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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Organizing Principles
Paradox
Fable
2. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Anachronism
Denotation
Ballad
Falling Action
3. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Flashback
Poetic Diction
Foil
4. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Pathos
Figurative Language
Anecdote
Plot
5. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Metaphor
Comedy
Paradox
Argumentative purpose
6. 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
Narrative Purpose
Stereotype Character
Interior Monologue
Concrete Poetry
7. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Hero(ine)
Literal Meaning
Denotation
8. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Third-person
Poetic Diction
Personification
Inference
9. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Ode
Ballad
Antithesis
Genre
10. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Rhetorical Question
Comedy
Realism
11. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Metonymy
Elegy
Assonance
12. 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
Elegy
Tale
Conflict
Synecdoche
13. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Atmosphere
Context
Foreshadowing
Stanza
14. A short story teaching a lesson
Stream of Consciousness
Parody
Euphony
Parable
15. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Persuasive Purpose
Antithesis
Allusion
Superhero(ine)
16. Dramatic speech to oneself
Monologue
Stanza
Soliloquy
Figure of Speech
17. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Climax
Genre
Antagonist
18. The perspective from which a story is told
Climate
Villain(ess)
Maxim
Point of View
19. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Onomatopoeia
Feeling
Satire
Style
20. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Dramatic Monologue
Romance
Synecdoche
21. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Poetic Syntax
Symbol
Farce
Voice
22. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Confidant
Assonance
Sarcasm
Narrative
23. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Ballad
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
Mood
24. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Foil
Crisis
Falling Action
Couplet
25. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Exposition
Maxim
Theme
Apostrophe
26. Word choice
Aphorism
Organizing Principles
Diction
Personification
27. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Stream of Consciousness
Dialect
Poetic Syntax
28. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Setting
Aphorism
Comedy
29. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Fable
Allusion
Anastrophe
Allegory
30. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Understatement
Poetic Syntax
Flashback
Personification
31. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Oxymoron
Theme
Thesis
Topic
32. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Diction
Understatement
Epigram
Literal Meaning
33. Words mean exactly what they say
Tale
Foil
Satire
Literal Meaning
34. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Tale
Epigram
Point of View
Empathy
35. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Idiom
Tragedy
Narrative
Assonance
36. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Symbol
Anachronism
Myth
Ode
37. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Genre
Anecdote
Connotation
38. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Exciting Force
Foil
Thesis
Symbol
39. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Farce
Climax
Imagery
40. Recurring at regular intervals
Parody
Rhythm
Falling Action
Flashback
41. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Anthropomorphism
Fable
Rhyme Scheme
Villain(ess)
42. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Realism
Monologue
Analogy
Figurative Language
43. Conjoining contradictory terms
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Foil
44. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Stereotype Character
Informative Purpose
Blank Verse
45. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Conflict
Epigram
Consonance
Crisis
46. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Realism
Rhyme Scheme
Imagery
Poetic License
47. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Figurative Language
Theater
Stream of Consciousness
Irony
48. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Antihero(ine)
Descriptive Purpose
Cliche
Legend
49. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Superhero(ine)
Point of View
Understatement
Allegory
50. The process by which the writer develops a character
Farce
Hero(ine)
Anastrophe
Characterization