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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Figure of Speech
Folktale
Falling Action
Anachronism
2. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Dramatic Monologue
Ode
Syntax
Personification
3. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theater
Theme
Denotation
Genre
4. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Couplet
Dramatic Monologue
Cliche
Oxymoron
5. Recurring at regular intervals
Voice
Rhythm
Denotation
Argumentative purpose
6. Point of view
Oxymoron
Sonnet
Perspective
Setting
7. A play on words
Sequence Patterns
Pun
Rhythm
Parody
8. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Apostrophe
Theater
Empathy
Anachronism
9. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Inference
Pun
Theater
Surrealism
10. The perspective from which a story is told
Flashback
Point of View
Epigram
Symbol
11. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbol
Context
Satire
Pun
12. (tall): short piece of fiction
Theater
Tale
Concrete Poetry
Interior Monologue
13. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Epigram
Farce
Stream of Consciousness
Atmosphere
14. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Monologue
Voice
Tragedy
Informative Purpose
15. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Couplet
Connotation
Figurative Language
Theater
16. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Sarcasm
Dramatic Monologue
Thesis
Antithesis
17. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Perspective
Personification
Rhythm
18. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Argumentative purpose
Rising Action
Tone
Myth
19. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Metaphor
Rising Action
Inference
Tragedy
20. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Tone
Villain(ess)
Anachronism
Sprung rhythm
21. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Assonance
Rhetorical Question
Symbol
Descriptive Purpose
22. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Epigram
Rising Action
Consonance
Monologue
23. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Foil
Rising Action
Style
Figurative Language
24. The final actions or solution of the plot
Dialect
Consonance
Resolution
Organizing Principles
25. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Hyperbole
Style
Conflict
26. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Stereotype Character
Empathy
Rising Action
Denouement
27. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Climate
Anastrophe
Feeling
Falling Action
28. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Sequence Patterns
Complication
Antithesis
Euphony
29. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Consonance
Paradox
Concrete Poetry
Legend
30. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Anecdote
Concrete Poetry
Villain(ess)
31. 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
Rising Action
Mood
Feeling
Iambic Pentameter
32. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Pathos
Third-person
Simile
Ballad
33. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Tale
Organizing Principles
Euphony
Foil
34. Word choice
Elegy
Crisis
Concrete Poetry
Diction
35. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
First-person
Couplet
Tragedy
Figurative Language
36. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Cliche
Poetic Syntax
Flashback
Stream of Consciousness
37. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Theater
Anthropomorphism
Poetic Diction
Confidant
38. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Sonnet
Pathos
Narrative Purpose
Stream of Consciousness
39. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Anecdote
Expressive Purpose
Dialect
Parallelism
40. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Argumentative purpose
Pathos
Paradox
Exposition
41. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Parallelism
Conflict
Diction
42. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Connotation
Persuasive Purpose
Exciting Force
Foreshadowing
43. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Inference
Allegory
Poetic Diction
44. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Exciting Force
Falling Action
Anastrophe
45. Dictionary definition of a word
Pun
Diction
Denotation
Metonymy
46. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
First-person
Thesis
Third-person
Maxim
47. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Sprung rhythm
Tone
Comedy
48. A final settlement
Cliche
Rhythm
Conclusion
Satire
49. A contradiction or dilemma
Personification
Tragedy
Paradox
Iambic Pentameter
50. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Anastrophe
Characterization
Tone
Folktale
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