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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The freedom of a poet in writing
Soliloquy
Dialect
Poetic License
Epithet
2. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Voice
Allegory
Rising Action
Syntax
3. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Satire
Cliche
Pun
4. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Style
Poetic Syntax
Rhetorical Question
Complication
5. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Maxim
Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
6. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Rhetorical Question
Idiom
Apostrophe
7. Emotional appeal
Folktale
Pathos
Irony
Alliteration
8. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Thesis
Figure of Speech
Narrative Purpose
Perspective
9. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Introduction
Myth
Symbol
Sequence Patterns
10. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Crisis
Synecdoche
Allusion
Elegy
11. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Epigram
Setting
Farce
12. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Interior Monologue
Legend
Assonance
Pastoral
13. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Climax
Euphony
Crisis
Realism
14. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Rhythm
Concrete Poetry
Allegory
15. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Monologue
Connotation
Sonnet
16. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Atmosphere
Myth
Pathos
17. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Poetic License
Confidant
Realism
Third-person
18. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Third-person
Figure of Speech
Stanza
19. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Narrative
Pathos
Denouement
Superhero(ine)
20. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Atmosphere
Euphemism
Couplet
Simile
21. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Antithesis
Voice
Irony
Plot
22. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Fable
Superhero(ine)
Aphorism
Expository Purpose
23. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Tone
Conclusion
Romance
Satire
24. An idea that is implied or suggested
Anecdote
Connotation
Characterization
Climate
25. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Sonnet
Euphony
Context
26. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Elegy
Tragedy
Comedy
Legend
27. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Sarcasm
Dramatic Monologue
Mood
Connotation
28. A play on words
Implication
Dialect
Pun
Connotation
29. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Personification
Empathy
Paradox
Connotation
30. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Free Verse
Sarcasm
Symbol
Monologue
31. A short story teaching a lesson
Theme
Simile
Parable
Thesis
32. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Stanza
Onomatopoeia
Third-person
Simile
33. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Implication
Setting
Parallelism
Plot
34. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Theme
Diction
Stream of Consciousness
Organizing Principles
35. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Allusion
Thesis
Aphorism
Rhyme
36. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Antithesis
Tale
Theater
Consonance
37. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Symbol
Tone
Epithet
First-person
38. Recurring at regular intervals
Pun
Climax
Rhythm
Myth
39. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic License
Poetic Syntax
Voice
Satire
40. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epigram
Confidant
Symbol
Epithet
41. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Soliloquy
Pun
Perspective
42. A contradiction or dilemma
Perspective
Interior Monologue
Paradox
Epithet
43. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Couplet
Pun
Flashback
Organizing Principles
44. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Poetic Diction
Resolution
Antagonist
Anthropomorphism
45. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Pathos
Poetic Diction
Anachronism
46. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Falling Action
Epithet
Farce
Understatement
47. Subject
Topic
Persuasive Purpose
Rhythm
Complication
48. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Foil
Personification
Ode
Simile
49. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Theater
Tragedy
Narrative
50. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Paradox
Climate
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