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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Style
Poetic License
Cliche
Concrete Poetry
2. Exaggeration
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
Imagery
Rising Action
3. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Point of View
Flashback
Sequence Patterns
Farce
4. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Aside
Analogy
Imagery
Syntax
5. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Informative Purpose
Epithet
Assonance
Genre
6. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Oxymoron
Analogy
Apostrophe
Stream of Consciousness
7. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Plot
Conflict
Foreshadowing
Sequence Patterns
8. Dramatic speech to oneself
Iambic Pentameter
Soliloquy
Concrete Poetry
Stream of Consciousness
9. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Euphony
Pathos
Figurative Language
Romance
10. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Rhyme
Idiom
Sprung rhythm
Iambic Pentameter
11. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Climate
Denotation
Epigram
Anecdote
12. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Sprung rhythm
Setting
Tragedy
Thesis
13. The main (good) character
Sequence Patterns
Atmosphere
Hero(ine)
Topic
14. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Fable
Epithet
Atmosphere
Paradox
15. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Antihero(ine)
Point of View
Epithet
Allusion
16. The prevailing psychological state
Sarcasm
Confidant
Climate
Iambic Pentameter
17. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Myth
Antagonist
Aphorism
Euphemism
18. 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
Poetic Syntax
Rhyme
Iambic Pentameter
Anachronism
19. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Sprung rhythm
Interior Monologue
Analogy
20. 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
Concrete Poetry
Aside
Sonnet
Synecdoche
21. Recurring at regular intervals
Allegory
Feeling
Hyperbole
Rhythm
22. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Pastoral
Expressive Purpose
Tone
Euphemism
23. Point of view
Heroic Couplet
Perspective
Realism
Comedy
24. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Sprung rhythm
Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Ode
25. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Simile
Confidant
Falling Action
26. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Metonymy
Monologue
Rising Action
Ode
27. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Consonance
Persuasive Purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Pathos
28. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Syntax
Understatement
Soliloquy
29. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Imagery
Farce
Syntax
Crisis
30. The final actions or solution of the plot
Antihero(ine)
Context
Inference
Resolution
31. Dictionary definition of a word
Personification
Denotation
Sequence Patterns
Blank Verse
32. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Maxim
Mood
Euphemism
33. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Realism
Anastrophe
Thesis
Antihero(ine)
34. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
Romance
Confidant
Comedy
35. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Parody
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
Feeling
36. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Parallelism
Persona
Euphony
Soliloquy
37. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Soliloquy
Exposition
Parody
Narrative
38. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Figure of Speech
Expressive Purpose
Legend
Dialect
39. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Pun
Folktale
Theme
Anthropomorphism
40. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Metaphor
Confidant
Dialect
Consonance
41. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Falling Action
Anecdote
Point of View
42. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Perspective
Sonnet
Plot
Syntax
43. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Anthropomorphism
Rhyme
Parallelism
44. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Rising Action
Atmosphere
Elegy
Third-person
45. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Atmosphere
Mood
Informative Purpose
Concrete Poetry
46. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Iambic Pentameter
Thesis
Tone
47. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Antithesis
Monologue
Conclusion
Personification
48. A word imitating the sound it represents
Tale
Antihero(ine)
Flashback
Onomatopoeia
49. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Epithet
Informative Purpose
Couplet
Blank Verse
50. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Aphorism
Fable
Myth
Tone