SAT II Literature Allegory- narrative representation of abstract ideas Aphorism- terse saying of general truth Apposition- renaming of (pro)noun

Aposiopesis- sudden break mid-sentence Analogy- illustrating idea with more familiar idea Anaphora- repetition of word or phrase at each clause Anti-hero- villainous protagonist Antithesis- contrast of ideas in parallel construction Antonomasia- identification of person by epithet, character; Benedict Arnold, your lordship Asyndeton- missing conjunctions Aubade- poem about dawn Ballad- narrative poem, short quatrains, ABCB/DEFE Caesura- audible pause in line of verse; ll Conceit- elaborate, strained metaphor between dissimilar things Concrete poetry- words form picture Controlling image- image running throughout work Dead metaphor- too widely used, turned idiom; computer mouse Elision- omission of letter English sonnet- three quatrains develop theme, couplet summarizes Epigram- short, witty poem with twist, clever saying Epiphany- revelation Epithet- descriptive substitute for name, The King, brain twister Euphony- pleasing to ear Gerund- -ing verb Invocation- apostrophe to muse Italian sonnet- octave presents situation, sestet changes tone and applies solution Limerick- 5 lines AABBA, witty Litotes- understatement; not too bad Mock heroic- satire of Classical hero Paratactic style- omitting conjunctions; I came- I saw I conquered Periodic sentence- main clause completed at end Persona- narrator used by writer as a mask to express own views Plurisignation- multiple meanings Realism- rejects imaginative idealization, literal and pragmatic Romantic- clear distinction between good and bad Simple sentence- one clause, not compounded

Straight man- dramatic foil Surrealism- expresses subconscious, fantast, incongruity; theater of absurd Syllogism- logical reasoning; major premise + minor premise -> conclusion Synaesthesia- one imagery elicits another; sound induces smell Tragedy- cannot overcome inevitable failure Imperative mood- requests, commands Indicative mood- statements, questioning fact Subjunctive mood- speculations, conditional statements of possibility Metonymy- concept represents another Synecdoche- concrete part stands for whole Intrusive narrator- omniscience, offers comments, reflects Self-conscious narrator- directly addresses reader, reveals story is fabrication Unreliable narrator- 1st person perspective, based on memory, objective Eye/sight rhyme- wood/flood Feminine rhyme- second, third syllables unstressed; fortunate/importunate Forced rhyme- inventing words to fit rhyme; tree-ed Internal rhyme- rhyming words within line of verse Rime riche- lighted/delighted Vocabulary/Archaic Definitions Arbitrary- capricious, unreasonable, unrestricted individual will Brazen- shameless Cogent- convincing, clear Commiserated- sympathetic Cormorant- greedy Cozen- deceive, cheat Craven- coward Demonstrative- openly affectionate, outgoing Fain- willing Forsooth- in fact, in truth Fustian- pompous, bombastic language Groat- trivial amount Importunate- persistent, urgent, troublesome Hedonistic- devoted to pleasure Hitherto- until now Inclement- harsh, not mercifully In clover- luxury, comfort

Injunction- command, order Meiosis- understatement, litotes Phlegmatic- apathetic Plaintive- mournful Prelatic- church authority; Ecclesiastical Rapport- agree Sable- darkness Sententiously- full of maxims, moralizing Sere- dry, withered Sith- since Sultry- hot, passionate Sundry- diverse Supine- passive, inert Thrall- enslave Turbid- not clear Verisimilitude- semblance of truth, assertations Yore- long ago