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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A group of lines in a poem
Elegy
Stanza
Ode
Farce
2. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
First-person
Folktale
Third-person
Climax
3. Emotional appeal
Falling Action
Stanza
Idiom
Pathos
4. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Introduction
Crisis
Inference
Dramatic Monologue
5. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Exciting Force
Folktale
Parody
Setting
6. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sequence Patterns
Poetic License
Allegory
Sarcasm
7. (tall): short piece of fiction
Empathy
Comedy
Rhyme
Tale
8. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Atmosphere
Blank Verse
Connotation
Rhythm
9. 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
Synecdoche
Figure of Speech
Descriptive Purpose
Allusion
10. Suggestions or hints
Romance
Characterization
Conflict
Implication
11. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Surrealism
Antithesis
Hero(ine)
12. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Antagonist
Irony
Third-person
13. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Comedy
Literal Meaning
Myth
Exposition
14. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Legend
Ode
Inference
Irony
15. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Dialect
Mood
Heroic Couplet
Consonance
16. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Connotation
Parallelism
Sequence Patterns
17. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Poetic Syntax
Antagonist
Anastrophe
Allusion
18. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Foreshadowing
Maxim
Alliteration
Blank Verse
19. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Foreshadowing
Anastrophe
Voice
Anthropomorphism
20. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Theater
Analogy
Point of View
Free Verse
21. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Romance
Superhero(ine)
Anecdote
Narrative
22. Recurring at regular intervals
Complication
Figure of Speech
Rising Action
Rhythm
23. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Blank Verse
First-person
Poetic License
24. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Complication
Rhetorical Question
Sarcasm
Assonance
25. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Sprung rhythm
Climate
Apostrophe
Antihero(ine)
26. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Rhythm
Persuasive Purpose
Simile
Hero(ine)
27. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Cliche
Informative Purpose
Concrete Poetry
Ballad
28. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Allegory
Context
Denotation
Tone
29. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Ballad
Narrative
Villain(ess)
Interior Monologue
30. A final settlement
Conclusion
Antithesis
Exposition
Confidant
31. A word imitating the sound it represents
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Stanza
Apostrophe
32. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Anastrophe
Elegy
Sarcasm
Poetic License
33. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Personification
Conflict
Assonance
Parable
34. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Falling Action
Third-person
Figurative Language
Couplet
35. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Dialect
Analogy
Antithesis
Argumentative purpose
36. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Couplet
Simile
Villain(ess)
37. The process by which the writer develops a character
Characterization
Point of View
Stereotype Character
Concrete Poetry
38. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Pun
Euphony
Resolution
39. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Symbol
Denouement
Thesis
Irony
40. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Introduction
Cliche
Couplet
41. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Sequence Patterns
Parable
Anachronism
Dramatic Monologue
42. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Maxim
Parallelism
Iambic Pentameter
Complication
43. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Free Verse
Pastoral
Foil
44. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Cliche
Sprung rhythm
Theater
Theme
45. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Dramatic Monologue
Rhyme
Topic
Denouement
46. The main (good) character
Atmosphere
Denouement
Hero(ine)
Monologue
47. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Understatement
Myth
Voice
Maxim
48. The perspective from which a story is told
Romance
Antihero(ine)
Surrealism
Point of View
49. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Consonance
Synecdoche
Euphony
Figurative Language
50. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Surrealism
Mood
Dramatic Monologue
Rhyme Scheme