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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Realism
Sarcasm
Metonymy
Stereotype Character
2. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Farce
Anastrophe
Figure of Speech
3. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Context
Monologue
Confidant
Aphorism
4. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Syntax
Empathy
Epigram
Allusion
5. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Sprung rhythm
Ode
Confidant
Onomatopoeia
6. (tall): short piece of fiction
Parallelism
Tale
Poetic Diction
Satire
7. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Poetic License
Perspective
Euphony
Anecdote
8. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Heroic Couplet
Exposition
Flashback
Couplet
9. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Parody
Dialect
Soliloquy
10. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Fable
Oxymoron
Mood
Descriptive Purpose
11. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Interior Monologue
Stanza
Conclusion
Mood
12. A final settlement
Euphemism
Conclusion
Epithet
Realism
13. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Anachronism
Irony
Theme
14. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Implication
First-person
Soliloquy
Allegory
15. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Poetic Syntax
Conclusion
Parallelism
Rhetorical Question
16. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Feeling
Epithet
Ballad
Setting
17. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Fable
Introduction
Heroic Couplet
18. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Parable
Hero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
Narrative Purpose
19. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Falling Action
Fable
Romance
Free Verse
20. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Point of View
Theme
Paradox
Antithesis
21. The perspective from which a story is told
Comedy
Point of View
Style
Realism
22. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Organizing Principles
Dialect
Rhetorical Question
First-person
23. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Imagery
Fable
Rhetorical Question
Third-person
24. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Point of View
Topic
Analogy
Rhyme Scheme
25. Subject
Topic
Sonnet
Inference
Dramatic Monologue
26. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Persona
Descriptive Purpose
Style
Interior Monologue
27. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Onomatopoeia
Topic
Sprung rhythm
Superhero(ine)
28. An idea that is implied or suggested
Imagery
Topic
Euphemism
Connotation
29. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Ballad
Rhetorical Question
Consonance
30. Dramatic speech to oneself
Connotation
Soliloquy
Iambic Pentameter
Idiom
31. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Symbol
Anachronism
Pun
Alliteration
32. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Anachronism
Poetic Diction
Sonnet
Realism
33. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Metaphor
Inference
Pathos
Anthropomorphism
34. 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
Inference
Allegory
Synecdoche
Consonance
35. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Falling Action
Surrealism
Heroic Couplet
36. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Assonance
Imagery
Poetic Syntax
Free Verse
37. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Antagonist
Apostrophe
Fable
Plot
38. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Third-person
Fable
Dramatic Monologue
Dialect
39. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Euphony
Realism
First-person
Persuasive Purpose
40. 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
Metonymy
Comedy
Anthropomorphism
Narrative
41. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Soliloquy
Dialect
Characterization
42. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Ode
Denotation
Dramatic Monologue
Persuasive Purpose
43. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Introduction
Narrative
Poetic Diction
Euphony
44. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Empathy
Heroic Couplet
Understatement
Literal Meaning
45. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Concrete Poetry
Personification
Consonance
46. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Allegory
Anastrophe
Sprung rhythm
Persona
47. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Ode
Connotation
Imagery
Exposition
48. The final actions or solution of the plot
Rhyme
Resolution
Allusion
Synecdoche
49. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Foreshadowing
Complication
Plot
Idiom
50. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Poetic Syntax
Dramatic Monologue
Surrealism
Falling Action
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