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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Simile
Paradox
Hyperbole
2. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Romance
Antithesis
Poetic Syntax
Narrative Purpose
3. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Free Verse
Symbol
Allegory
Realism
4. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Sarcasm
Rising Action
Parody
Anachronism
5. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Monologue
Organizing Principles
Theme
Free Verse
6. The freedom of a poet in writing
Context
Poetic License
Antithesis
Villain(ess)
7. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theater
Iambic Pentameter
Epigram
Free Verse
8. The main (good) character
Blank Verse
Allegory
Voice
Hero(ine)
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
Climax
Allegory
Climate
10. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Simile
Connotation
Pun
Superhero(ine)
11. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Descriptive Purpose
Anecdote
First-person
Rhythm
12. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Fable
Cliche
Poetic Diction
Climate
13. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Parody
Aside
Denouement
14. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Irony
Legend
Cliche
15. Humorous imitation
Parody
Climate
Implication
Empathy
16. To display emotions and ideas
Antithesis
Epigram
Expressive Purpose
Satire
17. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Topic
Rhyme
Interior Monologue
Mood
18. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Context
Inference
Diction
19. A message that digresses from the main subject
Poetic License
Voice
Aside
Rhetorical Question
20. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Persuasive Purpose
Superhero(ine)
Synecdoche
21. An idea that is implied or suggested
First-person
Connotation
Sonnet
Personification
22. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Synecdoche
Expository Purpose
Poetic Diction
23. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Elegy
Soliloquy
Fable
Rising Action
24. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Ballad
Consonance
Setting
Rhetorical Question
25. The prevailing psychological state
Topic
Pathos
Climate
Maxim
26. Before the main part or actually story
Introduction
Metonymy
Pastoral
Diction
27. 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
Metonymy
Denouement
Descriptive Purpose
Atmosphere
28. The final actions or solution of the plot
Couplet
Anachronism
Rising Action
Resolution
29. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Superhero(ine)
Personification
Syntax
Denouement
30. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Narrative
Falling Action
Superhero(ine)
Conclusion
31. Word choice
Dramatic Monologue
Stanza
Diction
Tone
32. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Romance
Anachronism
Syntax
Anthropomorphism
33. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Soliloquy
Organizing Principles
Antihero(ine)
34. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Metonymy
Stereotype Character
Metaphor
Concrete Poetry
35. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Monologue
Allegory
Dialect
Alliteration
36. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Flashback
Crisis
Climax
Voice
37. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Descriptive Purpose
Simile
Theme
Hero(ine)
38. Exaggeration
Diction
Denotation
Connotation
Hyperbole
39. A final settlement
Expressive Purpose
Soliloquy
Conclusion
Rhythm
40. A contradiction or dilemma
Rising Action
Resolution
Euphemism
Paradox
41. Recurring at regular intervals
Hero(ine)
Legend
Rhythm
Literal Meaning
42. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Tone
Dramatic Monologue
Syntax
Rising Action
43. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Imagery
Rising Action
Allusion
44. Words mean exactly what they say
Imagery
Feeling
Literal Meaning
Perspective
45. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Rhyme Scheme
Conflict
Stanza
46. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Atmosphere
Apostrophe
Satire
Mood
47. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Inference
Rhetorical Question
Narrative Purpose
48. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Expository Purpose
Conclusion
Soliloquy
Synecdoche
49. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Sequence Patterns
Voice
Anachronism
50. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Point of View
Descriptive Purpose
Elegy
Anastrophe
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