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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Parallelism
Maxim
Oxymoron
Inference
2. A group of lines in a poem
Analogy
Synecdoche
Stanza
Aphorism
3. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Legend
Persona
Tragedy
Confidant
4. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Feeling
Pun
Idiom
5. To display emotions and ideas
Literal Meaning
Romance
Alliteration
Expressive Purpose
6. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Analogy
Connotation
Narrative
Personification
7. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Persona
Exciting Force
Villain(ess)
Expository Purpose
8. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Foreshadowing
Organizing Principles
Analogy
Resolution
9. 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
Literal Meaning
Iambic Pentameter
Pathos
Persona
10. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Perspective
Sonnet
Ballad
11. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Personification
Consonance
Stanza
Sprung rhythm
12. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Idiom
Tone
Romance
Interior Monologue
13. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Pastoral
Persona
Sequence Patterns
Inference
14. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Heroic Couplet
Rhythm
Aphorism
Hyperbole
15. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Pun
Comedy
Cliche
Superhero(ine)
16. A final settlement
Voice
Conclusion
Fable
Monologue
17. Subject
Stanza
Stream of Consciousness
Topic
Narrative
18. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Confidant
Epithet
Monologue
Anecdote
19. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Point of View
Style
Free Verse
20. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Plot
Poetic License
Aphorism
Inference
21. Before the main part or actually story
Empathy
Introduction
Syntax
Folktale
22. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Poetic Diction
Anastrophe
23. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Style
Theater
Heroic Couplet
24. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Aphorism
Elegy
Antithesis
Idiom
25. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Third-person
Characterization
Figurative Language
26. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Imagery
Elegy
Aside
Realism
27. Point of view
Exciting Force
Empathy
Iambic Pentameter
Perspective
28. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Poetic Syntax
Conclusion
Alliteration
Metaphor
29. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Conflict
Parallelism
Confidant
30. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Expository Purpose
Informative Purpose
Narrative Purpose
Parable
31. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Elegy
Monologue
Anastrophe
32. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Foreshadowing
Exciting Force
Epigram
Elegy
33. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Couplet
Interior Monologue
Figure of Speech
Stream of Consciousness
34. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Crisis
Stream of Consciousness
Literal Meaning
35. Words mean exactly what they say
Figurative Language
Organizing Principles
Literal Meaning
Elegy
36. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Organizing Principles
Assonance
Thesis
Tragedy
37. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Ballad
Complication
Feeling
Narrative
38. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Cliche
Third-person
Antithesis
Metaphor
39. Exaggeration
Interior Monologue
Hyperbole
Parallelism
Syntax
40. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Rhythm
Realism
Theater
41. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Empathy
Myth
Symbol
Couplet
42. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Rhetorical Question
Falling Action
Narrative Purpose
43. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Soliloquy
Satire
Consonance
Falling Action
44. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Organizing Principles
Surrealism
Argumentative purpose
45. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Empathy
Soliloquy
Poetic Diction
Characterization
46. Recurring at regular intervals
Antithesis
Rhythm
Romance
Tone
47. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Theater
Flashback
Connotation
48. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Climax
Allegory
Feeling
Stanza
49. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Conclusion
Exposition
Figurative Language
Tone
50. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Euphony
Conflict
Idiom
Crisis