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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Metonymy
Realism
Expository Purpose
Tone
2. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Interior Monologue
Genre
Antagonist
Sonnet
3. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Diction
Allegory
Idiom
4. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Inference
Conclusion
Theater
5. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Third-person
Free Verse
Allusion
6. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Theme
Anthropomorphism
Onomatopoeia
7. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Personification
Maxim
Rising Action
Allusion
8. Dramatic speech to oneself
Allusion
Rhyme Scheme
Soliloquy
Context
9. Humorous imitation
Apostrophe
Syntax
Rhyme
Parody
10. A short story teaching a lesson
Consonance
Maxim
Irony
Parable
11. The prevailing psychological state
Dramatic Monologue
Feeling
Climate
Literal Meaning
12. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Pathos
Complication
Feeling
13. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Expressive Purpose
Parallelism
Falling Action
Foil
14. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Context
Paradox
Metaphor
Theater
15. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Metaphor
Third-person
Apostrophe
Iambic Pentameter
16. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Complication
Villain(ess)
Rhythm
17. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Confidant
Theater
Argumentative purpose
Oxymoron
18. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Allegory
Paradox
Superhero(ine)
Rhyme
19. Dictionary definition of a word
Argumentative purpose
Sarcasm
Denotation
Stanza
20. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Farce
Antithesis
Poetic Diction
Parody
21. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Figurative Language
Poetic Syntax
Dialect
Diction
22. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Expository Purpose
Complication
Ballad
Satire
23. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Climate
Pastoral
Irony
Narrative
24. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Euphony
Context
Couplet
Stanza
25. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Parallelism
Stereotype Character
Crisis
26. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Rhyme
Anecdote
Blank Verse
Atmosphere
27. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Topic
Mood
Anachronism
Resolution
28. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Hero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
Tale
Expressive Purpose
29. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Rising Action
Setting
Anthropomorphism
Symbol
30. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Stereotype Character
Theater
Topic
Empathy
31. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Sarcasm
Anachronism
Dramatic Monologue
32. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Syntax
Rhyme
Antihero(ine)
33. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Metonymy
Poetic Diction
Rhythm
34. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Perspective
Poetic Diction
Voice
Tragedy
35. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Anecdote
Stanza
Sprung rhythm
36. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Persona
Pastoral
Parable
37. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Farce
Setting
Comedy
Assonance
38. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Antagonist
Implication
Iambic Pentameter
Assonance
39. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Metaphor
Climax
Farce
Allusion
40. A final settlement
Voice
Climax
Apostrophe
Conclusion
41. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Stanza
Antihero(ine)
Inference
42. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Hyperbole
Folktale
Third-person
43. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Iambic Pentameter
Understatement
Connotation
44. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Pathos
Exposition
Mood
Crisis
45. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Poetic License
Rhetorical Question
Sonnet
Theme
46. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Satire
Epigram
Soliloquy
Pun
47. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Informative Purpose
Personification
Sprung rhythm
Stream of Consciousness
48. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Syntax
Exposition
Genre
49. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Folktale
Consonance
Atmosphere
Iambic Pentameter
50. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Tone
Folktale
Blank Verse
Confidant