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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
Metaphor
Analogy
Narrative
Feeling
2. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Denotation
Legend
Idiom
Inference
3. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theater
Perspective
Alliteration
Antithesis
4. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Poetic Diction
Personification
Allusion
Consonance
5. Dictionary definition of a word
Monologue
Literal Meaning
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
6. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Idiom
Figurative Language
Stanza
Rhyme Scheme
7. A group of lines in a poem
Antagonist
Implication
Stanza
Simile
8. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Ballad
Elegy
Plot
Euphemism
9. The process by which the writer develops a character
Denouement
Characterization
Assonance
Stanza
10. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Maxim
Poetic Diction
Realism
Paradox
11. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Personification
Anastrophe
Sequence Patterns
Sprung rhythm
12. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Simile
Theater
Rhyme Scheme
Foreshadowing
13. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
Exposition
Antagonist
Cliche
14. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Flashback
Context
Inference
Heroic Couplet
15. Recurring at regular intervals
Aside
Maxim
Rhythm
Oxymoron
16. Dramatic speech to oneself
Aside
Theme
Style
Soliloquy
17. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Confidant
Allegory
Assonance
18. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Figurative Language
Falling Action
Rhythm
Ballad
19. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Argumentative purpose
Feeling
Euphony
Maxim
20. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Analogy
Narrative Purpose
Interior Monologue
Epigram
21. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Pastoral
Hero(ine)
Concrete Poetry
Free Verse
22. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Irony
Parable
Metaphor
Expressive Purpose
23. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Satire
Setting
First-person
Argumentative purpose
24. The freedom of a poet in writing
Atmosphere
Poetic License
Introduction
Poetic Syntax
25. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Tone
Antithesis
Conclusion
26. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Metaphor
Comedy
Folktale
Oxymoron
27. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Cliche
Irony
Aside
Poetic Syntax
28. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Legend
Organizing Principles
Allusion
Rhyme
29. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
First-person
Analogy
Topic
Pastoral
30. (tall): short piece of fiction
Tale
Fable
Point of View
Villain(ess)
31. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
First-person
Iambic Pentameter
Concrete Poetry
Denotation
32. Anything that stands for or represents something else
Synecdoche
Introduction
First-person
Symbol
33. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Foreshadowing
Euphemism
Poetic Syntax
Exposition
34. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Characterization
Thesis
Confidant
Free Verse
35. Words mean exactly what they say
Climax
Denouement
Couplet
Literal Meaning
36. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Irony
Aphorism
Theme
37. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Anthropomorphism
Aphorism
Style
Dramatic Monologue
38. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Sarcasm
Irony
Crisis
Plot
39. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Irony
Stereotype Character
Organizing Principles
Tone
40. Series of events
Plot
Farce
Euphony
Symbol
41. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Parallelism
Apostrophe
Antagonist
Rhyme
42. 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
Implication
Foil
Hero(ine)
43. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Context
Rhyme
Consonance
Genre
44. The main (good) character
Sequence Patterns
Hero(ine)
Theater
Surrealism
45. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anachronism
Diction
Anthropomorphism
Conflict
46. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Tale
Conflict
Imagery
Pathos
47. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Expository Purpose
Satire
Comedy
Aside
48. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Realism
Myth
Parallelism
Antihero(ine)
49. A short story teaching a lesson
Sprung rhythm
Sarcasm
Apostrophe
Parable
50. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Antihero(ine)
Allegory
Exposition
Ode