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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Poetic Syntax
Free Verse
Flashback
Rhyme
2. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Narrative
Sarcasm
Stream of Consciousness
Pastoral
3. The prevailing psychological state
Stereotype Character
Sarcasm
Narrative Purpose
Climate
4. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Climate
Idiom
Stanza
Euphemism
5. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Analogy
Imagery
Inference
Pun
6. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Oxymoron
Stream of Consciousness
Alliteration
Setting
7. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Foil
Crisis
Symbol
Couplet
8. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Metonymy
Empathy
Sonnet
Theater
9. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Idiom
Parody
Sprung rhythm
10. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Consonance
Stanza
Sarcasm
Satire
11. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Heroic Couplet
Narrative
Sequence Patterns
Complication
12. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Introduction
Allusion
Poetic Syntax
Literal Meaning
13. Humorous imitation
Pastoral
Symbol
Parody
Interior Monologue
14. Emotional appeal
Anthropomorphism
Alliteration
Pathos
Consonance
15. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
First-person
Tragedy
Anastrophe
Concrete Poetry
16. An idea that is implied or suggested
Stanza
Connotation
Persuasive Purpose
Thesis
17. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Perspective
Third-person
Surrealism
Antithesis
18. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Climax
Feeling
Empathy
Inference
19. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Complication
Consonance
Theater
Mood
20. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Anecdote
Tale
Pastoral
Implication
21. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Parable
Exposition
Perspective
First-person
22. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Tragedy
Anthropomorphism
Interior Monologue
23. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Simile
First-person
Antihero(ine)
24. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Legend
Antithesis
Antihero(ine)
25. A short story teaching a lesson
Interior Monologue
Denotation
Parable
Ode
26. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Expository Purpose
Perspective
Alliteration
Irony
27. 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
First-person
Antithesis
Metonymy
Context
28. A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents - each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Realism
Feeling
Fable
Iambic Pentameter
29. 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
Romance
Synecdoche
Parody
Characterization
30. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Euphemism
Interior Monologue
Voice
Comedy
31. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Tragedy
Sonnet
Antagonist
32. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Aphorism
Genre
Realism
Heroic Couplet
33. Dictionary definition of a word
Characterization
Synecdoche
Conclusion
Denotation
34. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Falling Action
Sonnet
Mood
Epigram
35. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Hyperbole
Point of View
Dialect
Villain(ess)
36. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Feeling
Exciting Force
Anachronism
Confidant
37. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Parallelism
Metaphor
Poetic Diction
38. A final settlement
Feeling
Synecdoche
Apostrophe
Conclusion
39. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Heroic Couplet
Couplet
Villain(ess)
40. The main (good) character
Narrative Purpose
Hero(ine)
Empathy
Personification
41. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Simile
Characterization
Sprung rhythm
Anastrophe
42. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Rhetorical Question
Dialect
Figure of Speech
Introduction
43. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Heroic Couplet
Anecdote
Allusion
Villain(ess)
44. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Superhero(ine)
Anachronism
Aside
Third-person
45. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Expressive Purpose
Voice
Interior Monologue
First-person
46. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Folktale
Myth
Monologue
Plot
47. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Villain(ess)
Climate
Fable
Genre
48. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Foreshadowing
Blank Verse
Cliche
Anecdote
49. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Epithet
Syntax
Alliteration
50. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Anthropomorphism
Cliche
Consonance
Mood
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