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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Syntax
Alliteration
Pastoral
Conflict
2. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Plot
Assonance
Flashback
Blank Verse
3. Exaggeration
Analogy
Hyperbole
Pathos
Epigram
4. The speaker - voice - or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing
Resolution
Persona
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
5. When - where - and the weather in which the story takes place
Setting
Diction
Figurative Language
Idiom
6. To display emotions and ideas
Expressive Purpose
Context
Paradox
Resolution
7. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Farce
Simile
Rhyme
Pun
8. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Perspective
Foreshadowing
Ballad
Descriptive Purpose
9. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Implication
Foreshadowing
Empathy
Realism
10. Word choice
Consonance
Diction
Dialect
Pun
11. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Myth
Context
Argumentative purpose
Heroic Couplet
12. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Maxim
Tale
Synecdoche
Rhyme Scheme
13. Extended narrative about improbable events and extraordinary people in exotic places; often dealing with love
Stream of Consciousness
Romance
Rhyme
Persuasive Purpose
14. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Anthropomorphism
Cliche
Antihero(ine)
Rhyme
15. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Narrative Purpose
Parable
Poetic Diction
Atmosphere
16. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Persona
Anthropomorphism
Parallelism
First-person
17. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Hero(ine)
Couplet
Persona
Poetic License
18. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Monologue
Dialect
Resolution
Surrealism
19. Light and humorous drama with a happy ending
Comedy
Irony
Superhero(ine)
Folktale
20. Subject
Concrete Poetry
Elegy
Topic
Metonymy
21. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Sequence Patterns
Anachronism
Diction
Rhyme Scheme
22. An event or action in a work of literature that serves to intensify and develop the conflict.
Rising Action
Epigram
Villain(ess)
Complication
23. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Foreshadowing
Concrete Poetry
Rhyme
First-person
24. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Theme
Farce
Allegory
Theater
25. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Tale
Organizing Principles
Setting
Ballad
26. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
Plot
Rhyme
Understatement
27. Emotional appeal
Soliloquy
Confidant
Flashback
Pathos
28. Events after the climax - leading to the resolution
Informative Purpose
Perspective
Expressive Purpose
Falling Action
29. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Genre
Inference
Persuasive Purpose
30. The perspective from which a story is told
Iambic Pentameter
Point of View
Antihero(ine)
Exposition
31. The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Parallelism
Conflict
Resolution
First-person
32. The real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker
Introduction
Point of View
Voice
Metonymy
33. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Descriptive Purpose
Figure of Speech
Theme
Anastrophe
34. A play on words
Concrete Poetry
Pun
Resolution
Fable
35. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
Descriptive Purpose
Rhyme
Idiom
Analogy
36. (usually long) dramatic speech by a single speaker
Anastrophe
Monologue
Idiom
Personification
37. Agreeable - pleasant - harmonious sound
Euphony
Sonnet
Metonymy
Irony
38. An artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Onomatopoeia
Surrealism
Legend
Third-person
39. Opposition between characters or forces (especially motivating the development of the plot)
Conflict
Symbol
Apostrophe
Connotation
40. An idea that is implied or suggested
Connotation
Sequence Patterns
Tone
Cliche
41. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Denotation
Falling Action
Narrative Purpose
Denouement
42. (tall): short piece of fiction
Consonance
Narrative Purpose
Denouement
Tale
43. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Plot
Heroic Couplet
Literal Meaning
Symbol
44. Dictionary definition of a word
Apostrophe
Superhero(ine)
Denotation
Metaphor
45. Attitude or mood towards a subject
Alliteration
Tone
Poetic License
Setting
46. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Symbol
Farce
Understatement
Empathy
47. Told from the narrator's point of view - using 'I' - 'me' - 'we' - 'our' - etc.
Flashback
First-person
Syntax
Free Verse
48. The process by which the writer develops a character
Allusion
Characterization
Foil
Metaphor
49. A contradiction or dilemma
Irony
Paradox
Metonymy
Point of View
50. The freedom of a poet in writing
Crisis
Climate
Poetic License
Denouement
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