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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Iambic Pentameter
Apostrophe
Perspective
Poetic Diction
2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Maxim
Epigram
Theater
3. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Complication
Allegory
Climax
Villain(ess)
4. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Inference
Figurative Language
Point of View
5. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Pastoral
Narrative
Tone
Ode
6. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Foil
Consonance
Anachronism
Metonymy
7. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Thesis
Expressive Purpose
Characterization
8. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Oxymoron
Argumentative purpose
Elegy
Rising Action
9. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Concrete Poetry
Villain(ess)
Allegory
Poetic Syntax
10. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Surrealism
Euphony
Maxim
11. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Apostrophe
Blank Verse
Farce
Consonance
12. Suggestions or hints
Hyperbole
Implication
Anthropomorphism
Perspective
13. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Setting
Rising Action
Persona
Sequence Patterns
14. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Climax
Confidant
Rhythm
15. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Soliloquy
Complication
Epithet
16. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Thesis
Pathos
Alliteration
Fable
17. Words mean exactly what they say
Rhetorical Question
Expressive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Onomatopoeia
18. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Realism
Farce
Sequence Patterns
Inference
19. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Point of View
Oxymoron
Anecdote
Stanza
20. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Dialect
Monologue
Thesis
21. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
First-person
Parallelism
Superhero(ine)
Empathy
22. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Setting
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
Aside
23. A word imitating the sound it represents
Myth
Sonnet
Complication
Onomatopoeia
24. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Feeling
Irony
Rhyme Scheme
Anastrophe
25. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Antihero(ine)
Mood
Aside
Euphemism
26. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Foil
Mood
Plot
27. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Synecdoche
Understatement
Simile
Epithet
28. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Surrealism
Figure of Speech
Euphemism
Poetic Syntax
29. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Imagery
Sarcasm
Anthropomorphism
30. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Parallelism
Foil
Ballad
Myth
31. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Stanza
Literal Meaning
Empathy
Atmosphere
32. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Pastoral
Context
Soliloquy
Idiom
33. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Maxim
Monologue
Syntax
Climate
34. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Monologue
Cliche
Aphorism
Falling Action
35. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Folktale
Sprung rhythm
Poetic License
36. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Confidant
Apostrophe
Empathy
Aphorism
37. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Pathos
Persuasive Purpose
Sprung rhythm
38. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Poetic License
Imagery
Tale
39. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Atmosphere
Diction
Flashback
Satire
40. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Figure of Speech
Mood
Assonance
First-person
41. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Crisis
Villain(ess)
Sonnet
Euphemism
42. A contradiction or dilemma
Narrative
Oxymoron
Paradox
Pun
43. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Epigram
Monologue
Metonymy
Rhetorical Question
44. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Climate
Tone
Dialect
Exposition
45. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Point of View
Conclusion
Parable
46. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Point of View
Third-person
Anachronism
Synecdoche
47. A play on words
Pun
Figure of Speech
Perspective
Topic
48. 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
Metonymy
Surrealism
Theater
Imagery
49. To display emotions and ideas
Thesis
Expressive Purpose
Theme
Perspective
50. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Heroic Couplet
Plot
Rhyme Scheme