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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Pastoral
Monologue
Concrete Poetry
Alliteration
2. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Alliteration
Falling Action
Plot
Flashback
3. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Tragedy
Crisis
Conclusion
Style
4. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Thesis
Satire
Exposition
5. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Stereotype Character
Sequence Patterns
Complication
Stream of Consciousness
6. How a sentence was formed to convey an emotion - image - or aspect of language.
Informative Purpose
Crisis
Poetic Syntax
Confidant
7. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Denotation
Flashback
Confidant
Consonance
8. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Allusion
Parody
Pastoral
Imagery
9. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Pathos
Farce
Argumentative purpose
Onomatopoeia
10. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Sprung rhythm
First-person
Allusion
Introduction
11. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Antihero(ine)
Tone
Stream of Consciousness
Climate
12. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Dialect
Allusion
Anastrophe
Satire
13. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Allusion
Empathy
Thesis
Theme
14. (tall): short piece of fiction
Argumentative purpose
Tale
Sprung rhythm
Rising Action
15. Conjoining contradictory terms
Denotation
Diction
Iambic Pentameter
Oxymoron
16. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Comedy
Antithesis
Inference
Oxymoron
17. 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
Synecdoche
Rising Action
Iambic Pentameter
Expository Purpose
18. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
Allegory
Stereotype Character
Superhero(ine)
Tragedy
19. Words mean exactly what they say
Persuasive Purpose
Dramatic Monologue
Literal Meaning
Villain(ess)
20. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Parallelism
First-person
Perspective
Thesis
21. The process by which the writer develops a character
Pastoral
Anecdote
Foreshadowing
Characterization
22. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Free Verse
Interior Monologue
Sprung rhythm
Mood
23. Point of view
Fable
Perspective
Sprung rhythm
Characterization
24. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Feeling
Confidant
Anthropomorphism
Surrealism
25. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Anastrophe
Folktale
Resolution
Anecdote
26. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Epithet
Plot
Allegory
27. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Anastrophe
Imagery
Pathos
28. Written to convince the reader of an opinion or point
Persuasive Purpose
Parody
Conflict
Realism
29. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Figure of Speech
Rhythm
Denotation
Expository Purpose
30. A message that digresses from the main subject
Aside
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Sequence Patterns
31. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Epigram
Conflict
Surrealism
Tone
32. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Theme
Sonnet
Epithet
Parable
33. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Poetic License
Anecdote
Parallelism
Parable
34. 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
Conclusion
Iambic Pentameter
Topic
Villain(ess)
35. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Allusion
Thesis
Literal Meaning
36. The main (good) character
Connotation
Personification
Feeling
Hero(ine)
37. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Paradox
Conflict
Farce
Crisis
38. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Euphony
Understatement
Farce
Aphorism
39. Series of events
Point of View
Rising Action
Symbol
Plot
40. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Poetic Syntax
Euphemism
Concrete Poetry
Diction
41. Background introducing the characters - setting - and basic situation
Exposition
Assonance
Metaphor
Symbol
42. The series of conflicts building up to a climax
Anecdote
Allusion
Rising Action
Villain(ess)
43. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Informative Purpose
Context
Stanza
44. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Connotation
Denotation
Allegory
Satire
45. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Inference
Narrative
Dramatic Monologue
Sequence Patterns
46. Recurring at regular intervals
Aphorism
Anachronism
Rhythm
Romance
47. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Conflict
Figurative Language
Blank Verse
Folktale
48. An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
Idiom
Allegory
Anastrophe
Consonance
49. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Persona
Empathy
Maxim
Stereotype Character
50. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Voice
Topic
First-person
Theater