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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Realism
Implication
Rhetorical Question
Foil
2. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Allusion
Tone
Anachronism
Sequence Patterns
3. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Parody
Voice
Realism
Understatement
4. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Epithet
Argumentative purpose
Satire
5. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Allusion
Apostrophe
Pastoral
Allegory
6. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Denotation
Antithesis
Literal Meaning
Rhyme Scheme
7. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Rising Action
Rhythm
Euphemism
Exciting Force
8. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Plot
Euphony
Genre
9. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Voice
Tragedy
Romance
Third-person
10. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Poetic License
Analogy
Soliloquy
Characterization
11. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Syntax
Maxim
Empathy
Ballad
12. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Crisis
Consonance
Antihero(ine)
Sprung rhythm
13. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Dialect
Tale
Exposition
Understatement
14. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Implication
Figurative Language
Persona
Sarcasm
15. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Style
Resolution
Soliloquy
Genre
16. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Rhythm
Persuasive Purpose
Anecdote
Tale
17. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Falling Action
Pathos
Stream of Consciousness
Empathy
18. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Tone
Antagonist
Context
19. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Sarcasm
Monologue
Comedy
Superhero(ine)
20. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Assonance
Narrative Purpose
Satire
21. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Allusion
Denotation
Ballad
Epigram
22. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Narrative Purpose
Interior Monologue
Surrealism
Pun
23. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Mood
Setting
Allegory
Descriptive Purpose
24. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Stream of Consciousness
Simile
Foreshadowing
25. Subject
Hero(ine)
Figure of Speech
Implication
Topic
26. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Comedy
Implication
Realism
27. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Interior Monologue
Couplet
Third-person
Understatement
28. An idea that is implied or suggested
Romance
Connotation
Free Verse
Paradox
29. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Literal Meaning
Understatement
Climax
30. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Climate
Denouement
Metaphor
Sonnet
31. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Concrete Poetry
Syntax
Genre
Anastrophe
32. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Implication
Falling Action
Sprung rhythm
Rising Action
33. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Assonance
Anachronism
Persona
Farce
34. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Informative Purpose
Rising Action
Figure of Speech
Parody
35. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Dramatic Monologue
Voice
Tone
Allusion
36. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Iambic Pentameter
Tone
Theater
37. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Romance
Anthropomorphism
Pastoral
Tone
38. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Iambic Pentameter
Aphorism
Parody
Allegory
39. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Feeling
Atmosphere
Conclusion
40. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Narrative Purpose
Climax
Blank Verse
41. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Figurative Language
Tale
Fable
Anachronism
42. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Mood
Atmosphere
Onomatopoeia
43. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Heroic Couplet
Foil
Maxim
Atmosphere
44. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Consonance
Metonymy
Antagonist
Descriptive Purpose
45. (tall): short piece of fiction
Euphemism
Rhetorical Question
Tragedy
Tale
46. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Empathy
Superhero(ine)
Tone
Cliche
47. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Poetic Syntax
Anecdote
Imagery
Expository Purpose
48. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Anthropomorphism
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Setting
49. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Complication
Exciting Force
Exposition
Folktale
50. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Anastrophe
Parody
Exciting Force
Sequence Patterns