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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Monologue
Sequence Patterns
Flashback
Argumentative purpose
2. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Antagonist
Paradox
Dialect
3. Series of events
Plot
Iambic Pentameter
Implication
Allusion
4. The main (good) character
Paradox
Conclusion
Style
Hero(ine)
5. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Stream of Consciousness
Foreshadowing
Resolution
Analogy
6. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Poetic License
Context
Apostrophe
Epigram
7. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Sprung rhythm
Sequence Patterns
Farce
Organizing Principles
8. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Stanza
Sequence Patterns
Maxim
Narrative Purpose
9. Humorous imitation
Parody
Parable
Flashback
Resolution
10. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Hero(ine)
Hyperbole
Idiom
Poetic Syntax
11. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Rhyme Scheme
Monologue
Theme
Personification
12. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Informative Purpose
Plot
Allusion
13. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Anecdote
Denouement
Informative Purpose
Folktale
14. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Allegory
Stanza
Anachronism
Euphony
15. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Inference
Allegory
Diction
Genre
16. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Villain(ess)
Metaphor
Anachronism
Third-person
17. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Realism
Characterization
Parable
18. The freedom of a poet in writing
Antagonist
Poetic License
Comedy
Cliche
19. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Imagery
Alliteration
Theme
Climax
20. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Personification
Poetic Diction
Mood
Descriptive Purpose
21. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Euphony
Descriptive Purpose
Oxymoron
Exposition
22. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Aside
Iambic Pentameter
Inference
Myth
23. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Myth
Consonance
Connotation
Epigram
24. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Epithet
Anecdote
Voice
25. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Persuasive Purpose
Villain(ess)
Parody
Analogy
26. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Empathy
Cliche
Mood
Idiom
27. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Imagery
Exposition
Poetic Syntax
Antihero(ine)
28. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Apostrophe
Exposition
Couplet
Heroic Couplet
29. Dictionary definition of a word
Pastoral
Context
Informative Purpose
Denotation
30. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Epithet
Comedy
Sonnet
Monologue
31. Word choice
Anachronism
Diction
Falling Action
Tone
32. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Understatement
Euphemism
Pun
Aphorism
33. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Realism
Iambic Pentameter
Onomatopoeia
34. The final actions or solution of the plot
Foil
Characterization
Persuasive Purpose
Resolution
35. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Genre
Pun
Argumentative purpose
Imagery
36. A short story teaching a lesson
Parable
Connotation
Tone
Aphorism
37. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Persuasive Purpose
Stream of Consciousness
Metonymy
Theme
38. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme
Figurative Language
Tone
39. 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
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
Iambic Pentameter
Metonymy
40. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Metonymy
Topic
Thesis
Anecdote
41. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Poetic License
Exciting Force
Paradox
42. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Antihero(ine)
Context
Onomatopoeia
Stanza
43. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Simile
Narrative Purpose
Free Verse
Parable
44. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Feeling
Tone
Allegory
Maxim
45. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Allegory
Confidant
Conclusion
Assonance
46. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhyme Scheme
Villain(ess)
Allusion
Rhetorical Question
47. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Hyperbole
Tale
Theater
Anthropomorphism
48. A contradiction or dilemma
Falling Action
Dramatic Monologue
Paradox
Dialect
49. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Sequence Patterns
Assonance
Exposition
Elegy
50. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Analogy
Anecdote
Pathos
Alliteration
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