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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. 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
Rising Action
Poetic License
Synecdoche
Sequence Patterns
2. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Argumentative purpose
Characterization
Connotation
3. An idea that is implied or suggested
Idiom
Epithet
Connotation
Confidant
4. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Concrete Poetry
Maxim
Aphorism
Feeling
5. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Confidant
Crisis
Perspective
Epithet
6. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Persona
Antithesis
Plot
Descriptive Purpose
7. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Pun
Ode
Descriptive Purpose
Antagonist
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
Iambic Pentameter
Syntax
Third-person
Couplet
9. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Anastrophe
Stanza
Genre
Iambic Pentameter
10. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Folktale
Rhetorical Question
Third-person
Connotation
11. Subject
Introduction
Anthropomorphism
Topic
Rhyme
12. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Climate
Persuasive Purpose
Heroic Couplet
13. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Connotation
Cliche
Tragedy
Flashback
14. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Soliloquy
Sequence Patterns
Plot
Foil
15. Emotional appeal
Pastoral
Rhyme Scheme
Exposition
Pathos
16. The perspective from which a story is told
Synecdoche
Narrative Purpose
Metonymy
Point of View
17. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Informative Purpose
Interior Monologue
Feeling
Genre
18. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Perspective
Argumentative purpose
Informative Purpose
Parallelism
19. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Aside
Rhetorical Question
Alliteration
Free Verse
20. A short story teaching a lesson
Maxim
Narrative
Parable
Blank Verse
21. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Assonance
Couplet
Maxim
22. Series of events
Concrete Poetry
Plot
Pastoral
Apostrophe
23. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Stereotype Character
Antithesis
Climax
Soliloquy
24. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Ballad
Denouement
First-person
Apostrophe
25. (tall): short piece of fiction
Crisis
Ode
Tale
First-person
26. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Analogy
Narrative
Sequence Patterns
Alliteration
27. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Paradox
Poetic Syntax
Oxymoron
28. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Tale
Euphemism
Context
Epigram
29. The process by which the writer develops a character
Blank Verse
Diction
Characterization
Inference
30. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Allegory
Tragedy
Stream of Consciousness
31. The prevailing psychological state
Irony
Consonance
Metonymy
Climate
32. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Euphemism
Flashback
Anastrophe
Aside
33. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Introduction
Poetic License
Argumentative purpose
Comedy
34. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Allegory
Poetic Diction
Sprung rhythm
Syntax
35. A group of lines in a poem
Antithesis
Allegory
Stanza
Denotation
36. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Hyperbole
Exposition
Allegory
Stream of Consciousness
37. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Crisis
Exposition
Argumentative purpose
Ode
38. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Mood
Concrete Poetry
Fable
Organizing Principles
39. Word choice
Expressive Purpose
Ode
Diction
Thesis
40. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Tone
Ode
Elegy
Myth
41. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Argumentative purpose
Sarcasm
Assonance
Synecdoche
42. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Comedy
Realism
Rhetorical Question
Alliteration
43. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Parody
Atmosphere
Sonnet
44. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Denouement
Couplet
First-person
Denotation
45. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Parallelism
Feeling
Argumentative purpose
Thesis
46. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Paradox
Heroic Couplet
Idiom
47. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Symbol
Dialect
Realism
Simile
48. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Rhyme
Free Verse
Dialect
Satire
49. 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
Rhyme
Superhero(ine)
Alliteration
50. A play on words
Tale
Pun
Hero(ine)
Topic