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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Soliloquy
Stream of Consciousness
Ode
Irony
2. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Monologue
Introduction
Parallelism
Dialect
3. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
First-person
Poetic License
Paradox
Surrealism
4. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Stereotype Character
Antihero(ine)
Concrete Poetry
Exposition
5. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (or vice versa) - the specific for the general (or vice versa) - or the material for the thing made from it
Resolution
Synecdoche
Tone
Foil
6. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Allegory
Maxim
Anthropomorphism
Falling Action
7. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Sprung rhythm
Iambic Pentameter
Literal Meaning
8. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Falling Action
Romance
Anastrophe
9. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Anastrophe
Pun
Dialect
Alliteration
10. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Voice
Flashback
Tale
Parallelism
11. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
Understatement
Context
Metonymy
12. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Argumentative purpose
Antithesis
Atmosphere
Irony
13. Emotional appeal
Poetic Syntax
Stereotype Character
Denotation
Pathos
14. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Antihero(ine)
Figure of Speech
Hero(ine)
Aside
15. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Theme
Alliteration
Literal Meaning
16. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Foreshadowing
Climax
Sprung rhythm
Satire
17. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Anastrophe
Context
Sequence Patterns
Complication
18. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Satire
Simile
Dialect
19. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Context
Tragedy
Argumentative purpose
Literal Meaning
20. The perspective from which a story is told
Characterization
Point of View
Fable
Elegy
21. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Empathy
Blank Verse
Alliteration
22. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Anthropomorphism
Connotation
Epithet
Romance
23. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Understatement
Setting
Ballad
Climax
24. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Persuasive Purpose
Personification
Aside
Persona
25. A short story teaching a lesson
Feeling
Parallelism
Poetic License
Parable
26. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Poetic Diction
Literal Meaning
Couplet
Style
27. Unstable or critical situation - usually turning point - in which the outcome will make a decisive difference
Crisis
Concrete Poetry
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
28. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Flashback
Euphemism
Satire
Personification
29. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Foil
Fable
Voice
Narrative Purpose
30. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Thesis
Fable
Mood
Rhetorical Question
31. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Third-person
Assonance
Exciting Force
Thesis
32. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning
Context
Fable
Rhetorical Question
Sequence Patterns
33. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Monologue
Iambic Pentameter
Pastoral
Blank Verse
34. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Onomatopoeia
Feeling
Foil
Interior Monologue
35. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Informative Purpose
Complication
Antihero(ine)
Dialect
36. A final settlement
Denouement
Conclusion
Allegory
Oxymoron
37. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Complication
Feeling
Denouement
Argumentative purpose
38. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Crisis
Anachronism
Complication
39. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Superhero(ine)
Fable
Farce
Euphony
40. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Legend
Characterization
Stereotype Character
Heroic Couplet
41. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Soliloquy
Rising Action
Simile
Blank Verse
42. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Imagery
Euphony
Pathos
Complication
43. A message that digresses from the main subject
Diction
Aside
Antihero(ine)
Poetic Syntax
44. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Folktale
Simile
Consonance
Third-person
45. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Stream of Consciousness
Ode
Anecdote
Theater
46. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Fable
Romance
Apostrophe
Climate
47. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Metaphor
Confidant
Idiom
Hyperbole
48. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Concrete Poetry
Myth
Assonance
49. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Ode
Assonance
Satire
First-person
50. The main (good) character
Euphony
Villain(ess)
Alliteration
Hero(ine)
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