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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Imagery
Anthropomorphism
Concrete Poetry
Pastoral
2. Point of view
Monologue
Introduction
Perspective
Fable
3. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Complication
Comedy
Expressive Purpose
4. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Narrative
Conclusion
Style
Free Verse
5. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Onomatopoeia
Stream of Consciousness
Persuasive Purpose
Interior Monologue
6. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Rising Action
Syntax
Legend
Fable
7. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Conflict
Parallelism
Setting
8. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Epithet
Interior Monologue
Symbol
9. A play on words
Onomatopoeia
Anastrophe
Anthropomorphism
Pun
10. Conjoining contradictory terms
Sonnet
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
Antihero(ine)
11. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Dramatic Monologue
Style
Foil
Romance
12. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Understatement
Allegory
Sequence Patterns
13. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Elegy
Alliteration
Parallelism
Context
14. The final actions or solution of the plot
Understatement
Resolution
Characterization
Flashback
15. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Theater
Context
Crisis
Argumentative purpose
16. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Dialect
Sprung rhythm
Hyperbole
Stream of Consciousness
17. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Cliche
Symbol
Thesis
Tragedy
18. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Conclusion
Antihero(ine)
Confidant
19. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Context
Couplet
Farce
Confidant
20. A fixed idea or conception of a character or an idea that does not allow for any individuality; often based on religious/social/racial prejudices
Stanza
Comedy
Stereotype Character
Expressive Purpose
21. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Assonance
Anecdote
Point of View
22. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Exposition
Confidant
Iambic Pentameter
23. A final settlement
Stereotype Character
Farce
Conclusion
Allegory
24. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Thesis
Context
Conflict
25. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Atmosphere
Plot
Allegory
Superhero(ine)
26. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Imagery
Oxymoron
Expository Purpose
Poetic Syntax
27. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Assonance
Stream of Consciousness
Pathos
28. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Idiom
Anachronism
Crisis
Villain(ess)
29. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Sequence Patterns
Denotation
Conflict
Rhetorical Question
30. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Foil
Antihero(ine)
Couplet
Exposition
31. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Crisis
Theater
Aside
32. 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
Onomatopoeia
Pathos
Poetic License
33. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Iambic Pentameter
Anecdote
Theater
Organizing Principles
34. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Flashback
Characterization
Thesis
Narrative Purpose
35. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Conclusion
Anastrophe
Third-person
Analogy
36. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Iambic Pentameter
Fable
Poetic Diction
Blank Verse
37. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Ode
Aphorism
Setting
Hyperbole
38. 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
Synecdoche
Climate
Poetic Syntax
Satire
39. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Villain(ess)
Argumentative purpose
Literal Meaning
Foreshadowing
40. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Conflict
Tale
Theater
Rhyme Scheme
41. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Mood
Flashback
Aphorism
Ballad
42. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Anastrophe
Argumentative purpose
Syntax
43. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Antithesis
Consonance
Apostrophe
Aside
44. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Style
Assonance
Point of View
45. A contradiction or dilemma
Monologue
Pathos
Paradox
Oxymoron
46. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Descriptive Purpose
Rhyme
Syntax
Implication
47. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Pastoral
Organizing Principles
Theme
Inference
48. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Tone
Aside
Falling Action
Confidant
49. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Folktale
Tragedy
Onomatopoeia
Style
50. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Crisis
Stereotype Character
Satire
Apostrophe