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Literary Terms
Critical Reading Terms
SAT Vocabulary
Positive Tones
Enter Tones
100
The comparison of one thing to another without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
100
The big picture or the overall idea of a passage.
What is main idea?
100
Not openly acknowledged or displayed.
What is covert?
100
Hopeful and confident about the future.
What is optimistic?
100
Given to expressing divergent or opposite views.
What is argumentative?
200
Words that sound like the actual sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Information that is directly stated in the passage.
What is stated information?
200
A completely different line of thought or action; going off the main topic.
What is tangent?
200
Truthful and straightforward; frank.
What is candid?
200
Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centered.
What is egotistical?
300
An association of two terms that seem to be a contradiction.
What is oxymoron?
300
Information that is NOT directly stated in the passage.
What is implied information?
300
To repeal or do away with.
What is abrogate?
300
Expressing a compliment; praising or approving.
What is complimentary?
300
Concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding appropriate standards in order to achieve them.
What is cynical?