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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Syntax
Assonance
Poetic Syntax
Folktale
2. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Assonance
Pathos
Informative Purpose
Persuasive Purpose
3. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Monologue
Euphony
Poetic License
4. Word choice
Feeling
Diction
Theme
Onomatopoeia
5. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Rising Action
Villain(ess)
Feeling
6. Point of view
Theme
Tale
Perspective
Sarcasm
7. Conjoining contradictory terms
Stanza
Oxymoron
Style
Anachronism
8. A word imitating the sound it represents
Complication
Onomatopoeia
Plot
Falling Action
9. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Voice
Descriptive Purpose
Crisis
Topic
10. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Topic
Concrete Poetry
Rhetorical Question
Synecdoche
11. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Context
Rhyme Scheme
Aside
Anachronism
12. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Villain(ess)
Climax
Voice
Inference
13. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Falling Action
Legend
Tone
Denouement
14. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Pathos
Epigram
Villain(ess)
Exposition
15. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Personification
Parallelism
Surrealism
Analogy
16. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Dialect
Comedy
Soliloquy
Argumentative purpose
17. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Concrete Poetry
Atmosphere
Persona
Euphony
18. 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
Antagonist
Oxymoron
Metonymy
Aphorism
19. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Denotation
Feeling
Personification
20. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Euphemism
Antagonist
Sequence Patterns
Realism
21. 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
Parallelism
Epithet
Stereotype Character
Idiom
22. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Synecdoche
Pastoral
Atmosphere
Oxymoron
23. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Flashback
Poetic License
Tone
Implication
24. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Resolution
Apostrophe
Complication
Dialect
25. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Free Verse
Informative Purpose
Hero(ine)
26. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Falling Action
Persuasive Purpose
Euphony
27. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Organizing Principles
Antithesis
Sonnet
28. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Hyperbole
Implication
Poetic License
29. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Denouement
Antithesis
Climate
30. The final actions or solution of the plot
Parable
Parallelism
Crisis
Resolution
31. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Realism
Tone
Figurative Language
Irony
32. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Personification
Argumentative purpose
Mood
Surrealism
33. A play on words
Poetic Syntax
Synecdoche
Pun
Exciting Force
34. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Euphemism
Ballad
Blank Verse
Rhetorical Question
35. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Informative Purpose
Rhythm
Satire
36. Words mean exactly what they say
Parody
Oxymoron
Literal Meaning
Consonance
37. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Maxim
Denotation
Villain(ess)
38. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Climate
Stream of Consciousness
Couplet
Anthropomorphism
39. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Inference
First-person
Realism
Figure of Speech
40. A final settlement
Conclusion
Foreshadowing
Argumentative purpose
Persuasive Purpose
41. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Apostrophe
Symbol
Dialect
Descriptive Purpose
42. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Denotation
Sequence Patterns
Epithet
43. To display emotions and ideas
Rising Action
Poetic Diction
Point of View
Expressive Purpose
44. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Analogy
Topic
Tragedy
Antihero(ine)
45. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Foreshadowing
Characterization
Foil
46. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Free Verse
Poetic Diction
Poetic Syntax
Genre
47. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Persona
Tragedy
Satire
Allusion
48. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Theater
Couplet
Style
Third-person
49. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Poetic License
Narrative
Organizing Principles
Exciting Force
50. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Complication
Dramatic Monologue
Metaphor
Narrative
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