SAT II Literature Test Tips

Test Taking Tips for SAT II Literature

Important Vocabulary Words

1. Sonorous-loud/deep sounds
2. Conspicuous-visible
3. Repose-rest
4. Admonishing-critical
5. Reverence-deep respect
6. Reverie -celebration

SAT II Literature Terms

1. Couplet-a 2 line rhyme unit with same meter
2. Quatrain-4 line stanza or poem
a.AAAA; AABB; ABAB
3. Sestet-a stanza or poem in 6 lines
4. Octave-8 line stanza
5. Sometalian Sonnets/Petrarch Sonnets-contain an octave followed by a sestet
6. Assonance-repetition of vowel sounds
7. Consonance-repetition of consonant sounds
a. Alliteration is one type of consonance

8. Ballad-long narrative poem that describes a single event
a.Can contain quatrains
9. Epic-long narrative poem in formal style (Iliad and Odyssey)
10. Lyric-short personal poem describing feelings/emotions rather than a story
11. Sonnet-14 line poem in iambic pentameter

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