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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. 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
Parable
Stereotype Character
Rhythm
Organizing Principles
2. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Understatement
Context
Pastoral
Free Verse
3. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Monologue
Ballad
Free Verse
Consonance
4. The opposite of exaggeration; less than intended.
Comedy
Understatement
Argumentative purpose
Figure of Speech
5. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Anecdote
Farce
Theater
Idiom
6. A word imitating the sound it represents
Foil
Onomatopoeia
Antihero(ine)
Interior Monologue
7. The primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Iambic Pentameter
Thesis
Legend
Literal Meaning
8. The perspective from which a story is told
Simile
Iambic Pentameter
Couplet
Point of View
9. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Sarcasm
Synecdoche
Organizing Principles
Dramatic Monologue
10. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Concrete Poetry
Foreshadowing
Rhythm
First-person
11. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Stanza
Organizing Principles
Personification
Realism
12. Using elements that can be either factual or impressionistic that act to 'paint a picture'
Descriptive Purpose
Consonance
Sonnet
Cliche
13. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Analogy
Metonymy
Fable
14. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or - incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens
Hero(ine)
Imagery
Elegy
Irony
15. Written to persuade audience of the truth (or falsehood) the speaker wishes to make understood
Argumentative purpose
Heroic Couplet
Aphorism
Interior Monologue
16. (tall): short piece of fiction
Romance
Free Verse
Tale
Superhero(ine)
17. Someone to whom private matters are confided
Myth
Confidant
Third-person
Feeling
18. A short - witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
Cliche
Epigram
Thesis
Euphemism
19. Artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy; accepting the facts
Onomatopoeia
Parody
Organizing Principles
Realism
20. Address to an absent or imaginary person
Understatement
Figurative Language
Epithet
Apostrophe
21. The process by which the writer develops a character
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Characterization
Stanza
22. Dictionary definition of a word
Sequence Patterns
Legend
Diction
Denotation
23. A long - lyrical poem - usually serious or meditative in nature with complete stanza forms
Crisis
Ode
Introduction
Complication
24. Symbolism; substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') or with which it is closely identified
Metonymy
Foil
Pun
Climax
25. To display emotions and ideas
Perspective
Expressive Purpose
Literal Meaning
Apostrophe
26. Humorous imitation
Literal Meaning
Cliche
Perspective
Parody
27. A brief - cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.
Aphorism
Comedy
Realism
Parody
28. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Superhero(ine)
Inference
Elegy
Fable
29. A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Syntax
Sequence Patterns
Foreshadowing
Flashback
30. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Setting
Foil
Fable
Pathos
31. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Alliteration
Genre
Setting
Consonance
32. Word choice
Rising Action
Diction
Denouement
Exciting Force
33. The main (good) character
Hero(ine)
Anthropomorphism
Superhero(ine)
Persuasive Purpose
34. Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Anastrophe
Myth
Assonance
Alliteration
35. Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character's head
Theme
Interior Monologue
Rhyme Scheme
Characterization
36. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Theme
Aside
Connotation
Crisis
37. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Legend
Parable
Personification
Persona
38. The final actions or solution of the plot
Poetic Syntax
Atmosphere
Resolution
Third-person
39. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Rhetorical Question
Connotation
Metaphor
Analogy
40. A play on words
Sonnet
Feeling
Pun
Comedy
41. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Tone
Denouement
Imagery
Climate
42. A protagonist who is more ordinary than a traditional hero(ine) or one who is somewhat villainous
Blank Verse
Antithesis
Antihero(ine)
Thesis
43. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Narrative Purpose
Parable
Conflict
Rhyme
44. Drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Idiom
Crisis
Tragedy
Denotation
45. A couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentamenter and written in an elevated style
Literal Meaning
Epithet
Descriptive Purpose
Heroic Couplet
46. The prevailing psychological state
Climate
Genre
Heroic Couplet
Anthropomorphism
47. A general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
Theater
Maxim
Point of View
Aside
48. Point of view
Anthropomorphism
Perspective
Understatement
Dialect
49. Harsh - cutting language or tone intended to ridicule
Imagery
Antagonist
Sarcasm
Aphorism
50. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Setting
Anachronism
Connotation
Conflict
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