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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Onomatopoeia
Complication
Epithet
Exposition
2. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Genre
Heroic Couplet
Theme
3. Point of view
Conclusion
Perspective
Legend
Parody
4. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Sprung rhythm
Tone
Allusion
Myth
5. Dictionary definition of a word
Idiom
Theater
Surrealism
Denotation
6. Dramatic speech to oneself
Legend
Soliloquy
Narrative Purpose
Poetic Diction
7. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhyme
Anachronism
Sarcasm
Rhythm
8. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Anecdote
Conflict
Dialect
Flashback
9. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Fable
Aside
Parallelism
Analogy
10. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Genre
Falling Action
Atmosphere
Comedy
11. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Figurative Language
Inference
Euphony
Confidant
12. An idea that is implied or suggested
Tragedy
Connotation
Euphemism
Sequence Patterns
13. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Rhyme
Diction
Heroic Couplet
14. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Antithesis
Understatement
Dramatic Monologue
Anthropomorphism
15. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Irony
Complication
Conclusion
Foil
16. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Ballad
Mood
Argumentative purpose
Myth
17. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Parallelism
Blank Verse
Epigram
Climax
18. The final actions or solution of the plot
Personification
Resolution
Synecdoche
Inference
19. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Connotation
Aside
Understatement
20. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Thesis
Figure of Speech
Sequence Patterns
Idiom
21. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Antihero(ine)
Point of View
Context
22. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Expository Purpose
First-person
Implication
Argumentative purpose
23. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Antagonist
Heroic Couplet
Syntax
Maxim
24. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Topic
Inference
Setting
Free Verse
25. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persona
Figurative Language
Comedy
Ballad
26. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Epithet
Syntax
Romance
Context
27. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Tragedy
Folktale
Rhyme
Poetic Diction
28. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Myth
Interior Monologue
Folktale
Anastrophe
29. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Allegory
Voice
Realism
Comedy
30. Suggestions or hints
Surrealism
Pastoral
Antithesis
Implication
31. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Context
Soliloquy
Euphony
Consonance
32. 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
Argumentative purpose
Stereotype Character
Blank Verse
Persuasive Purpose
33. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Organizing Principles
Poetic Syntax
Foreshadowing
Comedy
34. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Ode
Analogy
Narrative
Expository Purpose
35. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Complication
Irony
Descriptive Purpose
36. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Figurative Language
Realism
Introduction
Thesis
37. The prevailing psychological state
Antithesis
Style
Informative Purpose
Climate
38. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Figure of Speech
Feeling
Setting
Rising Action
39. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Diction
Syntax
Epithet
40. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Soliloquy
Syntax
Figure of Speech
Plot
41. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Apostrophe
Irony
Farce
Empathy
42. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Aside
Plot
Metaphor
Idiom
43. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Informative Purpose
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Rhythm
44. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Allusion
Ode
Thesis
Dialect
45. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Falling Action
Aphorism
Sprung rhythm
Narrative Purpose
46. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Syntax
Crisis
Synecdoche
Metaphor
47. (tall): short piece of fiction
Narrative
Informative Purpose
Antagonist
Tale
48. Words mean exactly what they say
Climate
Implication
Narrative Purpose
Literal Meaning
49. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Comedy
Alliteration
Cliche
Analogy
50. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Analogy
Foreshadowing
Epithet
Surrealism