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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Allegory
Poetic Syntax
Figurative Language
2. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Narrative Purpose
Point of View
Plot
3. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Style
Farce
Cliche
Anastrophe
4. 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
Climax
Understatement
Synecdoche
Conclusion
5. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Poetic Diction
Voice
Climax
Allusion
6. A word imitating the sound it represents
Exciting Force
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Irony
7. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Personification
Implication
Persona
Parody
8. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Genre
Alliteration
Comedy
Foreshadowing
9. Point of view
Perspective
Antagonist
Concrete Poetry
Myth
10. Conjoining contradictory terms
First-person
Legend
Oxymoron
Persona
11. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme Scheme
Ode
Oxymoron
12. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Symbol
Theme
Epithet
Parable
13. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Idiom
Villain(ess)
Denotation
14. Series of events
Persona
Plot
Consonance
Third-person
15. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Perspective
Flashback
Feeling
Argumentative purpose
16. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Complication
Rising Action
Poetic Syntax
17. Words mean exactly what they say
Folktale
Allusion
Literal Meaning
Euphemism
18. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Tale
Romance
Foil
Implication
19. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Topic
Free Verse
Sarcasm
Descriptive Purpose
20. A final settlement
Myth
Assonance
Conclusion
Figure of Speech
21. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Figurative Language
Feeling
Realism
22. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Denouement
Free Verse
Pathos
Theater
23. A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
Ode
Onomatopoeia
Exciting Force
24. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Tragedy
Argumentative purpose
First-person
Sprung rhythm
25. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Atmosphere
Interior Monologue
Consonance
Romance
26. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Exposition
Expository Purpose
Anachronism
Characterization
27. The process by which the writer develops a character
Villain(ess)
Characterization
Exposition
Foil
28. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Villain(ess)
Falling Action
Parable
Denouement
29. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Blank Verse
Folktale
Rising Action
Setting
30. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Crisis
Tale
Informative Purpose
Allusion
31. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Comedy
Anthropomorphism
Syntax
Foil
32. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Sonnet
Argumentative purpose
Tale
Parable
33. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Heroic Couplet
Soliloquy
Theme
34. A message that digresses from the main subject
Persuasive Purpose
Aside
Tragedy
Understatement
35. To display emotions and ideas
Persuasive Purpose
Mood
Expressive Purpose
Legend
36. 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
Ballad
Metonymy
Perspective
Monologue
37. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Consonance
Ballad
Inference
Characterization
38. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Onomatopoeia
Satire
Idiom
Theater
39. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Topic
Fable
Maxim
40. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Narrative
Rising Action
Connotation
Monologue
41. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Romance
Style
Foreshadowing
Organizing Principles
42. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Tragedy
Informative Purpose
Expository Purpose
Couplet
43. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Characterization
Idiom
Ballad
Tone
44. (tall): short piece of fiction
Rhyme
Blank Verse
Argumentative purpose
Tale
45. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Ode
Conflict
Epigram
Parallelism
46. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Figurative Language
Metonymy
Elegy
Allegory
47. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Mood
Sonnet
Surrealism
48. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Apostrophe
Thesis
Crisis
Ballad
49. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Anastrophe
Oxymoron
Stream of Consciousness
Pun
50. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Conclusion
Interior Monologue
Aside