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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Antihero(ine)
Alliteration
Figure of Speech
Irony
2. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Crisis
Persona
Maxim
Antithesis
3. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Organizing Principles
Blank Verse
Inference
Expository Purpose
4. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Personification
Thesis
Anastrophe
Conclusion
5. A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents - each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Figurative Language
Romance
Sprung rhythm
Iambic Pentameter
6. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Descriptive Purpose
Parable
Genre
Point of View
7. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Romance
Exciting Force
Antihero(ine)
8. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Tale
Parallelism
Myth
Euphony
9. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Narrative
Symbol
Exposition
Sprung rhythm
10. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Foil
Maxim
Pun
Synecdoche
11. A short story teaching a lesson
Free Verse
Parable
Plot
Narrative Purpose
12. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Dialect
Diction
Flashback
Aphorism
13. Words mean exactly what they say
Literal Meaning
Argumentative purpose
Dialect
Couplet
14. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Complication
Villain(ess)
Assonance
Tale
15. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Antagonist
Implication
Aphorism
Comedy
16. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Conclusion
Stream of Consciousness
Context
Thesis
17. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Farce
Tone
Confidant
Antagonist
18. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Surrealism
Organizing Principles
Oxymoron
Implication
19. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Parody
Theater
Idiom
Third-person
20. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Conflict
Tale
Expository Purpose
Rhyme Scheme
21. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Persona
Aphorism
Allusion
Maxim
22. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Anthropomorphism
Maxim
Topic
Organizing Principles
23. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Climax
Concrete Poetry
Hyperbole
Anecdote
24. 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
Farce
Climax
Legend
25. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Soliloquy
Atmosphere
Alliteration
26. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Organizing Principles
Understatement
Anastrophe
Realism
27. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Expository Purpose
Hero(ine)
Rhetorical Question
Maxim
28. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Perspective
Fable
Simile
Theme
29. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Sprung rhythm
Genre
Point of View
30. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Pun
Satire
Context
Figure of Speech
31. Subject
Crisis
Topic
Allusion
Theme
32. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Legend
Sprung rhythm
Point of View
33. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Elegy
Exposition
Anthropomorphism
Pastoral
34. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Stream of Consciousness
Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Connotation
35. A contradiction or dilemma
Tone
Foreshadowing
Paradox
Idiom
36. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Parallelism
Epigram
Oxymoron
Stanza
37. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Synecdoche
Villain(ess)
Confidant
Blank Verse
38. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Persona
Foreshadowing
Fable
Heroic Couplet
39. A final settlement
Topic
Complication
Conclusion
Allegory
40. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Simile
Poetic Syntax
Poetic Diction
Setting
41. Word choice
Oxymoron
Crisis
Monologue
Diction
42. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Parallelism
Setting
Foreshadowing
Figure of Speech
43. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Ballad
Parody
Pathos
Anthropomorphism
44. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Ballad
Pathos
Empathy
Poetic Diction
45. Suggestions or hints
Climate
Understatement
Implication
Euphemism
46. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Pun
Realism
Euphemism
Interior Monologue
47. Exaggeration
Hero(ine)
Anecdote
Hyperbole
Style
48. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Antihero(ine)
Figurative Language
Couplet
Fable
49. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Crisis
Anachronism
Poetic Syntax
Figurative Language
50. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Syntax
Tragedy
Paradox
Alliteration