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SAT Subject Test: Literature
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1. Before the main part or actually story
Informative Purpose
Diction
Introduction
Concrete Poetry
2. Word choice
Hyperbole
Falling Action
Diction
Understatement
3. An evil or wicked person; antagonist
Exciting Force
Villain(ess)
Metonymy
Antagonist
4. A person with powers greater than that of a normal being
Rhythm
Satire
Sequence Patterns
Superhero(ine)
5. Narrator tells a story; events unfold through time
Assonance
Crisis
Parable
Narrative Purpose
6. The process by which the writer develops a character
Comedy
Characterization
Introduction
Inference
7. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Consonance
Pun
Concrete Poetry
Pathos
8. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; often handed down orally
Anastrophe
Legend
Setting
Euphemism
9. Point of view
Perspective
Simile
Superhero(ine)
Descriptive Purpose
10. Identification with and understanding of another's situation - feelings - and motives
Interior Monologue
Onomatopoeia
Empathy
Topic
11. The final resolution or outcome of the main complication
Antihero(ine)
Implication
Parallelism
Denouement
12. Giving human characteristics to something that not human
Poetic Diction
Fable
Personification
Aside
13. A worn-out idea or overused expression
Pastoral
Tone
Point of View
Cliche
14. A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
Heroic Couplet
Consonance
Dialect
Rhyme
15. (tall): short piece of fiction
Sonnet
Tale
Falling Action
Sprung rhythm
16. Figure of speech; comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Style
Organizing Principles
Sonnet
Simile
17. A question asked for an effect - not actually requiring an answer; emphasizing the obvious
Ode
Exciting Force
Crisis
Rhetorical Question
18. A type of poem - telling a story - meant to be sung; both lyrical and narrative in nature
Complication
Parallelism
Ballad
Superhero(ine)
19. Dramatic speech to oneself
Sonnet
Aphorism
Exposition
Soliloquy
20. Description that appeals to the senses (sight - sound - smell - touch - taste)
Surrealism
Oxymoron
Point of View
Imagery
21. Exposition tells or explains how to do something; includes ideas and facts about the focus subject
Imagery
Pun
Expository Purpose
Concrete Poetry
22. Word or phrase describing a person or thing; descriptive phrase characterizing a person (often contemptous)
Understatement
Conflict
Epithet
Syntax
23. 1. Categorical Design 2. Chronologically: time order 3. Spatially: geographically 4. Cause & Effect
Organizing Principles
Empathy
Foil
Understatement
24. Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Satire
Conflict
Foreshadowing
Free Verse
25. A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
Tale
Maxim
Tone
26. Serves by contrast to call attention to another's good qualities
Allegory
Foil
Hero(ine)
Parody
27. A short story teaching a lesson
Voice
Parable
Exciting Force
Interior Monologue
28. A group of lines in a poem
Expository Purpose
Poetic Syntax
Irony
Stanza
29. The overall emotion created by a work of literature
Topic
Poetic Syntax
Mood
Understatement
30. The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
Foreshadowing
Antithesis
Stanza
Romance
31. A reference to a well-known person - place - event - literary work - or work of art
Allusion
Exposition
Oxymoron
Sonnet
32. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Syntax
Diction
Poetic Diction
Poetic Syntax
33. Dictionary definition of a word
Symbol
Onomatopoeia
Denotation
Topic
34. (absurd): plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life - usually to show that modern life is pointless
Synecdoche
Villain(ess)
Heroic Couplet
Theater
35. Rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor
Stream of Consciousness
Elegy
Organizing Principles
Pastoral
36. Recurring at regular intervals
Rhetorical Question
Rhythm
Exposition
Symbol
37. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
Anthropomorphism
Setting
Persuasive Purpose
Sprung rhythm
38. 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
Surrealism
Synecdoche
Heroic Couplet
Theme
39. A poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener
Analogy
Tragedy
Dramatic Monologue
Parallelism
40. Humorous imitation
Setting
Parody
Mood
Euphemism
41. Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is less pleasant
Blank Verse
Euphemism
Cliche
Folktale
42. The use of elevated language over ordinary language
Stanza
Parody
Euphony
Poetic Diction
43. Poetry that uses the appearance of the verse lines on the page to suggest or imitate the poem's subject
Ode
Oxymoron
Empathy
Concrete Poetry
44. A contradiction or dilemma
Diction
Paradox
Poetic Diction
Heroic Couplet
45. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
Atmosphere
Flashback
Stanza
Elegy
46. A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Complication
Myth
Tragedy
Perspective
47. Presentation of the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
Connotation
Expressive Purpose
Climate
Stream of Consciousness
48. A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Onomatopoeia
Denouement
Point of View
Couplet
49. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Denotation
Atmosphere
50. The prevailing psychological state
Foreshadowing
Folktale
Climate
Flashback
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