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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Allusion
Synecdoche
Folktale
2. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Exposition
Euphemism
Synecdoche
Allegory
3. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Theme
Ballad
Confidant
Aphorism
4. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Aside
Metaphor
Dramatic Monologue
Antihero(ine)
5. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Foreshadowing
Euphony
Romance
Figurative Language
6. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Parable
Point of View
Persona
7. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Comedy
Interior Monologue
Epithet
Rhetorical Question
8. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Understatement
Style
Legend
Introduction
9. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Style
Connotation
Stream of Consciousness
Onomatopoeia
10. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Iambic Pentameter
Ode
Elegy
Interior Monologue
11. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Anastrophe
Resolution
Stereotype Character
Informative Purpose
12. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Inference
Parallelism
Folktale
Style
13. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Introduction
Maxim
Dialect
Antihero(ine)
14. An idea that is implied or suggested
Antihero(ine)
Connotation
Realism
Sarcasm
15. The final actions or solution of the plot
Narrative Purpose
Confidant
Tale
Resolution
16. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Rhythm
Euphemism
Crisis
Anthropomorphism
17. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Fable
Dialect
Characterization
18. A message that digresses from the main subject
Comedy
Tone
Myth
Aside
19. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Empathy
Parable
Exciting Force
Understatement
20. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Flashback
Antagonist
Epigram
Expository Purpose
21. Words mean exactly what they say
Feeling
Persona
Literal Meaning
Personification
22. Word choice
Parallelism
Diction
Implication
Monologue
23. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Rhetorical Question
Comedy
Informative Purpose
Topic
24. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Aphorism
Epigram
Synecdoche
Genre
25. Exaggeration
Mood
Epigram
Hyperbole
Dramatic Monologue
26. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Heroic Couplet
Dialect
Sonnet
Concrete Poetry
27. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Legend
Atmosphere
Poetic Syntax
Consonance
28. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rising Action
Dramatic Monologue
Tone
Cliche
29. A short story teaching a lesson
Pastoral
Conclusion
Parable
Tale
30. A contradiction or dilemma
Poetic Syntax
Paradox
Climax
Literal Meaning
31. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Monologue
Tale
Free Verse
Hyperbole
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
Iambic Pentameter
Exciting Force
Inference
Analogy
33. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Thesis
Simile
Stanza
Antithesis
34. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Confidant
Cliche
Paradox
Personification
35. A play on words
Expository Purpose
Narrative
Paradox
Pun
36. The freedom of a poet in writing
Introduction
Poetic License
Folktale
Tone
37. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Antagonist
Climax
Mood
38. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Anachronism
Simile
Realism
39. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Analogy
Exposition
Symbol
Persona
40. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Rising Action
Flashback
Theme
Third-person
41. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Narrative
Resolution
Anastrophe
Hyperbole
42. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Parallelism
Rhyme Scheme
Third-person
43. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Aphorism
Heroic Couplet
Organizing Principles
Idiom
44. Dictionary definition of a word
Dialect
Alliteration
Denotation
Parody
45. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Maxim
Apostrophe
Complication
Personification
46. Recurring at regular intervals
Complication
Figurative Language
Rhythm
Free Verse
47. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Parallelism
Flashback
Argumentative purpose
48. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices
Anachronism
Parable
Allegory
Stereotype Character
49. Humorous imitation
Parody
Poetic Syntax
Antihero(ine)
Surrealism
50. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Organizing Principles
Persuasive Purpose
Climate
Context