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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Aside
Simile
Antithesis
Realism
2. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Anthropomorphism
Understatement
Epigram
3. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Persuasive Purpose
Realism
Couplet
Theme
4. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Sprung rhythm
Analogy
Anecdote
Setting
5. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Theater
Blank Verse
Apostrophe
Figure of Speech
6. Word choice
Flashback
Ballad
Diction
Alliteration
7. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Poetic License
Denouement
Figurative Language
Setting
8. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Anachronism
Synecdoche
Imagery
Myth
9. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Analogy
Idiom
Elegy
10. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Narrative Purpose
Surrealism
Stream of Consciousness
Legend
11. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Denotation
Confidant
Farce
Poetic Syntax
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
Synecdoche
Denotation
Anthropomorphism
Antagonist
13. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Foreshadowing
Allegory
Comedy
Oxymoron
14. (tall): short piece of fiction
Anecdote
Parable
Tale
Personification
15. Recurring at regular intervals
Conclusion
Aphorism
Rhythm
Denotation
16. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Figure of Speech
Pathos
Characterization
17. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Anecdote
Crisis
Theme
Farce
18. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Persona
Interior Monologue
Consonance
Aphorism
19. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Irony
Context
Rhythm
20. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Flashback
Blank Verse
Stream of Consciousness
Interior Monologue
21. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Free Verse
Personification
Imagery
Sprung rhythm
22. Words mean exactly what they say
Satire
Flashback
Alliteration
Literal Meaning
23. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Cliche
Heroic Couplet
First-person
Elegy
24. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Tone
Empathy
Romance
Parallelism
25. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Hyperbole
Falling Action
Informative Purpose
Pathos
26. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Sarcasm
Couplet
Allusion
Flashback
27. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Climax
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme
Apostrophe
28. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Concrete Poetry
Euphemism
Soliloquy
Mood
29. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Ballad
Plot
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
30. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Conclusion
Foreshadowing
Metonymy
Free Verse
31. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Pun
Poetic Diction
Genre
Rhetorical Question
32. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Simile
Oxymoron
Diction
Consonance
33. Dramatic speech to oneself
Confidant
Soliloquy
Argumentative purpose
Climax
34. 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
Expository Purpose
Pastoral
Metonymy
Parallelism
35. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Feeling
Informative Purpose
Metaphor
36. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Conflict
Stream of Consciousness
Expressive Purpose
Metaphor
37. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Plot
Informative Purpose
Syntax
38. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Rhetorical Question
Argumentative purpose
Symbol
39. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Style
Satire
Myth
40. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Parable
Analogy
Mood
Parody
41. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Theme
Folktale
Metonymy
Anastrophe
42. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Empathy
Heroic Couplet
Parable
Monologue
43. The main (good) character
Cliche
Antithesis
Hero(ine)
Setting
44. To display emotions and ideas
Satire
Expressive Purpose
Euphony
Monologue
45. Exaggeration
Dialect
Syntax
Hyperbole
Anastrophe
46. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Comedy
Antagonist
Style
Villain(ess)
47. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Rhetorical Question
Descriptive Purpose
Tale
Exciting Force
48. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Dialect
Theme
Expository Purpose
Ode
49. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Paradox
Sprung rhythm
Descriptive Purpose
Third-person
50. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Theme
Anachronism
Foil
Sarcasm