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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The prevailing psychological state
Villain(ess)
Soliloquy
Climate
Parable
2. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Exciting Force
Sequence Patterns
Point of View
Euphemism
3. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Conflict
Climax
Aphorism
4. Exaggeration
Sonnet
Hyperbole
Satire
Resolution
5. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Exposition
Euphony
Pastoral
Rhetorical Question
6. To display emotions and ideas
Informative Purpose
Dialect
Consonance
Expressive Purpose
7. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Exposition
Sprung rhythm
Poetic Diction
Dramatic Monologue
8. Conjoining contradictory terms
Climax
Paradox
Legend
Oxymoron
9. The perspective from which a story is told
Sequence Patterns
Euphony
Dialect
Point of View
10. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Rhyme Scheme
Inference
Aside
Realism
11. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Persuasive Purpose
Maxim
Mood
Iambic Pentameter
12. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Topic
Rhetorical Question
Mood
13. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Anastrophe
Villain(ess)
Expressive Purpose
Dramatic Monologue
14. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Rhetorical Question
Anastrophe
Conflict
Tale
15. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Rhythm
Mood
Conclusion
Stream of Consciousness
16. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Epigram
Ode
Hero(ine)
Confidant
17. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Anastrophe
Setting
Poetic Syntax
Point of View
18. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Couplet
Crisis
Pastoral
Denotation
19. Dictionary definition of a word
Concrete Poetry
Alliteration
Denotation
Epigram
20. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Syntax
Denotation
Theme
Surrealism
21. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Empathy
Apostrophe
Rising Action
22. 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
Introduction
Falling Action
Rhythm
Synecdoche
23. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Conflict
Stream of Consciousness
Antihero(ine)
24. Emotional appeal
Blank Verse
Hero(ine)
Iambic Pentameter
Pathos
25. A group of lines in a poem
Euphemism
Stanza
Figurative Language
Paradox
26. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Feeling
Couplet
Style
Allusion
27. 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
Stereotype Character
Onomatopoeia
Parallelism
Allusion
28. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Rhyme
Understatement
Metonymy
Foil
29. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Voice
Informative Purpose
Context
30. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Antihero(ine)
Farce
Anthropomorphism
Empathy
31. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Empathy
Stream of Consciousness
Assonance
Falling Action
32. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Rhyme
Anachronism
Crisis
Interior Monologue
33. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Oxymoron
Assonance
Atmosphere
Personification
34. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Topic
Poetic License
Rhyme Scheme
Complication
35. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Idiom
Metaphor
Anecdote
Antihero(ine)
36. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Surrealism
Antihero(ine)
Third-person
37. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Resolution
Superhero(ine)
Narrative
Hyperbole
38. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Descriptive Purpose
Figurative Language
Expressive Purpose
Rhyme Scheme
39. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Elegy
Denouement
Rhythm
Cliche
40. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Iambic Pentameter
Euphemism
Theater
Personification
41. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Monologue
Rhyme Scheme
Soliloquy
Cliche
42. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Poetic License
Epigram
Folktale
Diction
43. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Conflict
Antithesis
44. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Informative Purpose
Allegory
Empathy
Iambic Pentameter
45. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Hyperbole
Antithesis
Metaphor
Stereotype Character
46. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Romance
Resolution
Persona
47. Point of view
Interior Monologue
Perspective
Antihero(ine)
Expressive Purpose
48. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Soliloquy
Narrative Purpose
Sonnet
Villain(ess)
49. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Parable
Cliche
Style
First-person
50. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Cliche
Tale
Myth
Soliloquy