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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Stream of Consciousness
Perspective
Rhyme Scheme
Fable
2. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Expository Purpose
Elegy
Conclusion
Aphorism
3. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Idiom
Figurative Language
Connotation
Thesis
4. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Ballad
Tone
Persona
Exposition
5. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Assonance
Surrealism
Couplet
Expository Purpose
6. Emotional appeal
Pathos
Antihero(ine)
Villain(ess)
Parody
7. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Pastoral
Blank Verse
Hyperbole
Soliloquy
8. An idea that is implied or suggested
Synecdoche
Concrete Poetry
Connotation
Point of View
9. Point of view
Paradox
Aside
Perspective
Irony
10. A group of lines in a poem
Point of View
Romance
Stanza
Sarcasm
11. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Tale
Sarcasm
Expository Purpose
12. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Inference
Climax
Descriptive Purpose
Couplet
13. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Plot
Narrative Purpose
Empathy
14. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Descriptive Purpose
Comedy
Context
15. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Parallelism
Analogy
Folktale
Sarcasm
16. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Antithesis
Euphemism
Parable
Symbol
17. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Pastoral
Atmosphere
Voice
Stanza
18. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Dialect
Villain(ess)
Anachronism
Figure of Speech
19. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Organizing Principles
Resolution
Characterization
20. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Tone
Stereotype Character
Metaphor
Maxim
21. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Characterization
Figure of Speech
Consonance
Genre
22. The process by which the writer develops a character
Free Verse
Folktale
Characterization
Symbol
23. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Sequence Patterns
Anthropomorphism
Empathy
Theater
24. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Allusion
Persona
Sprung rhythm
Informative Purpose
25. The perspective from which a story is told
Aside
Point of View
Organizing Principles
Conclusion
26. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Rhetorical Question
Villain(ess)
Connotation
Figurative Language
27. A short story teaching a lesson
Aphorism
Maxim
Villain(ess)
Parable
28. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Pathos
Analogy
Stanza
29. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Imagery
Comedy
Rhetorical Question
Personification
30. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Maxim
Poetic Diction
Superhero(ine)
Flashback
31. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Comedy
Figurative Language
Anachronism
Perspective
32. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Literal Meaning
Onomatopoeia
Dramatic Monologue
Voice
33. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Topic
Rhetorical Question
Confidant
Climax
34. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Foil
Allegory
Free Verse
Epigram
35. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Satire
Personification
Foil
Setting
36. 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
Aphorism
Stereotype Character
Genre
Narrative Purpose
37. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Farce
Imagery
Tale
Narrative Purpose
38. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Personification
Allusion
Sprung rhythm
Monologue
39. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Persona
Poetic Syntax
Denotation
Fable
40. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Apostrophe
Alliteration
Denouement
Poetic License
41. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Denotation
Elegy
Third-person
Figure of Speech
42. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Rhyme Scheme
Persona
Free Verse
Narrative Purpose
43. Point of view in which the narrator is outside of the story - an observer; can be limited or omniscient
Sprung rhythm
Third-person
Characterization
Resolution
44. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Euphony
Allusion
Metonymy
Persona
45. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Superhero(ine)
Alliteration
Theme
Euphony
46. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Legend
Mood
Atmosphere
Assonance
47. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Mood
Epigram
Narrative Purpose
Figurative Language
48. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Pathos
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Topic
49. A message that digresses from the main subject
Literal Meaning
Aside
Alliteration
Resolution
50. The prevailing psychological state
Folktale
Understatement
Sonnet
Climate