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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Plot
Rhythm
Realism
Sequence Patterns
2. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Sprung rhythm
Cliche
Ode
Foil
3. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Figurative Language
Ode
Poetic Syntax
4. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Third-person
Expressive Purpose
Simile
Satire
5. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Denotation
Rhyme
Monologue
6. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Blank Verse
Tragedy
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
7. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Foil
Metaphor
Surrealism
Topic
8. 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
Iambic Pentameter
Conflict
Metonymy
Falling Action
9. Dictionary definition of a word
Monologue
Thesis
Conclusion
Denotation
10. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Synecdoche
Blank Verse
Confidant
Falling Action
11. 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
Stereotype Character
Myth
Superhero(ine)
Anecdote
12. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Implication
Argumentative purpose
Onomatopoeia
Understatement
13. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Understatement
Anecdote
Heroic Couplet
Exposition
14. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Parable
Narrative Purpose
Farce
15. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Anastrophe
Imagery
Romance
Implication
16. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Exciting Force
Genre
Denouement
Simile
17. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Understatement
First-person
Inference
Alliteration
18. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Denouement
Stereotype Character
Parallelism
Hyperbole
19. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Antagonist
Aphorism
Anecdote
Argumentative purpose
20. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Organizing Principles
Euphemism
Rhyme Scheme
Thesis
21. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Foreshadowing
Inference
Alliteration
Complication
22. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Farce
Exposition
Informative Purpose
Narrative Purpose
23. A word imitating the sound it represents
Poetic Syntax
Analogy
Argumentative purpose
Onomatopoeia
24. Humorous imitation
Genre
Concrete Poetry
Parody
Connotation
25. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Folktale
Sonnet
Plot
26. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Third-person
Tragedy
Sonnet
Consonance
27. A contradiction or dilemma
Falling Action
Paradox
Denotation
Euphemism
28. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Allegory
Theme
Euphemism
Poetic Syntax
29. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Literal Meaning
Oxymoron
Narrative
30. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Romance
Pastoral
Dialect
Antithesis
31. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Euphemism
Persuasive Purpose
Allusion
Exciting Force
32. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Voice
Atmosphere
Concrete Poetry
33. The prevailing psychological state
Parallelism
Introduction
Epigram
Climate
34. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Interior Monologue
Apostrophe
Antithesis
Sonnet
35. Dramatic speech to oneself
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
Soliloquy
Imagery
36. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Crisis
Point of View
Anecdote
Theater
37. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Simile
Synecdoche
Folktale
38. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Ballad
Poetic Syntax
Superhero(ine)
First-person
39. Subject
Onomatopoeia
Topic
Cliche
Climate
40. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Diction
Onomatopoeia
Organizing Principles
41. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Ode
Plot
Introduction
42. Point of view
Anthropomorphism
Perspective
Topic
Myth
43. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Hero(ine)
Metonymy
Sprung rhythm
Superhero(ine)
44. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Personification
Mood
Rhythm
Denouement
45. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Foreshadowing
Pastoral
Context
Figure of Speech
46. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Romance
Allegory
Epigram
Folktale
47. A final settlement
Exposition
Characterization
Surrealism
Conclusion
48. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Tragedy
Couplet
Anthropomorphism
Heroic Couplet
49. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Tone
Sonnet
Mood
Connotation
50. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Empathy
Organizing Principles
Anthropomorphism
Interior Monologue