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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Hyperbole
Simile
Connotation
Heroic Couplet
2. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Synecdoche
Personification
Figure of Speech
Euphony
3. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Ballad
Rhyme Scheme
Pastoral
Tragedy
4. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Conclusion
Anthropomorphism
Alliteration
Epithet
5. Subject
Context
Hyperbole
Literal Meaning
Topic
6. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Characterization
Pathos
Antithesis
Elegy
7. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Implication
Complication
Argumentative purpose
8. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Exciting Force
Perspective
Imagery
9. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Legend
Aside
Plot
10. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Foreshadowing
Theme
Narrative
Anthropomorphism
11. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Concrete Poetry
Atmosphere
Imagery
Informative Purpose
12. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Topic
Assonance
Complication
Stream of Consciousness
13. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Expository Purpose
Stereotype Character
Pun
Anachronism
14. Dictionary definition of a word
Interior Monologue
Third-person
Crisis
Denotation
15. Point of view
Heroic Couplet
Perspective
Point of View
Rhythm
16. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Figure of Speech
Paradox
Expressive Purpose
17. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Aphorism
Rhyme Scheme
Mood
Figurative Language
18. An idea that is implied or suggested
Iambic Pentameter
Dialect
Connotation
Cliche
19. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Context
Anachronism
Inference
Personification
20. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Symbol
Crisis
Stereotype Character
21. Series of events
Connotation
Interior Monologue
Plot
Style
22. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Figure of Speech
Dramatic Monologue
Superhero(ine)
Irony
23. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Pun
Persuasive Purpose
Elegy
Stereotype Character
24. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Dialect
Ballad
Foreshadowing
25. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Third-person
Sequence Patterns
Ode
Personification
26. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Pathos
Sarcasm
Antagonist
27. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Pastoral
Dramatic Monologue
Atmosphere
Poetic Diction
28. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Ballad
Implication
Parable
Imagery
29. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Narrative Purpose
Syntax
Rhyme
Antagonist
30. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Heroic Couplet
Apostrophe
Superhero(ine)
31. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Persona
Crisis
Antihero(ine)
Rhetorical Question
32. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Epigram
Dialect
Argumentative purpose
Sprung rhythm
33. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Introduction
Hero(ine)
Foil
Ode
34. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Atmosphere
Myth
Narrative Purpose
Legend
35. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Mood
Atmosphere
First-person
36. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Interior Monologue
Descriptive Purpose
Theater
Couplet
37. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Parody
Heroic Couplet
Rhetorical Question
Stanza
38. A final settlement
Imagery
Conclusion
Stanza
Legend
39. 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
Rhyme
Theme
Stereotype Character
Diction
40. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Narrative
Descriptive Purpose
Idiom
Irony
41. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Persona
Elegy
Metaphor
Theme
42. A message that digresses from the main subject
Inference
Aside
Syntax
Realism
43. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Theater
Surrealism
Rhyme Scheme
44. Word choice
Diction
Surrealism
Parody
Pastoral
45. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Folktale
Complication
Romance
Sarcasm
46. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Narrative Purpose
Introduction
Descriptive Purpose
Foil
47. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Rhythm
Conflict
Argumentative purpose
Iambic Pentameter
48. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Hyperbole
Idiom
Informative Purpose
Rhythm
49. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Context
Voice
Topic
Paradox
50. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Metaphor
Point of View
Antagonist
Sonnet