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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The prevailing psychological state
Blank Verse
Climate
Allegory
Synecdoche
2. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Consonance
Narrative Purpose
Cliche
3. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Foreshadowing
Anastrophe
Crisis
Analogy
4. A contradiction or dilemma
Tragedy
Anecdote
Paradox
Figurative Language
5. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Antihero(ine)
Irony
Syntax
6. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Satire
Alliteration
Tale
Simile
7. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Feeling
Synecdoche
Tale
Poetic Syntax
8. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Couplet
Comedy
Flashback
Theater
9. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Expository Purpose
Ode
Literal Meaning
Characterization
10. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Rhetorical Question
Informative Purpose
Hero(ine)
Style
11. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Theme
Tragedy
Introduction
Anachronism
12. 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
Diction
Allegory
Third-person
13. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Exposition
Context
Argumentative purpose
Persuasive Purpose
14. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Hero(ine)
Superhero(ine)
Organizing Principles
Antagonist
15. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Crisis
Stereotype Character
Complication
16. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Topic
Diction
Genre
17. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Analogy
Voice
Exciting Force
Sonnet
18. Recurring at regular intervals
Context
Assonance
Rhythm
Introduction
19. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Expressive Purpose
Dialect
Soliloquy
20. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Narrative Purpose
Falling Action
Monologue
Plot
21. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Folktale
Sonnet
Syntax
Antihero(ine)
22. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Expository Purpose
Anecdote
Figurative Language
Antithesis
23. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Epigram
Denotation
Diction
24. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Onomatopoeia
Conclusion
Farce
Surrealism
25. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Superhero(ine)
Imagery
Epigram
Argumentative purpose
26. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Characterization
Complication
Pastoral
Oxymoron
27. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Stream of Consciousness
Mood
Epithet
Rhyme
28. Word choice
Mood
Diction
Myth
Heroic Couplet
29. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Figurative Language
Allusion
Mood
Satire
30. A final settlement
Atmosphere
Conclusion
Folktale
Pun
31. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (or vice versa) - the specific for the general (or vice versa) - or the material for the thing made from it
Dramatic Monologue
Context
Synecdoche
Interior Monologue
32. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Personification
Narrative
Romance
Exciting Force
33. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhetorical Question
Rhyme
Plot
Characterization
34. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Elegy
Interior Monologue
Surrealism
Hyperbole
35. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Epigram
Context
Irony
Synecdoche
36. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Sprung rhythm
Myth
Aphorism
37. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Inference
First-person
Anthropomorphism
Maxim
38. A short story teaching a lesson
Thesis
Parable
Aside
Theme
39. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Maxim
Poetic Diction
Fable
Rising Action
40. Words mean exactly what they say
Confidant
Allegory
Literal Meaning
Epigram
41. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Organizing Principles
Hyperbole
Informative Purpose
42. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Interior Monologue
Inference
Allusion
Farce
43. A play on words
Synecdoche
Rhetorical Question
Organizing Principles
Pun
44. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Sarcasm
Surrealism
Resolution
45. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Satire
Elegy
Concrete Poetry
Tone
46. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Atmosphere
Style
Analogy
Foil
47. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Onomatopoeia
Antagonist
Aphorism
Parable
48. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Rising Action
Free Verse
Rhythm
Figurative Language
49. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Understatement
Interior Monologue
Persona
Sarcasm
50. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Folktale
Fable
Onomatopoeia