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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.
Surrealism
Poetic Syntax
Exciting Force
Climate
2. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Romance
Cliche
Villain(ess)
Simile
3. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Fable
Voice
Ode
Thesis
4. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Scheme
Crisis
5. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Dialect
Superhero(ine)
Surrealism
Figure of Speech
6. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Stanza
Tone
Parable
7. 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
Theater
Rising Action
Stereotype Character
Crisis
8. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Comedy
Romance
Cliche
9. The prevailing psychological state
Syntax
Tale
Foil
Climate
10. Word choice
Apostrophe
Consonance
Diction
Allegory
11. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Farce
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
Rhetorical Question
12. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Antithesis
Organizing Principles
Resolution
13. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Genre
Sarcasm
Perspective
Superhero(ine)
14. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Introduction
Pun
Symbol
15. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Poetic Syntax
Narrative
Realism
16. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Literal Meaning
Mood
Allegory
17. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Complication
Farce
Legend
Poetic Diction
18. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Symbol
Genre
Realism
19. A group of lines in a poem
Superhero(ine)
Stanza
Dramatic Monologue
Style
20. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Parable
Oxymoron
Narrative Purpose
21. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Maxim
Paradox
Monologue
Characterization
22. Suggestions or hints
Context
Soliloquy
Implication
Exposition
23. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Anecdote
Denouement
Imagery
24. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Syntax
Soliloquy
Allusion
Parody
25. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Legend
Satire
Aside
26. Humorous imitation
Parody
Feeling
Antihero(ine)
Conflict
27. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Poetic License
Conflict
Sequence Patterns
Folktale
28. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Soliloquy
Foil
Informative Purpose
29. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Sonnet
Narrative Purpose
Atmosphere
Antihero(ine)
30. Subject
Ballad
Rising Action
Exposition
Topic
31. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Anastrophe
Narrative
Maxim
32. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Symbol
Allusion
Pastoral
33. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Denouement
Elegy
First-person
Dramatic Monologue
34. Dramatic speech to oneself
Anastrophe
Metonymy
First-person
Soliloquy
35. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Villain(ess)
Parable
36. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Introduction
Ode
Stereotype Character
Pathos
37. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Exciting Force
Expressive Purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Imagery
38. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Mood
Anachronism
Stanza
Satire
39. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Voice
Theme
Personification
Parody
40. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
First-person
Implication
Confidant
41. A word imitating the sound it represents
Third-person
Characterization
Onomatopoeia
Poetic License
42. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Tone
Anachronism
Descriptive Purpose
43. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Implication
Consonance
Persuasive Purpose
Epithet
44. Recurring at regular intervals
Free Verse
Rhythm
Paradox
Topic
45. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Expository Purpose
Heroic Couplet
Parody
Crisis
46. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Sonnet
Simile
Romance
Style
47. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Foil
Aphorism
Anecdote
Monologue
48. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Conflict
Falling Action
Metaphor
Monologue
49. A message that digresses from the main subject
Romance
Paradox
Aside
Mood
50. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Hyperbole
Elegy
Idiom
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