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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme
Legend
Expository Purpose
2. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Villain(ess)
Theme
Elegy
Sprung rhythm
3. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Inference
Symbol
Antagonist
Poetic License
4. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Elegy
Antithesis
Pastoral
5. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Assonance
First-person
Ballad
6. Exaggeration
Point of View
Pathos
Hyperbole
Rhythm
7. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Apostrophe
Heroic Couplet
First-person
Realism
8. A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents - each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Genre
Literal Meaning
Denouement
Iambic Pentameter
9. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Satire
Ballad
Thesis
Poetic Diction
10. The freedom of a poet in writing
Villain(ess)
Theme
Context
Poetic License
11. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Euphemism
Paradox
Rhyme Scheme
Ode
12. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Feeling
Dialect
Tale
Antihero(ine)
13. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Complication
Ballad
Pun
Narrative
14. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Fable
Sarcasm
Rising Action
Myth
15. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Aphorism
Irony
Sonnet
16. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Perspective
Thesis
Climate
Setting
17. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Allegory
Superhero(ine)
Surrealism
Legend
18. Humorous imitation
Parody
Sprung rhythm
Realism
Concrete Poetry
19. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Connotation
Exposition
Villain(ess)
Epithet
20. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Crisis
Rhyme
Denotation
Allegory
21. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Monologue
Simile
Parable
Plot
22. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Romance
Aphorism
Iambic Pentameter
Connotation
23. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Rhyme Scheme
Blank Verse
Expressive Purpose
Figurative Language
24. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Fable
Parable
Denouement
25. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Iambic Pentameter
Falling Action
Stream of Consciousness
26. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Anthropomorphism
Symbol
Fable
Epigram
27. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Antihero(ine)
Complication
Comedy
Empathy
28. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Couplet
Personification
Alliteration
Maxim
29. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Metaphor
Flashback
Surrealism
30. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Pastoral
Personification
Aphorism
Figurative Language
31. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Metaphor
Plot
Foreshadowing
Narrative
32. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Monologue
Personification
Pastoral
33. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Epigram
Inference
Alliteration
Realism
34. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Anecdote
Literal Meaning
Euphony
Couplet
35. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Argumentative purpose
Rhyme Scheme
Cliche
Antithesis
36. (tall): short piece of fiction
Rising Action
Anastrophe
Fable
Tale
37. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Perspective
Irony
Farce
Assonance
38. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Rhyme
Epithet
Romance
Tragedy
39. Series of events
Parody
Rhetorical Question
Plot
Setting
40. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Inference
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
41. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Parody
Climax
Poetic Diction
Persona
42. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Persona
Hero(ine)
Metonymy
Antagonist
43. To display emotions and ideas
Foreshadowing
Diction
Denouement
Expressive Purpose
44. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Empathy
Syntax
Denouement
Dialect
45. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Aphorism
Rhyme Scheme
Heroic Couplet
Thesis
46. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Folktale
Third-person
Empathy
Epigram
47. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Foreshadowing
Monologue
Hyperbole
Atmosphere
48. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Feeling
Figure of Speech
Antihero(ine)
Paradox
49. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Ode
Atmosphere
Foreshadowing
Figure of Speech
50. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Context
Folktale
Foil
Realism
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