SAT II Literature Test Tips

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 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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