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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Idiom
Sarcasm
Complication
2. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Figurative Language
Folktale
Idiom
3. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Figurative Language
Cliche
Surrealism
Apostrophe
4. The freedom of a poet in writing
Plot
Informative Purpose
Poetic License
Diction
5. Subject
Expressive Purpose
Topic
Farce
Characterization
6. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Myth
Confidant
Denotation
7. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Informative Purpose
Euphemism
Pathos
Tragedy
8. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Romance
Sarcasm
Stream of Consciousness
9. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Diction
Falling Action
Simile
Mood
10. To display emotions and ideas
Plot
Expressive Purpose
Pun
Allegory
11. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Sprung rhythm
Thesis
Fable
12. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Topic
Allegory
Synecdoche
Rhythm
13. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Foil
Myth
Anachronism
Parody
14. The prevailing psychological state
Tone
Climate
Allusion
Romance
15. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Empathy
Villain(ess)
Fable
Free Verse
16. A word imitating the sound it represents
Pathos
Onomatopoeia
Organizing Principles
Monologue
17. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Villain(ess)
Antihero(ine)
Superhero(ine)
Realism
18. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Setting
Stereotype Character
Argumentative purpose
Diction
19. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Heroic Couplet
Aphorism
Atmosphere
Inference
20. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Ballad
Confidant
Organizing Principles
Stereotype Character
21. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Apostrophe
Farce
Superhero(ine)
Fable
22. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Fable
Epithet
Antihero(ine)
Satire
23. 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
Synecdoche
Tone
Superhero(ine)
Persuasive Purpose
24. (tall): short piece of fiction
Conclusion
Parable
Tale
Tragedy
25. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Legend
Myth
Pastoral
Narrative
26. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Denotation
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Heroic Couplet
27. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Mood
Irony
Iambic Pentameter
Sprung rhythm
28. Humorous imitation
Parody
Rhythm
Antagonist
Tone
29. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Ode
Topic
Persuasive Purpose
Maxim
30. Emotional appeal
Persona
Pathos
Metaphor
Theater
31. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Ballad
Alliteration
Myth
Free Verse
32. 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
Rhetorical Question
Hyperbole
Dramatic Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
33. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Hyperbole
Myth
Apostrophe
34. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Resolution
Confidant
Dialect
Idiom
35. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Oxymoron
Satire
Confidant
Crisis
36. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Euphemism
Narrative
Stream of Consciousness
Exciting Force
37. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Romance
Antithesis
Imagery
Tone
38. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Introduction
Interior Monologue
Rhythm
39. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Empathy
Aphorism
Conclusion
Iambic Pentameter
40. A group of lines in a poem
Pathos
Stanza
Syntax
Poetic Syntax
41. A message that digresses from the main subject
Satire
Anastrophe
Concrete Poetry
Aside
42. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Expressive Purpose
Folktale
Foil
43. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Stanza
Falling Action
Resolution
44. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Iambic Pentameter
Tone
Tale
Theme
45. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Atmosphere
Figurative Language
Sequence Patterns
Setting
46. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Parody
Alliteration
Elegy
Argumentative purpose
47. Exaggeration
Metaphor
Couplet
Hyperbole
Point of View
48. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Figure of Speech
Heroic Couplet
Topic
Sarcasm
49. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Imagery
Figurative Language
Implication
50. A final settlement
Conclusion
Foil
Climate
Sprung rhythm