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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Anthropomorphism
Theme
Connotation
Symbol
2. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Parable
Euphony
Imagery
Poetic Syntax
3. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Assonance
Romance
Narrative Purpose
Figurative Language
4. 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
Climate
Myth
Comedy
Metonymy
5. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Foreshadowing
Myth
Conflict
Descriptive Purpose
6. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Oxymoron
Organizing Principles
Hero(ine)
Satire
7. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Third-person
Parallelism
Folktale
Falling Action
8. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
First-person
Irony
Expressive Purpose
Sarcasm
9. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Maxim
Blank Verse
Monologue
10. Dramatic speech to oneself
Rising Action
Conclusion
Soliloquy
Metonymy
11. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Assonance
Alliteration
Stream of Consciousness
Soliloquy
12. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Atmosphere
Free Verse
Genre
Style
13. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Romance
Point of View
Anachronism
Tragedy
14. The main (good) character
Analogy
Superhero(ine)
Setting
Hero(ine)
15. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Feeling
Heroic Couplet
Elegy
Cliche
16. (tall): short piece of fiction
Figure of Speech
Euphemism
Legend
Tale
17. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Sprung rhythm
Understatement
Superhero(ine)
Fable
18. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Plot
Apostrophe
Euphony
Dramatic Monologue
19. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Atmosphere
Style
Parallelism
Anachronism
20. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Context
Maxim
Exciting Force
21. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Sequence Patterns
Anthropomorphism
Persona
Comedy
22. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Figurative Language
Imagery
Assonance
Setting
23. Exaggeration
Metonymy
Hyperbole
Tone
Foreshadowing
24. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Oxymoron
Imagery
Rhyme
Heroic Couplet
25. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Characterization
Tone
Romance
26. A group of lines in a poem
Narrative Purpose
Villain(ess)
Stanza
Introduction
27. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Antihero(ine)
Analogy
Aphorism
Resolution
28. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Farce
Rhyme Scheme
Anastrophe
Characterization
29. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Inference
Rhyme
Personification
Feeling
30. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Free Verse
Thesis
Plot
Parody
31. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Descriptive Purpose
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
32. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Stream of Consciousness
Comedy
Anachronism
Metonymy
33. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Ode
Theater
Tone
Connotation
34. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Antithesis
Allegory
Realism
35. 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
Rhyme Scheme
Iambic Pentameter
Parallelism
Descriptive Purpose
36. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Ballad
Euphony
Apostrophe
Rhetorical Question
37. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Persuasive Purpose
Blank Verse
Exposition
Interior Monologue
38. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Villain(ess)
Figurative Language
Hero(ine)
Plot
39. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Heroic Couplet
40. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Allusion
Antithesis
Theater
41. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Romance
Antithesis
Sequence Patterns
Falling Action
42. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Crisis
Theme
Implication
Inference
43. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Climax
Resolution
Narrative Purpose
44. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Apostrophe
Confidant
Realism
Context
45. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Legend
Comedy
Euphemism
Alliteration
46. Word choice
Rhetorical Question
Diction
Iambic Pentameter
Sprung rhythm
47. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Theater
Genre
Narrative Purpose
Sonnet
48. 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
Poetic Syntax
Heroic Couplet
Topic
Stereotype Character
49. A contradiction or dilemma
Syntax
Satire
Paradox
Narrative Purpose
50. A play on words
Antithesis
Analogy
Pun
Confidant