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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. 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
Allusion
Iambic Pentameter
Alliteration
Conclusion
2. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Allegory
Epithet
Couplet
Anastrophe
3. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Tragedy
Rhythm
Idiom
Complication
4. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Poetic Diction
Tragedy
Sonnet
5. Subject
Farce
Heroic Couplet
Allegory
Topic
6. A message that digresses from the main subject
Alliteration
Aside
Heroic Couplet
Characterization
7. A word imitating the sound it represents
Legend
Stream of Consciousness
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
8. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Elegy
Dialect
Fable
Personification
9. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Introduction
Rhetorical Question
Sequence Patterns
Euphony
10. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Antihero(ine)
Resolution
Figurative Language
Consonance
11. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Ode
Denouement
Empathy
First-person
12. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Denouement
Elegy
Empathy
Poetic Diction
13. A short story teaching a lesson
Iambic Pentameter
Parable
Characterization
Blank Verse
14. Dictionary definition of a word
Dramatic Monologue
Figure of Speech
Denotation
Soliloquy
15. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Idiom
Climate
Poetic Diction
Topic
16. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Fable
Mood
Metonymy
Expressive Purpose
17. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Elegy
Anachronism
Descriptive Purpose
Oxymoron
18. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Argumentative purpose
Stream of Consciousness
Free Verse
Comedy
19. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Expressive Purpose
Stanza
Parallelism
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
Anthropomorphism
Metonymy
Persona
Narrative
21. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Romance
Foil
Connotation
22. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Euphemism
Sprung rhythm
Exposition
Stereotype Character
23. Dramatic speech to oneself
Connotation
Allusion
Anecdote
Soliloquy
24. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Antihero(ine)
Narrative Purpose
Foil
Figure of Speech
25. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Allusion
Anachronism
Atmosphere
Tragedy
26. A final settlement
Mood
Empathy
Monologue
Conclusion
27. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Thesis
Epithet
Apostrophe
Comedy
28. The main (good) character
Voice
Hero(ine)
Tone
Denotation
29. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Tone
Analogy
Poetic License
Dramatic Monologue
30. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Euphony
Villain(ess)
Assonance
31. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Diction
Cliche
Myth
Stanza
32. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Parable
Euphemism
Characterization
Sprung rhythm
33. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Anthropomorphism
Dialect
Allegory
Pathos
34. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Farce
Ballad
Sarcasm
Anecdote
35. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Expressive Purpose
Third-person
Aphorism
Anachronism
36. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Argumentative purpose
Organizing Principles
Exposition
Third-person
37. A group of lines in a poem
Poetic Diction
Stanza
Conflict
Point of View
38. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Aphorism
Poetic License
Idiom
39. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Concrete Poetry
Imagery
Introduction
40. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Resolution
Figure of Speech
Exciting Force
Allusion
41. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Tale
Conclusion
Rhyme Scheme
Maxim
42. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Myth
Irony
Apostrophe
Pastoral
43. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Personification
Exciting Force
Rhyme
Stanza
44. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Foil
Anthropomorphism
Climate
Personification
45. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Connotation
Climax
Ballad
Rhetorical Question
46. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Rhyme Scheme
Persuasive Purpose
Tragedy
Villain(ess)
47. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denotation
Persuasive Purpose
Hyperbole
Denouement
48. To display emotions and ideas
Dialect
Anastrophe
Expressive Purpose
Symbol
49. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Point of View
Antithesis
Theme
50. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Confidant
Fable
Expressive Purpose