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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Folktale
Poetic Syntax
Apostrophe
Surrealism
2. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Aside
Interior Monologue
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
3. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Resolution
Tale
Free Verse
Fable
4. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Sonnet
Iambic Pentameter
Personification
Cliche
5. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Antithesis
Ballad
Topic
Anachronism
6. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Aphorism
Tone
Onomatopoeia
Romance
7. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Sonnet
Voice
Plot
8. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Figure of Speech
Dramatic Monologue
Rhyme
Paradox
9. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Thesis
Exciting Force
Superhero(ine)
Satire
10. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Soliloquy
Antihero(ine)
Alliteration
Sonnet
11. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Narrative Purpose
Denouement
Concrete Poetry
Parable
12. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Topic
Anthropomorphism
Connotation
Analogy
13. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Hyperbole
Style
Ode
Couplet
14. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antagonist
Villain(ess)
Antithesis
Parallelism
15. 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
Comedy
Iambic Pentameter
Epithet
Euphony
16. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Personification
Dialect
Metaphor
17. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Syntax
Couplet
Onomatopoeia
Descriptive Purpose
18. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Sprung rhythm
Persuasive Purpose
Consonance
Foil
19. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Myth
Hyperbole
Narrative
20. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
Plot
Antihero(ine)
21. A play on words
Pun
Fable
Tone
Aphorism
22. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Perspective
Parody
Metaphor
Blank Verse
23. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Expressive Purpose
Oxymoron
Allusion
Romance
24. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Connotation
Empathy
Persuasive Purpose
25. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Informative Purpose
Stanza
Exciting Force
26. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Setting
Feeling
Personification
Persona
27. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Conflict
Farce
Complication
Climax
28. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
First-person
Atmosphere
Symbol
Free Verse
29. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Dialect
Euphony
Tale
30. The final actions or solution of the plot
Figure of Speech
Complication
Organizing Principles
Resolution
31. Humorous imitation
Folktale
Expressive Purpose
Ode
Parody
32. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Argumentative purpose
Stanza
Tale
Pastoral
33. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Couplet
Alliteration
Farce
Inference
34. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Epigram
Free Verse
Syntax
Foreshadowing
35. 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
Romance
Dialect
Stereotype Character
Sprung rhythm
36. Word choice
Feeling
Diction
Falling Action
Stereotype Character
37. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Rhyme
Dramatic Monologue
Flashback
38. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Context
Antihero(ine)
Theme
Pastoral
39. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Euphony
Mood
Atmosphere
Antihero(ine)
40. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Crisis
Conclusion
Expressive Purpose
Heroic Couplet
41. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Pun
Figure of Speech
Inference
Tragedy
42. A message that digresses from the main subject
Persuasive Purpose
Aside
Cliche
Tragedy
43. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Empathy
Hyperbole
Elegy
Allegory
44. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Antagonist
Voice
Concrete Poetry
Heroic Couplet
45. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Denotation
Apostrophe
Anecdote
Romance
46. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Hero(ine)
Rhetorical Question
Syntax
Stanza
47. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Consonance
Rhetorical Question
Allegory
Climax
48. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Anachronism
Inference
Persuasive Purpose
Iambic Pentameter
49. Conjoining contradictory terms
Comedy
Paradox
Superhero(ine)
Oxymoron
50. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Anecdote
Rhyme
Concrete Poetry
Tone