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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Persona
Simile
Crisis
Empathy
2. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Maxim
Topic
Narrative Purpose
Complication
3. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Stanza
Idiom
Folktale
Poetic Syntax
4. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Rhyme
Realism
Aside
Anachronism
5. To display emotions and ideas
Third-person
Conclusion
Expressive Purpose
Topic
6. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Sarcasm
Stream of Consciousness
Pastoral
Epithet
7. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Allegory
Personification
Satire
Parallelism
8. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Syntax
Euphony
Conflict
Superhero(ine)
9. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Comedy
Dialect
Tale
10. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Myth
Anastrophe
Dialect
Complication
11. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Syntax
Organizing Principles
Antithesis
Flashback
12. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Aside
Tale
Flashback
Anachronism
13. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Imagery
Antagonist
Interior Monologue
14. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Epigram
Concrete Poetry
Syntax
Allegory
15. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Exposition
Consonance
Figure of Speech
Persona
16. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Rhyme Scheme
Onomatopoeia
Villain(ess)
Romance
17. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Concrete Poetry
Crisis
Hero(ine)
18. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Plot
Symbol
Connotation
19. A message that digresses from the main subject
Maxim
Persona
Aside
Realism
20. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Syntax
Rhythm
Plot
Antagonist
21. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Stanza
Exposition
Rhetorical Question
22. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Flashback
Understatement
Concrete Poetry
Informative Purpose
23. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Rhyme
Dramatic Monologue
Expressive Purpose
24. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Concrete Poetry
Tone
Empathy
Plot
25. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Aphorism
Descriptive Purpose
Falling Action
Denouement
26. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Tragedy
Rhyme Scheme
Climate
Interior Monologue
27. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Superhero(ine)
Rhetorical Question
Euphemism
Iambic Pentameter
28. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Falling Action
Diction
Climax
Feeling
29. Subject
Context
Denotation
Topic
Parody
30. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Imagery
Rhetorical Question
Tragedy
Antihero(ine)
31. A group of lines in a poem
Organizing Principles
Fable
Tragedy
Stanza
32. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Stereotype Character
Tone
Allusion
Syntax
33. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Folktale
Imagery
Exciting Force
34. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Apostrophe
Soliloquy
Farce
Complication
35. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theater
Satire
Persona
Imagery
36. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Maxim
Tragedy
Climate
37. The final actions or solution of the plot
Parallelism
Resolution
Exposition
Stanza
38. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Irony
Sonnet
Perspective
Assonance
39. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Setting
Imagery
Anastrophe
40. The prevailing psychological state
Assonance
Climate
Stanza
Anastrophe
41. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Anthropomorphism
Folktale
Third-person
42. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Context
Cliche
Rhetorical Question
Alliteration
43. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Mood
Interior Monologue
Poetic License
Narrative Purpose
44. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Descriptive Purpose
Setting
Ode
Rising Action
45. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Analogy
Anastrophe
Crisis
Point of View
46. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Exposition
Parallelism
Maxim
47. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Antagonist
Satire
Maxim
Persona
48. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Euphemism
Sonnet
Parallelism
49. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Stereotype Character
Analogy
Farce
50. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Metaphor
Expository Purpose
Heroic Couplet
Apostrophe