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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Resolution
Narrative
Interior Monologue
Alliteration
2. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Realism
Narrative
Persona
Romance
3. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Consonance
Informative Purpose
Onomatopoeia
Organizing Principles
4. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Anachronism
Imagery
Simile
5. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Romance
Climate
Iambic Pentameter
Tragedy
6. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Theater
Villain(ess)
Narrative
Aside
7. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Soliloquy
Informative Purpose
Synecdoche
Fable
8. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Atmosphere
Maxim
Denouement
9. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Farce
Organizing Principles
Elegy
Theme
10. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Feeling
Climax
Theater
Euphemism
11. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Realism
Analogy
Legend
12. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Foreshadowing
Falling Action
Blank Verse
Inference
13. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Realism
Feeling
Organizing Principles
Parallelism
14. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Conflict
Imagery
Simile
Allegory
15. The final actions or solution of the plot
Villain(ess)
Sarcasm
Resolution
Allegory
16. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Argumentative purpose
Allusion
Assonance
Antagonist
17. A message that digresses from the main subject
Poetic Diction
Stereotype Character
Aside
Legend
18. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Third-person
Concrete Poetry
Connotation
Tale
19. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Stream of Consciousness
Pun
Climate
20. An idea that is implied or suggested
Hero(ine)
Sonnet
Connotation
Plot
21. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Simile
Perspective
Flashback
22. Words mean exactly what they say
Aside
Perspective
Folktale
Literal Meaning
23. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Foreshadowing
Consonance
Epithet
Concrete Poetry
24. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Setting
Introduction
Rhetorical Question
25. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Ballad
Irony
First-person
Exciting Force
26. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Anecdote
Syntax
Blank Verse
Implication
27. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Consonance
Paradox
Epigram
Confidant
28. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Alliteration
Allusion
Antithesis
Cliche
29. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Irony
Couplet
Falling Action
Voice
30. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Irony
Epithet
Persona
Stereotype Character
31. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Oxymoron
Theater
Maxim
Allegory
32. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Heroic Couplet
Tragedy
Folktale
33. A short story teaching a lesson
Informative Purpose
Anastrophe
Parable
Persuasive Purpose
34. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Plot
Dialect
Expository Purpose
Denouement
35. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Climax
Foreshadowing
Personification
Rhyme Scheme
36. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Context
Informative Purpose
Poetic Syntax
Climate
37. Dictionary definition of a word
Foil
Denotation
Topic
Style
38. Recurring at regular intervals
Poetic Syntax
Rhythm
Empathy
Crisis
39. Subject
Topic
Rhythm
Genre
Irony
40. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Symbol
Pathos
Anthropomorphism
41. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Paradox
Informative Purpose
Romance
Argumentative purpose
42. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Apostrophe
Tragedy
Soliloquy
Sarcasm
43. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Sequence Patterns
Surrealism
Anastrophe
Elegy
44. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Personification
Narrative
Voice
Poetic License
45. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Idiom
Theater
Couplet
Pastoral
46. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Persuasive Purpose
Metaphor
Pun
Diction
47. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Genre
Falling Action
Context
Third-person
48. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Cliche
Imagery
Stream of Consciousness
Dialect
49. To display emotions and ideas
Context
Informative Purpose
Expressive Purpose
Descriptive Purpose
50. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Foil
Ballad
Dramatic Monologue
Rhythm
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