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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Rhetorical Question
Crisis
Rising Action
Simile
2. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Rhyme Scheme
Surrealism
Expository Purpose
3. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Topic
Conflict
Apostrophe
4. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Mood
Literal Meaning
Exciting Force
5. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Expressive Purpose
Cliche
Allusion
Complication
6. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Consonance
Soliloquy
Persona
7. The prevailing psychological state
Antagonist
Anachronism
Climate
Argumentative purpose
8. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Theme
Symbol
Heroic Couplet
Anecdote
9. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Paradox
Atmosphere
Genre
Hero(ine)
10. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Superhero(ine)
Concrete Poetry
Epigram
Metonymy
11. (tall): short piece of fiction
Foreshadowing
Tale
First-person
Irony
12. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Myth
Sprung rhythm
Antihero(ine)
Topic
13. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Stanza
Topic
Satire
Free Verse
14. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Figure of Speech
Folktale
Mood
Exciting Force
15. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Stanza
Heroic Couplet
Syntax
16. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Descriptive Purpose
Denouement
Iambic Pentameter
17. Word choice
Diction
Epithet
Inference
Climate
18. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Heroic Couplet
Flashback
Symbol
Antithesis
19. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Third-person
Narrative
Apostrophe
20. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Irony
Connotation
Flashback
Analogy
21. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Anastrophe
Interior Monologue
Surrealism
22. The main (good) character
Cliche
Euphemism
Hero(ine)
Allusion
23. A short story teaching a lesson
Theme
Soliloquy
Parable
Rising Action
24. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Euphony
Anthropomorphism
Stream of Consciousness
Superhero(ine)
25. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Third-person
Persona
Sarcasm
Complication
26. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Satire
Confidant
Complication
27. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Syntax
Rhythm
Pastoral
28. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Hero(ine)
Conclusion
Pun
Foreshadowing
29. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Voice
Persona
Flashback
Allegory
30. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Allusion
Superhero(ine)
Voice
Conflict
31. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Conflict
Confidant
Epigram
32. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Superhero(ine)
Denouement
Rhyme
33. Dramatic speech to oneself
Ode
Romance
Plot
Soliloquy
34. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Informative Purpose
Allegory
Apostrophe
Maxim
35. A message that digresses from the main subject
Conflict
Parable
Topic
Aside
36. A word imitating the sound it represents
Hero(ine)
Pathos
Cliche
Onomatopoeia
37. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Allegory
Poetic Diction
Hero(ine)
Romance
38. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Aphorism
Anastrophe
Poetic License
39. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Conflict
Point of View
Legend
Inference
40. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Satire
Folktale
Hyperbole
Foil
41. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anecdote
Rhyme Scheme
Sarcasm
Feeling
42. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Monologue
Expository Purpose
Informative Purpose
Ode
43. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Pun
Myth
Idiom
Rhyme
44. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Metaphor
Villain(ess)
Understatement
Connotation
45. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Parable
Metaphor
Tale
46. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Parallelism
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
Point of View
47. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Figurative Language
Personification
Resolution
48. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Figure of Speech
Foil
Syntax
49. Exaggeration
Syntax
Paradox
Hyperbole
Implication
50. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Apostrophe
Connotation
Idiom
Antithesis
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