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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Plot
Persona
Third-person
Setting
2. Conjoining contradictory terms
Epigram
Figurative Language
Antagonist
Oxymoron
3. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Satire
Pastoral
First-person
4. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Maxim
Narrative Purpose
Stream of Consciousness
5. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Pun
Mood
Thesis
Legend
6. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Couplet
Pastoral
Organizing Principles
7. A final settlement
Heroic Couplet
Hero(ine)
Conclusion
Cliche
8. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Foreshadowing
Style
Anastrophe
Blank Verse
9. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Poetic Syntax
Antagonist
Flashback
Heroic Couplet
10. Words mean exactly what they say
Expressive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Hyperbole
Setting
11. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Euphony
Style
Narrative Purpose
Euphemism
12. To display emotions and ideas
Soliloquy
Expressive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Euphony
13. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Rising Action
Concrete Poetry
Conflict
Anthropomorphism
14. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Ballad
Anachronism
Theme
Argumentative purpose
15. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Plot
Tone
Narrative
16. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Aphorism
Stanza
Poetic License
Crisis
17. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Euphemism
Synecdoche
Inference
Expository Purpose
18. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Foreshadowing
Expressive Purpose
Implication
Genre
19. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Free Verse
Idiom
Allegory
Sonnet
20. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Hero(ine)
Point of View
Antagonist
21. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Heroic Couplet
Ode
Anachronism
22. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Inference
Consonance
Metaphor
23. A short story teaching a lesson
Characterization
Parable
Cliche
Ode
24. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Hero(ine)
Simile
Characterization
Surrealism
25. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Pastoral
Climax
Diction
Complication
26. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Parallelism
Comedy
Sarcasm
27. Suggestions or hints
Topic
Metaphor
Genre
Implication
28. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Denotation
Setting
Theme
29. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Rhythm
Exciting Force
Argumentative purpose
Poetic Diction
30. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Antagonist
Villain(ess)
Foreshadowing
Complication
31. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Rhyme
Irony
Third-person
Poetic Syntax
32. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Denotation
Parallelism
Villain(ess)
Ballad
33. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Myth
Understatement
Anastrophe
34. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Mood
Climate
Free Verse
Context
35. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Pun
Rhyme Scheme
Falling Action
First-person
36. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Understatement
Sequence Patterns
Context
Narrative
37. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Hero(ine)
Ode
Implication
Anecdote
38. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Consonance
Alliteration
Symbol
Figure of Speech
39. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Blank Verse
Exciting Force
Anastrophe
40. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Narrative Purpose
Allegory
Literal Meaning
Conclusion
41. A message that digresses from the main subject
Farce
Synecdoche
Aside
Third-person
42. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Expository Purpose
Denouement
Poetic License
Sarcasm
43. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Allusion
Narrative Purpose
Parody
Superhero(ine)
44. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Iambic Pentameter
Farce
Personification
Parallelism
45. An idea that is implied or suggested
Oxymoron
Dialect
Connotation
Climax
46. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Setting
Concrete Poetry
Introduction
47. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Implication
Dramatic Monologue
Perspective
Figure of Speech
48. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Parable
Empathy
Satire
Tale
49. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Parody
Legend
Consonance
Concrete Poetry
50. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Sprung rhythm
Antihero(ine)
Aside
Tale
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