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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Figure of Speech
Climax
Euphemism
Ballad
2. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Narrative Purpose
Myth
Idiom
Rhetorical Question
3. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Foreshadowing
Argumentative purpose
Narrative Purpose
Expository Purpose
4. A short story teaching a lesson
Irony
Parable
Plot
Allegory
5. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Context
Complication
Sequence Patterns
Conflict
6. A group of lines in a poem
Theme
Stanza
Rising Action
Thesis
7. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Genre
Feeling
Denotation
Satire
8. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Informative Purpose
Exciting Force
Interior Monologue
Anastrophe
9. To display emotions and ideas
Rhyme Scheme
Conclusion
Expressive Purpose
Simile
10. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Myth
Farce
Genre
11. A word imitating the sound it represents
Ode
Parallelism
Comedy
Onomatopoeia
12. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Metonymy
Flashback
Feeling
Onomatopoeia
13. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Figurative Language
Onomatopoeia
Atmosphere
14. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Rhythm
Iambic Pentameter
Antagonist
15. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Myth
Genre
Dialect
Expository Purpose
16. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Epigram
Antihero(ine)
Stanza
Denouement
17. 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
Mood
Perspective
Synecdoche
Expository Purpose
18. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Inference
Elegy
Poetic Syntax
Blank Verse
19. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Expressive Purpose
Complication
Symbol
Poetic Diction
20. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Iambic Pentameter
Climax
Blank Verse
Organizing Principles
21. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Diction
Farce
Synecdoche
Myth
22. Words mean exactly what they say
Exciting Force
Literal Meaning
Hero(ine)
Fable
23. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Pastoral
Anachronism
Idiom
Persona
24. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Soliloquy
Denotation
Poetic Syntax
Rising Action
25. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Hero(ine)
Stream of Consciousness
Anthropomorphism
Surrealism
26. A message that digresses from the main subject
Analogy
Informative Purpose
Conclusion
Aside
27. Humorous imitation
Rhyme Scheme
Synecdoche
Parody
Sequence Patterns
28. Exaggeration
Figure of Speech
Diction
Romance
Hyperbole
29. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Persuasive Purpose
Atmosphere
Ode
Dramatic Monologue
30. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Onomatopoeia
Euphemism
Rhyme
Syntax
31. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Allegory
Epigram
Anecdote
32. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Foreshadowing
Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
Resolution
33. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Complication
Hero(ine)
Context
Epithet
34. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Aside
Parallelism
Antagonist
Theater
35. Series of events
Satire
Understatement
Dramatic Monologue
Plot
36. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Ballad
Style
Organizing Principles
Climax
37. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Synecdoche
Analogy
Foil
Folktale
38. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Allusion
Hero(ine)
Legend
39. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Anecdote
Characterization
Elegy
Context
40. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Organizing Principles
Comedy
Rhyme Scheme
Epithet
41. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Exciting Force
Implication
Denouement
Couplet
42. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Rhetorical Question
Pun
Soliloquy
First-person
43. The perspective from which a story is told
Irony
Point of View
Comedy
Analogy
44. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Rhythm
Rising Action
Empathy
Informative Purpose
45. Point of view
Anecdote
Rhetorical Question
Perspective
Denouement
46. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Personification
Poetic Syntax
Consonance
Satire
47. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Flashback
Resolution
Consonance
48. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Topic
Parody
Expository Purpose
49. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Imagery
Oxymoron
Sarcasm
Satire
50. (tall): short piece of fiction
Syntax
Assonance
Tale
Stream of Consciousness