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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Parody
Synecdoche
Satire
Rhyme
2. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Monologue
Stanza
Metaphor
Theme
3. Word choice
Diction
Satire
Anachronism
Denotation
4. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Descriptive Purpose
Simile
Informative Purpose
Superhero(ine)
5. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Analogy
Tragedy
Alliteration
Free Verse
6. The process by which the writer develops a character
Exposition
Thesis
Narrative Purpose
Characterization
7. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Sonnet
Rising Action
Style
Folktale
8. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Analogy
Stanza
Metaphor
9. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Informative Purpose
Simile
Personification
Imagery
10. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Ode
Legend
Tragedy
Maxim
11. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Denouement
Informative Purpose
Organizing Principles
Crisis
12. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Point of View
Tone
Couplet
13. A word imitating the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Connotation
Style
14. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Resolution
Simile
Sequence Patterns
Metaphor
15. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Imagery
Anastrophe
Falling Action
Theme
16. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Anastrophe
Tone
Figure of Speech
17. Before the main part or actually story
Allusion
Satire
Introduction
Parable
18. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Rhythm
Irony
Antagonist
Theater
19. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Inference
Consonance
Denouement
Farce
20. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Rhetorical Question
Feeling
Villain(ess)
Sprung rhythm
21. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Implication
Persuasive Purpose
Conclusion
Poetic Diction
22. Emotional appeal
Narrative Purpose
Pathos
Theme
Realism
23. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Sequence Patterns
Comedy
Rising Action
Understatement
24. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Figurative Language
Context
Ode
Resolution
25. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Perspective
Stanza
Epigram
Tone
26. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Implication
Dramatic Monologue
Thesis
Atmosphere
27. A short story teaching a lesson
Rhyme Scheme
Denouement
Parable
Anastrophe
28. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Allusion
Genre
Parallelism
Anastrophe
29. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Tone
Free Verse
Rhythm
Style
30. Humorous imitation
Parody
Topic
Dramatic Monologue
Parallelism
31. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Theme
Narrative
Exciting Force
Alliteration
32. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Narrative Purpose
Context
Allusion
Surrealism
33. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Crisis
Resolution
Thesis
34. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Crisis
Expressive Purpose
Exciting Force
Simile
35. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Blank Verse
Perspective
Rhyme Scheme
Topic
36. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Villain(ess)
Antihero(ine)
Feeling
Anecdote
37. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Concrete Poetry
Empathy
Ballad
Synecdoche
38. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Thesis
Conflict
Figurative Language
Poetic License
39. Recurring at regular intervals
Aside
Rhythm
Sequence Patterns
Sprung rhythm
40. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Imagery
Myth
Aside
Organizing Principles
41. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Realism
Assonance
Diction
Paradox
42. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Parallelism
Soliloquy
Diction
43. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Pun
Rhyme
Rhetorical Question
Expressive Purpose
44. 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
Introduction
Denotation
Iambic Pentameter
Point of View
45. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Synecdoche
Genre
Ode
Aphorism
46. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Iambic Pentameter
Tragedy
Ode
Argumentative purpose
47. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Analogy
Sequence Patterns
Sprung rhythm
Fable
48. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Characterization
Parable
Dramatic Monologue
49. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Tone
Antihero(ine)
Synecdoche
Consonance
50. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Tone
Confidant
Voice
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