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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Consonance
Parody
Style
Persona
2. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Antithesis
Simile
Ode
Pastoral
3. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Informative Purpose
Comedy
Synecdoche
Anachronism
4. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Persuasive Purpose
Aphorism
Ode
5. To display emotions and ideas
Euphemism
Expressive Purpose
Topic
Perspective
6. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Inference
Alliteration
Connotation
Cliche
7. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Villain(ess)
Allusion
Antihero(ine)
Context
8. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Stream of Consciousness
Complication
Antagonist
9. Recurring at regular intervals
Superhero(ine)
Pun
Rhythm
Voice
10. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Parallelism
Third-person
Tale
11. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Heroic Couplet
Exposition
First-person
Sarcasm
12. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Pun
Oxymoron
Monologue
Persuasive Purpose
13. A final settlement
Conclusion
Irony
Flashback
Realism
14. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Ballad
Alliteration
Rhyme
15. Subject
Stereotype Character
Conflict
Topic
Narrative Purpose
16. Words mean exactly what they say
Apostrophe
Voice
Antithesis
Literal Meaning
17. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Perspective
Apostrophe
Antagonist
Soliloquy
18. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Consonance
Resolution
Ballad
19. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Epigram
Figure of Speech
Tone
Alliteration
20. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Parody
Metonymy
Climate
Informative Purpose
21. A message that digresses from the main subject
Resolution
Aside
Rhythm
Maxim
22. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Poetic Diction
Rhetorical Question
Farce
Expressive Purpose
23. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Third-person
Rhyme Scheme
Dramatic Monologue
24. Suggestions or hints
Climax
Implication
Expository Purpose
Anachronism
25. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Style
Blank Verse
Dialect
26. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Point of View
Myth
Antihero(ine)
Consonance
27. Before the main part or actually story
Epithet
Inference
Introduction
Rhyme Scheme
28. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Aside
Context
Syntax
29. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Rhythm
Oxymoron
Thesis
Voice
30. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Metaphor
Sarcasm
Monologue
31. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Satire
Poetic Diction
Rhythm
Narrative
32. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Syntax
Blank Verse
Aphorism
Onomatopoeia
33. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Narrative
Anachronism
Informative Purpose
Tale
34. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Plot
Fable
Feeling
Realism
35. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Concrete Poetry
Stereotype Character
Couplet
Topic
36. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Heroic Couplet
Tragedy
Anecdote
Stereotype Character
37. The process by which the writer develops a character
Descriptive Purpose
Expressive Purpose
Falling Action
Characterization
38. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Euphemism
Persona
Figurative Language
39. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Fable
Figurative Language
Surrealism
Stereotype Character
40. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Parody
Ode
Symbol
41. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Tale
Alliteration
Allusion
Topic
42. A short story teaching a lesson
Narrative Purpose
Fable
Cliche
Parable
43. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Poetic Syntax
Concrete Poetry
Ode
Assonance
44. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Couplet
Figure of Speech
Tragedy
45. A group of lines in a poem
Simile
Crisis
Stanza
Climate
46. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Third-person
Argumentative purpose
Persuasive Purpose
Heroic Couplet
47. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Farce
Pathos
Style
Folktale
48. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Pathos
Third-person
Climate
49. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Syntax
Metaphor
Fable
Rhythm
50. Emotional appeal
Complication
Crisis
Pathos
Myth
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