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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Before the main part or actually story
Figurative Language
Style
Romance
Introduction
2. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Imagery
Cliche
Realism
Stream of Consciousness
3. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Simile
Couplet
Synecdoche
4. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Complication
Conclusion
Narrative Purpose
Theater
5. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Context
Parable
Falling Action
Rising Action
6. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Falling Action
Confidant
Romance
7. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Satire
Metonymy
Maxim
Irony
8. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Epigram
Theme
Legend
Flashback
9. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Consonance
Idiom
Expository Purpose
Allegory
10. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Irony
Argumentative purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Climate
11. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Narrative Purpose
Antihero(ine)
Narrative
Feeling
12. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Climax
Descriptive Purpose
Allusion
Parallelism
13. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Euphony
Hero(ine)
Theater
Confidant
14. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Climax
Complication
Genre
Confidant
15. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Anthropomorphism
Conflict
Argumentative purpose
Figurative Language
16. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Tragedy
Couplet
Euphony
Empathy
17. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Anthropomorphism
Exposition
Blank Verse
Rhythm
18. A contradiction or dilemma
Climate
Paradox
Parable
Style
19. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Hyperbole
Connotation
Myth
Folktale
20. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Diction
Oxymoron
Conflict
Sprung rhythm
21. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Comedy
Idiom
Third-person
Context
22. A short story teaching a lesson
Apostrophe
Antagonist
Parody
Parable
23. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Theater
Free Verse
Poetic License
Epithet
24. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Exciting Force
Aphorism
Cliche
Symbol
25. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Falling Action
Metonymy
Epithet
26. Humorous imitation
Oxymoron
Elegy
Literal Meaning
Parody
27. The freedom of a poet in writing
Crisis
Thesis
Poetic License
Atmosphere
28. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Hyperbole
Allusion
Dramatic Monologue
Resolution
29. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Climax
Foreshadowing
Denouement
30. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Comedy
Rhetorical Question
Thesis
31. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Antihero(ine)
Ballad
Conclusion
Irony
32. Suggestions or hints
Informative Purpose
Context
Implication
Free Verse
33. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Allusion
Narrative Purpose
Satire
Climax
34. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Complication
Thesis
Parody
Plot
35. A play on words
Denotation
Pun
Heroic Couplet
Stereotype Character
36. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Confidant
Onomatopoeia
Symbol
37. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Sonnet
Anthropomorphism
Rhyme Scheme
Interior Monologue
38. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Implication
Cliche
Alliteration
Pastoral
39. The process by which the writer develops a character
Conflict
Epithet
Resolution
Characterization
40. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Theater
Complication
Denotation
Alliteration
41. Subject
Topic
Satire
Superhero(ine)
Stream of Consciousness
42. Dramatic speech to oneself
Soliloquy
Climate
Epithet
Heroic Couplet
43. The main (good) character
Oxymoron
Hero(ine)
Exciting Force
Thesis
44. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Poetic Diction
Iambic Pentameter
Heroic Couplet
45. A word imitating the sound it represents
Stereotype Character
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
Tone
46. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Metonymy
Pun
Syntax
Euphemism
47. (tall): short piece of fiction
Rhythm
Falling Action
Characterization
Tale
48. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Consonance
Feeling
Tone
Rising Action
49. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Paradox
Flashback
Topic
Anastrophe
50. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Euphemism
Consonance
Setting
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