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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Pun
Poetic Diction
Cliche
Tale
2. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Tragedy
Rhyme Scheme
Hyperbole
Anachronism
3. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Imagery
Metaphor
Stream of Consciousness
Alliteration
4. Exaggeration
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Antagonist
Sequence Patterns
5. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Concrete Poetry
Denouement
Conflict
6. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Resolution
Metaphor
Tragedy
Climax
7. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Thesis
Allusion
Myth
Stereotype Character
8. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Inference
Poetic License
Thesis
Empathy
9. 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
Understatement
Climate
Poetic Diction
Metonymy
10. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Inference
Concrete Poetry
Monologue
Mood
11. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Superhero(ine)
Mood
Pastoral
12. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Parable
Anecdote
Metaphor
Aphorism
13. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Dialect
Descriptive Purpose
Informative Purpose
Anthropomorphism
14. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Maxim
Dramatic Monologue
Third-person
Simile
15. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Voice
Syntax
Rising Action
Iambic Pentameter
16. Recurring at regular intervals
Theater
Sprung rhythm
Symbol
Rhythm
17. A message that digresses from the main subject
Poetic Diction
Characterization
Sequence Patterns
Aside
18. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Maxim
Feeling
Rhyme
Monologue
19. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Voice
Apostrophe
Falling Action
Introduction
20. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Aside
Confidant
Denouement
Hero(ine)
21. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Poetic Syntax
Style
Conflict
22. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Rising Action
Exciting Force
Informative Purpose
Rhythm
23. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Farce
Rhyme
Organizing Principles
Pathos
24. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Descriptive Purpose
Villain(ess)
Organizing Principles
25. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Narrative Purpose
Ode
Realism
Introduction
26. Dramatic speech to oneself
Romance
Allegory
Cliche
Soliloquy
27. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Antagonist
Poetic License
Complication
28. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Diction
Satire
Crisis
Rhyme Scheme
29. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Cliche
Fable
30. Word choice
Analogy
Consonance
Diction
Crisis
31. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Theater
Metonymy
Sarcasm
32. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Euphony
Romance
Sonnet
First-person
33. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Introduction
Resolution
Antihero(ine)
Antithesis
34. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Legend
Allusion
Rising Action
Context
35. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Characterization
Euphony
Sequence Patterns
Organizing Principles
36. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Superhero(ine)
Dialect
Atmosphere
Soliloquy
37. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Tone
Context
Irony
Conflict
38. The final actions or solution of the plot
Resolution
Surrealism
Assonance
Foreshadowing
39. A group of lines in a poem
Falling Action
Villain(ess)
Genre
Stanza
40. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Myth
Maxim
Rising Action
Resolution
41. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Theme
Topic
Aphorism
Symbol
42. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Ode
Foreshadowing
Soliloquy
Assonance
43. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Exposition
Diction
Perspective
Blank Verse
44. The freedom of a poet in writing
Introduction
Poetic License
Exciting Force
Diction
45. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Euphemism
Surrealism
Assonance
Dialect
46. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Allegory
Interior Monologue
Stream of Consciousness
Implication
47. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Idiom
Poetic Syntax
Apostrophe
48. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Understatement
Free Verse
Parody
49. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Paradox
Conflict
Plot
First-person
50. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Context
Rhyme Scheme
Anastrophe
First-person
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