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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Foreshadowing
Mood
Sequence Patterns
Myth
2. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Poetic Syntax
Comedy
Plot
3. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Figurative Language
Narrative
Third-person
Flashback
4. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Topic
Theme
Characterization
Legend
5. The main (good) character
Metonymy
Hero(ine)
Crisis
Inference
6. A group of lines in a poem
Connotation
Plot
Stanza
Tone
7. Word choice
Poetic License
Ode
First-person
Diction
8. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Connotation
Thesis
Climax
Topic
9. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhythm
Exposition
Rhetorical Question
Foreshadowing
10. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Characterization
Aside
Metonymy
11. 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
Stream of Consciousness
Anachronism
Elegy
12. 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
Figure of Speech
Rising Action
Flashback
Synecdoche
13. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Persuasive Purpose
Voice
Simile
Euphemism
14. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anastrophe
Comedy
Parallelism
Anthropomorphism
15. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Argumentative purpose
Assonance
Epithet
Sequence Patterns
16. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
First-person
Paradox
Understatement
Style
17. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Narrative Purpose
Onomatopoeia
Descriptive Purpose
18. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Point of View
Conflict
Understatement
Stanza
19. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Oxymoron
Concrete Poetry
Blank Verse
Context
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
Conclusion
Inference
Rhetorical Question
Metonymy
21. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Satire
Diction
Surrealism
22. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Hyperbole
Aphorism
Heroic Couplet
23. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Genre
Rhetorical Question
Implication
24. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Anastrophe
Understatement
Irony
Alliteration
25. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Interior Monologue
Introduction
Blank Verse
Oxymoron
26. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Oxymoron
Context
Allusion
Cliche
27. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Parody
Theater
Rhyme
Aphorism
28. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Pathos
Third-person
Perspective
Oxymoron
29. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Flashback
Figurative Language
Dramatic Monologue
30. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Topic
Rising Action
Allegory
Persona
31. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Allusion
Atmosphere
Antihero(ine)
Pastoral
32. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Organizing Principles
First-person
Irony
33. Series of events
Informative Purpose
Rhythm
Plot
Concrete Poetry
34. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Idiom
Hyperbole
Analogy
Setting
35. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Stream of Consciousness
Parable
Denouement
Synecdoche
36. Emotional appeal
Allusion
Irony
Plot
Pathos
37. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Sequence Patterns
Sonnet
Thesis
Monologue
38. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Flashback
Interior Monologue
Diction
Organizing Principles
39. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Conflict
Dialect
Blank Verse
Consonance
40. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Free Verse
Characterization
Fable
41. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Rhyme Scheme
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Flashback
42. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Alliteration
Fable
Tragedy
Crisis
43. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Comedy
Denotation
Third-person
Tone
44. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Stream of Consciousness
Persona
Onomatopoeia
45. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Narrative
Antithesis
Denouement
46. The process by which the writer develops a character
Context
Characterization
Syntax
Genre
47. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Rhetorical Question
Euphemism
Poetic Syntax
Symbol
48. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Descriptive Purpose
Plot
Conflict
Falling Action
49. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Stereotype Character
Concrete Poetry
Apostrophe
Complication
50. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Climate
Assonance
Idiom
Complication