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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Exciting Force
Climate
Understatement
Consonance
2. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Expository Purpose
Flashback
Free Verse
Surrealism
3. Conjoining contradictory terms
Confidant
Onomatopoeia
Exciting Force
Oxymoron
4. The perspective from which a story is told
Parallelism
Implication
Point of View
Climate
5. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Couplet
Antagonist
Setting
Tale
6. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Antagonist
First-person
Rhyme Scheme
7. An idea that is implied or suggested
Antithesis
Elegy
Connotation
Analogy
8. Point of view
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Villain(ess)
Perspective
9. Dictionary definition of a word
Surrealism
Denotation
Persuasive Purpose
Inference
10. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
Tale
First-person
Narrative Purpose
11. A play on words
Parody
Analogy
Pun
Foil
12. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Sequence Patterns
Stream of Consciousness
Denotation
Myth
13. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Monologue
Antagonist
Narrative
Poetic License
14. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Parable
Rhyme Scheme
Empathy
Consonance
15. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Narrative
Complication
Tragedy
Allegory
16. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Anthropomorphism
Aside
Simile
Metaphor
17. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Free Verse
Descriptive Purpose
Farce
Parallelism
18. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Anachronism
Ballad
Aside
Poetic Diction
19. Humorous imitation
Context
Legend
Parody
Ballad
20. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Elegy
Expository Purpose
Thesis
Imagery
21. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Folktale
Hyperbole
Stream of Consciousness
22. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Understatement
Sprung rhythm
Free Verse
Iambic Pentameter
23. 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
Context
Comedy
Iambic Pentameter
Narrative
24. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Monologue
Realism
Plot
25. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Metonymy
Theme
Idiom
Context
26. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Perspective
Aphorism
Climax
Apostrophe
27. The prevailing psychological state
Figure of Speech
Climate
Aside
Literal Meaning
28. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Aside
Exposition
Euphemism
Sarcasm
29. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Analogy
Informative Purpose
Atmosphere
Narrative
30. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Satire
Euphony
Exciting Force
Free Verse
31. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Denotation
Myth
Stream of Consciousness
Descriptive Purpose
32. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Folktale
Realism
Euphemism
Parallelism
33. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Anecdote
Foil
Monologue
Cliche
34. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Voice
Context
Anecdote
Legend
35. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
Parable
36. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Thesis
Heroic Couplet
Pastoral
Pun
37. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Aphorism
Poetic Diction
Characterization
Context
38. Series of events
Villain(ess)
Euphemism
Fable
Plot
39. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Flashback
Antihero(ine)
Mood
Euphemism
40. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Myth
Euphony
Analogy
Crisis
41. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Introduction
Irony
Epigram
Dialect
42. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Alliteration
Superhero(ine)
Parable
Parody
43. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Figure of Speech
Imagery
Persona
Apostrophe
44. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Conclusion
Parable
Soliloquy
Expository Purpose
45. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Ballad
Antihero(ine)
Foreshadowing
46. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Soliloquy
Maxim
Sonnet
Context
47. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Anastrophe
Understatement
Theme
Narrative Purpose
48. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Antihero(ine)
Free Verse
Synecdoche
Falling Action
49. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Sarcasm
Antagonist
Narrative Purpose
Topic
50. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Persuasive Purpose
Parody
Symbol
Poetic Syntax