Informative Purpose
Rhyme Scheme
Expository Purpose
43. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Mood
Epithet
Soliloquy
Concrete Poetry
44. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Anecdote
Dramatic Monologue
Legend
Imagery
45. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Imagery
Conclusion
Symbol
Satire
46. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Characterization
Argumentative purpose
Ballad
47. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Alliteration
Realism
Interior Monologue
Parable
48. Suggestions or hints
Falling Action
Stream of Consciousness
Setting
Implication
49. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Epithet
Surrealism
50. Subject
Tone
Realism
Topic
Aphorism
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