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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. (tall): short piece of fiction
Ballad
Tale
Allegory
Understatement
2. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Monologue
Free Verse
Inference
Sequence Patterns
3. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Conflict
Concrete Poetry
Sequence Patterns
4. The freedom of a poet in writing
Context
Pastoral
First-person
Poetic License
5. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Rhetorical Question
Antagonist
Theater
6. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Conflict
Satire
Surrealism
7. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Legend
Personification
Euphemism
Epigram
8. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Rhetorical Question
Romance
Idiom
Fable
9. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Parable
First-person
Rising Action
Farce
10. 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
Literal Meaning
Anastrophe
Conclusion
Metonymy
11. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Rising Action
Informative Purpose
Anachronism
Onomatopoeia
12. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Third-person
Pastoral
Rhyme
13. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Complication
Dramatic Monologue
Stream of Consciousness
Concrete Poetry
14. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Imagery
Legend
Blank Verse
15. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Dialect
Pun
Epigram
Superhero(ine)
16. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Sprung rhythm
Comedy
Rhyme Scheme
Realism
17. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Third-person
Topic
Rhythm
Aphorism
18. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Informative Purpose
Antithesis
Resolution
19. 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
Realism
Iambic Pentameter
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
20. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Atmosphere
Heroic Couplet
Personification
21. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Introduction
Climate
Implication
Style
22. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Onomatopoeia
Mood
Feeling
Complication
23. To display emotions and ideas
Concrete Poetry
Stereotype Character
Expressive Purpose
Folktale
24. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Falling Action
Theater
Point of View
Surrealism
25. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Point of View
Parable
Maxim
Apostrophe
26. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Context
Iambic Pentameter
Euphony
27. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Euphony
Simile
Consonance
Atmosphere
28. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Realism
Iambic Pentameter
Hyperbole
Fable
29. A play on words
Metonymy
Pun
Heroic Couplet
Figure of Speech
30. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Informative Purpose
Expository Purpose
Parable
Epigram
31. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Blank Verse
Myth
Mood
Satire
32. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Foil
Foreshadowing
Tone
Sarcasm
33. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Epithet
Climax
Diction
Imagery
34. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Tragedy
Parable
Hero(ine)
35. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Confidant
Simile
Poetic Syntax
Connotation
36. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Poetic Syntax
Genre
Flashback
Parallelism
37. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Argumentative purpose
Comedy
Dramatic Monologue
Oxymoron
38. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Voice
Theater
Synecdoche
39. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Ballad
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Anastrophe
40. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Maxim
Exposition
Analogy
Thesis
41. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Epithet
Heroic Couplet
Style
Empathy
42. Conjoining contradictory terms
Expressive Purpose
Allusion
Oxymoron
Iambic Pentameter
43. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Point of View
Theme
Narrative
44. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Myth
Characterization
Climate
45. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Point of View
Plot
Organizing Principles
Falling Action
46. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Onomatopoeia
Point of View
47. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Anecdote
Folktale
Context
48. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Foreshadowing
Maxim
Poetic License
49. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Plot
Parody
Diction
50. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Feeling
Heroic Couplet
Dramatic Monologue