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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Narrative Purpose
Expository Purpose
Literal Meaning
Rhyme Scheme
2. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Exciting Force
Sequence Patterns
Flashback
Climax
3. The perspective from which a story is told
Theater
Point of View
Resolution
Stanza
4. A word imitating the sound it represents
Denotation
Onomatopoeia
Thesis
Characterization
5. The prevailing psychological state
Villain(ess)
Paradox
Climate
Stereotype Character
6. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Romance
Introduction
First-person
Stream of Consciousness
7. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Inference
Free Verse
Conclusion
Assonance
8. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Anthropomorphism
Syntax
Narrative Purpose
Style
9. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Climate
Denotation
Antithesis
Metaphor
10. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Ode
Metaphor
Literal Meaning
Figure of Speech
11. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Mood
Implication
Persona
Aphorism
12. Conjoining contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Parallelism
Ode
Voice
13. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Antithesis
Rising Action
Topic
Climate
14. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Euphemism
Superhero(ine)
Apostrophe
Free Verse
15. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Denotation
Maxim
Simile
16. 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
Comedy
Flashback
Antihero(ine)
Synecdoche
17. The event that sets the plot into motion - triggering the conflict
Setting
Persona
Iambic Pentameter
Exciting Force
18. The main (good) character
Literal Meaning
Sarcasm
Tone
Hero(ine)
19. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Informative Purpose
Characterization
Organizing Principles
Blank Verse
20. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Rising Action
Poetic Syntax
Folktale
Blank Verse
21. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Anastrophe
Superhero(ine)
Thesis
22. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Fable
Understatement
Empathy
Consonance
23. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Simile
Rhyme Scheme
Pastoral
24. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally - often creating comparisons
Figurative Language
Satire
Ballad
Denouement
25. 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
Antihero(ine)
Paradox
Persuasive Purpose
26. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Tale
Falling Action
Genre
Inference
27. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Argumentative purpose
Conflict
Syntax
Flashback
28. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Pastoral
Allegory
Literal Meaning
Organizing Principles
29. Word choice
Organizing Principles
Hyperbole
Diction
Euphemism
30. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Analogy
Implication
Descriptive Purpose
31. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Couplet
Idiom
Persuasive Purpose
Theme
32. A play on words
Pathos
Diction
Context
Pun
33. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Implication
Hero(ine)
Anecdote
Persona
34. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Realism
Stanza
Anachronism
Hyperbole
35. A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Irony
Third-person
Mood
36. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Poetic License
Rhyme
Anthropomorphism
Oxymoron
37. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Expository Purpose
Characterization
Conclusion
38. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Cliche
Idiom
Feeling
Dramatic Monologue
39. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Romance
Anachronism
Exciting Force
Fable
40. A short story teaching a lesson
Tale
Introduction
Parable
Expository Purpose
41. An idea that is implied or suggested
Figure of Speech
Elegy
Connotation
Tragedy
42. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Rhyme Scheme
Antihero(ine)
Monologue
Blank Verse
43. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Point of View
Soliloquy
Parallelism
Sequence Patterns
44. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Exciting Force
Resolution
Comedy
45. Recurring at regular intervals
Stream of Consciousness
Simile
Rhythm
Thesis
46. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Epithet
Theme
Romance
Cliche
47. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Climax
Empathy
Maxim
Myth
48. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Poetic Syntax
Assonance
Expressive Purpose
Stanza
49. Figure of speech; comparison not using like or as
Dramatic Monologue
Soliloquy
Metaphor
Topic
50. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Heroic Couplet
Superhero(ine)
Interior Monologue
Assonance