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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Figurative Language
Heroic Couplet
Rhyme
Symbol
2. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Alliteration
Romance
Realism
Euphemism
3. Point of view
Free Verse
Resolution
Perspective
Syntax
4. A group of lines in a poem
Connotation
Sarcasm
Complication
Stanza
5. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Satire
Narrative Purpose
Rhyme Scheme
6. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Argumentative purpose
Parallelism
Inference
7. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Tone
Argumentative purpose
Superhero(ine)
Oxymoron
8. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Legend
Folktale
Confidant
Rising Action
9. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Complication
Free Verse
Climate
Rhyme Scheme
10. Subject
Confidant
Topic
Mood
Aphorism
11. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Syntax
Climate
Tale
12. A final settlement
Climax
Conclusion
Crisis
Thesis
13. Word choice
Diction
Narrative Purpose
Dramatic Monologue
Oxymoron
14. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
First-person
Anthropomorphism
Irony
Theater
15. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Elegy
Legend
Anthropomorphism
Conflict
16. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Informative Purpose
Denotation
Climax
Crisis
17. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Mood
Anachronism
Plot
18. Recurring at regular intervals
Perspective
Figure of Speech
Rhythm
Anachronism
19. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Ode
Complication
Theme
20. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Symbol
Anthropomorphism
Climate
Exposition
21. (tall): short piece of fiction
Synecdoche
Tale
Topic
Climate
22. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Persona
Flashback
Figure of Speech
Climate
23. The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
Analogy
Superhero(ine)
Satire
24. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Surrealism
Mood
Euphemism
Parable
25. A play on words
Ode
Oxymoron
Pun
Anthropomorphism
26. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Satire
Climax
Euphony
Idiom
27. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Concrete Poetry
Sonnet
Antihero(ine)
28. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Understatement
Anachronism
Empathy
29. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Foreshadowing
Atmosphere
Poetic Diction
Expressive Purpose
30. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Irony
Feeling
Antihero(ine)
31. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Literal Meaning
Persona
Tone
Characterization
32. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Allusion
Thesis
Aphorism
33. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Rising Action
Denouement
Elegy
Onomatopoeia
34. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Dialect
Informative Purpose
Parallelism
Assonance
35. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Expository Purpose
Exciting Force
Rising Action
Maxim
36. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Alliteration
Style
Interior Monologue
Denotation
37. 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
Tale
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Maxim
38. Emotional appeal
Couplet
Imagery
Descriptive Purpose
Pathos
39. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Monologue
Allegory
Realism
40. Series of events
Oxymoron
Inference
Dramatic Monologue
Plot
41. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Sequence Patterns
Simile
Epigram
Denouement
42. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Folktale
Monologue
Genre
Dramatic Monologue
43. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Myth
Euphony
Alliteration
Thesis
44. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Informative Purpose
Farce
Complication
Figurative Language
45. The process by which the writer develops a character
Blank Verse
Setting
Characterization
Soliloquy
46. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Stereotype Character
Epigram
Ode
Synecdoche
47. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Consonance
Epithet
Crisis
48. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Climate
Poetic Diction
Anecdote
Tragedy
49. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Confidant
Expository Purpose
Denouement
Anthropomorphism
50. A contradiction or dilemma
Theater
Anthropomorphism
Paradox
Blank Verse