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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Climax
Allusion
Iambic Pentameter
Idiom
2. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Stanza
Antithesis
Inference
3. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Concrete Poetry
Parable
Denouement
Complication
4. Exaggeration
Metonymy
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Falling Action
5. An idea that is implied or suggested
Idiom
Consonance
Connotation
Couplet
6. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Legend
Pastoral
Consonance
7. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Literal Meaning
Atmosphere
Introduction
8. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Complication
Topic
Literal Meaning
Poetic Diction
9. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Atmosphere
Rhyme Scheme
Iambic Pentameter
Climax
10. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Oxymoron
Rhythm
Surrealism
Alliteration
11. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Onomatopoeia
Denouement
Expository Purpose
Metaphor
12. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Confidant
Narrative
Voice
Understatement
13. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Superhero(ine)
Introduction
Allegory
Point of View
14. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Literal Meaning
Heroic Couplet
Maxim
Farce
15. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Flashback
Dialect
Denouement
Parody
16. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Figure of Speech
Organizing Principles
Metaphor
Foil
17. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Climate
Anastrophe
Hyperbole
18. Word choice
Diction
Satire
Cliche
Climate
19. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Figure of Speech
Inference
Conflict
20. Point of view
Rhyme Scheme
First-person
Anecdote
Perspective
21. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Ballad
Atmosphere
22. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Poetic License
Assonance
Legend
Stream of Consciousness
23. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Legend
Euphemism
Figure of Speech
Diction
24. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Poetic License
Apostrophe
Villain(ess)
Concrete Poetry
25. Humorous imitation
Style
Parody
Flashback
Denotation
26. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Concrete Poetry
Aside
Imagery
Heroic Couplet
27. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Parable
Blank Verse
Hyperbole
28. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Denotation
Climate
Soliloquy
29. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Figure of Speech
Narrative
Onomatopoeia
Ballad
30. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Connotation
Sequence Patterns
Anastrophe
Allusion
31. The prevailing psychological state
Apostrophe
Folktale
Theater
Climate
32. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Hyperbole
Context
Satire
Paradox
33. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Persuasive Purpose
Context
Genre
34. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Perspective
Anecdote
Folktale
35. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Persuasive Purpose
Tragedy
Argumentative purpose
Parallelism
36. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Setting
Alliteration
Complication
Poetic Syntax
37. 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
Figurative Language
Parody
Stereotype Character
Conflict
38. The freedom of a poet in writing
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Surrealism
Poetic License
39. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Free Verse
Ballad
Persuasive Purpose
40. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Organizing Principles
Antihero(ine)
Expressive Purpose
Pun
41. A message that digresses from the main subject
Thesis
Stream of Consciousness
Aside
Iambic Pentameter
42. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Syntax
Metaphor
Conflict
Thesis
43. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Anastrophe
Organizing Principles
Style
Fable
44. To display emotions and ideas
Rising Action
Expressive Purpose
Ballad
Farce
45. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Confidant
Pathos
Superhero(ine)
Context
46. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Descriptive Purpose
Poetic Syntax
Context
47. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Metonymy
Empathy
Ballad
Interior Monologue
48. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Epigram
Analogy
Fable
49. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Connotation
Point of View
Cliche
Crisis
50. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Connotation
Sonnet
Crisis
Point of View
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