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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. 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
Myth
Metonymy
Euphemism
Thesis
2. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Antagonist
Voice
Onomatopoeia
3. A contradiction or dilemma
Idiom
Couplet
Perspective
Paradox
4. Recurring at regular intervals
Myth
Confidant
Rhythm
Topic
5. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Climate
Pastoral
Climax
Dialect
6. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Rhyme Scheme
Third-person
Conflict
Conclusion
7. A message that digresses from the main subject
Blank Verse
Aside
Antithesis
Pastoral
8. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Ode
Feeling
Descriptive Purpose
9. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Dialect
Allegory
Antihero(ine)
Legend
10. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Climax
Style
Empathy
Superhero(ine)
11. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Feeling
Realism
Personification
Concrete Poetry
12. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Atmosphere
Anecdote
Free Verse
Third-person
13. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Argumentative purpose
Cliche
Euphemism
14. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Poetic Diction
Antihero(ine)
Exposition
Narrative
15. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Rising Action
Iambic Pentameter
First-person
Rhetorical Question
16. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Sequence Patterns
Simile
17. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Implication
Conflict
Antagonist
Assonance
18. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Connotation
Style
Ballad
Rhyme
19. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Persona
Rising Action
Genre
Poetic Diction
20. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Crisis
Perspective
Ode
Surrealism
21. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Poetic Syntax
Interior Monologue
Hero(ine)
Mood
22. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Couplet
Descriptive Purpose
Synecdoche
Antithesis
23. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Antagonist
Syntax
Plot
Paradox
24. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Exposition
Anastrophe
Parallelism
Introduction
25. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Theme
Fable
Epigram
Onomatopoeia
26. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Iambic Pentameter
Plot
Irony
Third-person
27. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Allegory
Understatement
Expository Purpose
Perspective
28. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Pathos
Feeling
Diction
Falling Action
29. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Complication
Romance
Folktale
Sequence Patterns
30. A group of lines in a poem
Climate
Stanza
Mood
Persona
31. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Interior Monologue
Context
Stanza
Informative Purpose
32. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Rising Action
Anachronism
Denouement
33. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Narrative Purpose
Antagonist
Informative Purpose
Pathos
34. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Cliche
Plot
Epigram
Understatement
35. Before the main part or actually story
Ode
Stanza
Introduction
Realism
36. 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
Descriptive Purpose
Dramatic Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
Pun
37. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Dramatic Monologue
Parody
Crisis
Hyperbole
38. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Oxymoron
Figure of Speech
Synecdoche
39. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Organizing Principles
Argumentative purpose
Atmosphere
Elegy
40. Exaggeration
Euphemism
Elegy
Anachronism
Hyperbole
41. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Anthropomorphism
Tragedy
Superhero(ine)
Analogy
42. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Rhetorical Question
Assonance
Apostrophe
Expressive Purpose
43. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Interior Monologue
Poetic Diction
Assonance
Flashback
44. Word choice
Informative Purpose
Diction
Tragedy
Pastoral
45. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Poetic Syntax
Persona
Folktale
Alliteration
46. Suggestions or hints
Antihero(ine)
Foreshadowing
Implication
Villain(ess)
47. 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
Thesis
Parallelism
Elegy
Stereotype Character
48. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Style
Sequence Patterns
Perspective
Couplet
49. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Informative Purpose
Maxim
Idiom
Anecdote
50. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Flashback
Tale
Parable
Poetic Syntax