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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Sprung rhythm
Interior Monologue
Stereotype Character
Foreshadowing
2. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Empathy
Realism
Mood
Farce
3. The different patterns of development or methods of organization that can be used for self-expression - providing information - persuasion - and entertainment
Iambic Pentameter
Sequence Patterns
Flashback
Elegy
4. A category or type of literary or artistic work
Genre
Inference
Folktale
Heroic Couplet
5. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Heroic Couplet
Point of View
Setting
Anthropomorphism
6. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhythm
Oxymoron
Characterization
Rhetorical Question
7. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Cliche
Voice
Informative Purpose
Confidant
8. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Third-person
Foil
Satire
Understatement
9. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Argumentative purpose
Flashback
Rising Action
Metaphor
10. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme Scheme
Dramatic Monologue
Complication
11. Dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Tragedy
Feeling
Metonymy
12. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Sequence Patterns
Foil
Free Verse
Pun
13. Subject
Anastrophe
Topic
Surrealism
Metonymy
14. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Crisis
Rhyme
Imagery
Organizing Principles
15. Poetic meter that has one stressed and a varying amount of unstressed syllables
Anecdote
Sprung rhythm
Analogy
Soliloquy
16. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Aside
Theater
Descriptive Purpose
Denouement
17. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Villain(ess)
Stereotype Character
Legend
Tone
18. The freedom of a poet in writing
Poetic License
Rising Action
Alliteration
Stream of Consciousness
19. A final settlement
Context
Conclusion
Assonance
Informative Purpose
20. Short (narrative) account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Exciting Force
Anecdote
Epigram
Myth
21. A play on words
Rhyme
Pun
Poetic Syntax
Informative Purpose
22. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Assonance
Syntax
Tragedy
Interior Monologue
23. A mournful poem - especially lamenting the dead
Poetic Diction
Connotation
Argumentative purpose
Elegy
24. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Comedy
Rhyme Scheme
Analogy
Assonance
25. To inform the reader about something using facts - ideas and containing a focus subject
Introduction
Empathy
Informative Purpose
Denouement
26. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Irony
Sequence Patterns
Epigram
Blank Verse
27. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Tone
Antihero(ine)
Conflict
Hero(ine)
28. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Implication
Atmosphere
Foil
Conclusion
29. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Organizing Principles
Foil
Heroic Couplet
Theater
30. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
Literal Meaning
Metaphor
Topic
Blank Verse
31. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Apostrophe
Parable
Satire
Blank Verse
32. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn; poking fun at the foibles of society
Fable
Personification
Thesis
Satire
33. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Allegory
Blank Verse
Hero(ine)
Stream of Consciousness
34. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Onomatopoeia
Legend
Fable
Figurative Language
35. A short story teaching a lesson
Style
Romance
Realism
Parable
36. A story that is usually passed down orally and becomes part of a community's tradition
Tale
Folktale
Aphorism
Simile
37. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Topic
Empathy
Descriptive Purpose
Surrealism
38. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Ballad
Realism
Hyperbole
First-person
39. 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
Narrative Purpose
Feeling
Symbol
Stereotype Character
40. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Flashback
Personification
Synecdoche
Point of View
41. The main (good) character
Characterization
Monologue
Tragedy
Hero(ine)
42. Suggestions or hints
Implication
Stanza
Perspective
Climax
43. Words mean exactly what they say
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Oxymoron
Literal Meaning
44. Exaggeration
Foil
Sequence Patterns
Hyperbole
Realism
45. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Sarcasm
Pastoral
Figure of Speech
Informative Purpose
46. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Flashback
Anthropomorphism
Figure of Speech
Figurative Language
47. The choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work
Style
Perspective
Pathos
Feeling
48. The process by which the writer develops a character
First-person
Stream of Consciousness
Characterization
Plot
49. A group of lines in a poem
Denouement
Exposition
Argumentative purpose
Stanza
50. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Farce
Personification
Denouement
Denotation