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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theater
Empathy
Maxim
Comedy
2. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Cliche
Informative Purpose
Foreshadowing
3. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Elegy
Personification
Falling Action
Climate
4. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Foreshadowing
Stream of Consciousness
Epithet
Conflict
5. Exaggeration
Antihero(ine)
Aside
Poetic Syntax
Hyperbole
6. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Aside
Allegory
Antihero(ine)
Ode
7. 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
Ode
Foreshadowing
Iambic Pentameter
Argumentative purpose
8. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Idiom
Simile
Allegory
9. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Point of View
Simile
Dialect
10. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Style
Pathos
Idiom
Rhyme Scheme
11. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Sequence Patterns
Sonnet
Atmosphere
Theater
12. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Interior Monologue
Imagery
Perspective
Anachronism
13. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Oxymoron
Mood
Personification
Apostrophe
14. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Myth
Pathos
Persuasive Purpose
Poetic Diction
15. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Understatement
Cliche
Inference
Interior Monologue
16. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Setting
Anthropomorphism
Cliche
Confidant
17. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Argumentative purpose
Free Verse
Concrete Poetry
Pathos
18. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Resolution
Voice
Ballad
Setting
19. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Villain(ess)
Interior Monologue
Anachronism
Allusion
20. A play on words
Theater
Climate
Pun
Point of View
21. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Sonnet
Mood
Genre
Foil
22. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Symbol
Dialect
Expository Purpose
Poetic License
23. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Satire
Understatement
Fable
Heroic Couplet
24. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Superhero(ine)
Blank Verse
Antihero(ine)
Tragedy
25. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Tone
Elegy
Sarcasm
Rising Action
26. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Resolution
Heroic Couplet
Expository Purpose
Antagonist
27. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Iambic Pentameter
Realism
Persuasive Purpose
Organizing Principles
28. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Assonance
Mood
Rhetorical Question
Crisis
29. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Genre
Rhyme Scheme
Introduction
Foreshadowing
30. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Synecdoche
Foil
Characterization
Consonance
31. The process by which the writer develops a character
Iambic Pentameter
Organizing Principles
Characterization
Dramatic Monologue
32. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Denotation
Anthropomorphism
Organizing Principles
Simile
33. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Figure of Speech
Maxim
Exciting Force
Conflict
34. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Mood
Metaphor
Hero(ine)
35. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Complication
Parody
Denotation
Empathy
36. A word imitating the sound it represents
Poetic Syntax
Organizing Principles
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
37. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Syntax
Rhyme Scheme
Aside
38. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Aphorism
Metaphor
Understatement
Antithesis
39. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Romance
Maxim
Informative Purpose
Climax
40. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhythm
Comedy
Point of View
Rhyme Scheme
41. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Alliteration
Superhero(ine)
Argumentative purpose
Pastoral
42. Suggestions or hints
Point of View
Paradox
Implication
Maxim
43. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Theater
Figure of Speech
Blank Verse
Parable
44. 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
Genre
Synecdoche
Anastrophe
Allegory
45. 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
Personification
Metonymy
Expository Purpose
Legend
46. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Literal Meaning
Villain(ess)
Pastoral
Expressive Purpose
47. Recurring at regular intervals
Theater
Elegy
Climate
Rhythm
48. Conjoining contradictory terms
Pathos
Epigram
Feeling
Oxymoron
49. Before the main part or actually story
Comedy
Introduction
Setting
Style
50. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
Figurative Language
Tone