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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Sprung rhythm
Fable
Elegy
Idiom
2. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Descriptive Purpose
Falling Action
Crisis
Ballad
3. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Topic
Plot
Rhyme Scheme
Flashback
4. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Heroic Couplet
Expository Purpose
Conclusion
Epigram
5. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Farce
Superhero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
6. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Climate
Allegory
Allusion
Alliteration
7. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Thesis
Iambic Pentameter
Parallelism
Narrative
8. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Atmosphere
Assonance
Sonnet
Metaphor
9. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Farce
Sarcasm
Anthropomorphism
Connotation
10. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Monologue
Descriptive Purpose
Organizing Principles
Climate
11. Dictionary definition of a word
Villain(ess)
Thesis
Denotation
Farce
12. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Blank Verse
Analogy
Pastoral
Point of View
13. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Heroic Couplet
Flashback
Rhetorical Question
Complication
14. Subject
Conflict
Oxymoron
Topic
Epithet
15. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Introduction
Rhythm
Mood
16. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Hyperbole
Monologue
Narrative Purpose
Topic
17. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Plot
Mood
Climax
Informative Purpose
18. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Tone
Surrealism
Fable
Alliteration
19. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Rhyme
First-person
Argumentative purpose
Stream of Consciousness
20. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Pun
Stereotype Character
Ode
21. Emotional appeal
Voice
Point of View
Pathos
Genre
22. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Figure of Speech
Sequence Patterns
Farce
Euphony
23. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Heroic Couplet
Foil
Parallelism
Fable
24. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Organizing Principles
Villain(ess)
Soliloquy
Pastoral
25. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Sonnet
Persona
Atmosphere
Resolution
26. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Figure of Speech
Setting
27. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Interior Monologue
Expository Purpose
Antihero(ine)
Genre
28. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Resolution
Characterization
Theme
29. (tall): short piece of fiction
Figurative Language
Tale
Legend
Hero(ine)
30. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Legend
Rising Action
Hero(ine)
31. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Sprung rhythm
Expressive Purpose
Antihero(ine)
Foreshadowing
32. Words mean exactly what they say
Poetic Diction
Literal Meaning
Parody
Ballad
33. The process by which the writer develops a character
Diction
Anachronism
Rhyme Scheme
Characterization
34. Humorous imitation
Parody
Descriptive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Style
35. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Heroic Couplet
Mood
Pastoral
Feeling
36. A contradiction or dilemma
Foil
Paradox
Allegory
Informative Purpose
37. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Rhythm
Crisis
Context
Stereotype Character
38. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Pun
Figurative Language
Folktale
39. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Metonymy
Romance
Empathy
40. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Expository Purpose
Consonance
Introduction
Argumentative purpose
41. 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
First-person
Apostrophe
Sonnet
Synecdoche
42. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Connotation
Idiom
Foil
43. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Figurative Language
Heroic Couplet
Soliloquy
Tone
44. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Allusion
Synecdoche
Confidant
Oxymoron
45. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Parallelism
Figurative Language
Denouement
Oxymoron
46. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Poetic Diction
Hyperbole
Rhetorical Question
47. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Onomatopoeia
Legend
Concrete Poetry
Complication
48. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Anthropomorphism
Narrative Purpose
Falling Action
Rhyme
49. The main (good) character
Syntax
Hero(ine)
Sonnet
Parody
50. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Tragedy
Alliteration
Folktale