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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Before the main part or actually story
Denouement
Irony
Introduction
Allegory
2. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Understatement
Rhetorical Question
Maxim
Allegory
3. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Inference
Sprung rhythm
Hyperbole
4. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Euphemism
Persona
Antithesis
Flashback
5. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Monologue
Informative Purpose
Aphorism
Soliloquy
6. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Sequence Patterns
Allegory
Antihero(ine)
Argumentative purpose
7. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Connotation
Parallelism
Implication
Iambic Pentameter
8. A group of lines in a poem
Fable
Assonance
Stanza
Foreshadowing
9. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Folktale
Narrative Purpose
Comedy
Parody
10. Emotional appeal
Pathos
First-person
Hero(ine)
Monologue
11. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Satire
Legend
Parallelism
Antihero(ine)
12. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Ballad
Euphony
Argumentative purpose
Elegy
13. A message that digresses from the main subject
Alliteration
Aside
Denouement
Context
14. Point of view
Maxim
Synecdoche
Dialect
Perspective
15. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Parable
Poetic License
Tone
Mood
16. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Stereotype Character
Exposition
Antagonist
Characterization
17. Subject
Exposition
Simile
Topic
Poetic Diction
18. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Heroic Couplet
Descriptive Purpose
Interior Monologue
Elegy
19. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Stream of Consciousness
Analogy
Maxim
20. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Blank Verse
Organizing Principles
Genre
Paradox
21. Series of events
Cliche
Onomatopoeia
Plot
Imagery
22. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Synecdoche
Pathos
Falling Action
23. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Pastoral
Genre
Comedy
Characterization
24. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Allusion
Tragedy
Irony
Narrative Purpose
25. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Crisis
Third-person
Tale
26. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Hero(ine)
Theater
Flashback
Style
27. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Understatement
Cliche
Anecdote
Crisis
28. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Theater
Rhyme Scheme
Imagery
Implication
29. (tall): short piece of fiction
Hero(ine)
Tale
Denouement
Ode
30. Humorous imitation
Theme
Poetic Diction
Parody
Pathos
31. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Antagonist
Irony
Folktale
32. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Expressive Purpose
Imagery
Ballad
Villain(ess)
33. The process by which the writer develops a character
Synecdoche
Characterization
Sequence Patterns
Understatement
34. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Parody
Superhero(ine)
Myth
Heroic Couplet
35. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Exciting Force
Poetic Diction
Voice
Persuasive Purpose
36. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Anachronism
Surrealism
Mood
Narrative
37. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Folktale
Apostrophe
Falling Action
Anastrophe
38. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Stream of Consciousness
Villain(ess)
Implication
Rhythm
39. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Personification
Literal Meaning
Poetic Diction
Figure of Speech
40. The perspective from which a story is told
Euphony
Point of View
Anthropomorphism
Tone
41. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Farce
Persona
Denotation
42. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Parallelism
Flashback
Connotation
43. Dramatic speech to oneself
Style
Soliloquy
Hero(ine)
Context
44. 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
Tragedy
Iambic Pentameter
Antihero(ine)
Expressive Purpose
45. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Synecdoche
Paradox
Farce
Sarcasm
46. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Denouement
Poetic Syntax
Parable
Flashback
47. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Farce
Third-person
Irony
Climate
48. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Figurative Language
Rhythm
Consonance
Euphony
49. The final actions or solution of the plot
Flashback
Resolution
Descriptive Purpose
Conclusion
50. Dictionary definition of a word
Synecdoche
Denotation
Narrative
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