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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Characterization
Concrete Poetry
Context
Sequence Patterns
2. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Allusion
Figure of Speech
Irony
Couplet
3. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Complication
Rhetorical Question
Aphorism
Parody
4. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Blank Verse
Figure of Speech
Introduction
Setting
5. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Simile
Irony
Antagonist
Plot
6. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Hero(ine)
Cliche
Informative Purpose
Ballad
7. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Parody
Villain(ess)
Aside
Anecdote
8. A final settlement
Epithet
Villain(ess)
Conclusion
Diction
9. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Argumentative purpose
Poetic Syntax
Anecdote
Dialect
10. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Ballad
Symbol
Imagery
Metaphor
11. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Inference
Heroic Couplet
Crisis
Villain(ess)
12. The final actions or solution of the plot
Resolution
Point of View
Superhero(ine)
Parallelism
13. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Ballad
Denotation
Context
Denouement
14. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Rhetorical Question
Poetic Diction
Superhero(ine)
Metaphor
15. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Romance
Farce
Idiom
Feeling
16. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Point of View
Inference
Soliloquy
17. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Villain(ess)
Rising Action
Soliloquy
Rhyme Scheme
18. To display emotions and ideas
Feeling
Stream of Consciousness
Expressive Purpose
Characterization
19. 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
Blank Verse
Rising Action
Synecdoche
Rhyme
20. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Plot
Persona
Introduction
21. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Romance
Dramatic Monologue
Aside
Tale
22. 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
Metonymy
Personification
Syntax
Characterization
23. Word choice
Feeling
Falling Action
Diction
Argumentative purpose
24. A play on words
Blank Verse
Simile
Pun
Allusion
25. A message that digresses from the main subject
Setting
Aside
Epithet
Inference
26. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Interior Monologue
Parody
Exciting Force
Anecdote
27. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Syntax
Assonance
Parable
Rhyme
28. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Denouement
Foil
Aphorism
Narrative Purpose
29. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Voice
Fable
Informative Purpose
Style
30. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Antithesis
Topic
Blank Verse
31. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Point of View
Conclusion
Foreshadowing
32. The process by which the writer develops a character
Cliche
Characterization
Syntax
Mood
33. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Crisis
Foreshadowing
Theater
Allegory
34. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Synecdoche
Figure of Speech
Antagonist
35. The perspective from which a story is told
Dramatic Monologue
Poetic Syntax
Heroic Couplet
Point of View
36. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Syntax
Genre
Aphorism
Introduction
37. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Atmosphere
Symbol
Villain(ess)
38. Series of events
Plot
Aside
Fable
Flashback
39. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Thesis
Hero(ine)
Dialect
40. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Parallelism
Organizing Principles
Voice
Tone
41. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Legend
Poetic Syntax
Conflict
Free Verse
42. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Poetic Syntax
Villain(ess)
Understatement
43. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Exposition
Context
Figurative Language
Literal Meaning
44. The prevailing psychological state
Sonnet
Narrative
Climate
Pathos
45. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Denouement
Falling Action
Alliteration
Flashback
46. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Idiom
Characterization
Dialect
Theme
47. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Synecdoche
Mood
Falling Action
Sequence Patterns
48. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Understatement
Couplet
Denotation
Free Verse
49. Exaggeration
Denotation
Hyperbole
Aphorism
Couplet
50. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Dramatic Monologue
Ballad
Antihero(ine)
Imagery