Concepts, Terms, and Words

Link to SAT Vocabulary

Literary Terms

allusion, paradox, denotation, connotation, inference, diction, selection of detail, tone, mood, oxymoron, imagery (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory, olfactory), contrast, repetition, hyperbole, understatement, personification, symbol, metaphor, simile, metonymy



Criticism

ideology, institution, humanism, romantic, politics, industrialization, modernization, paradigm, power, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, Marxism, feminism, culture, society, objective, subjective, hierarchy, existentialism, consumerism, materialism, authenticity, reproduction, illusion, image



Useful Verbs for Writing about Art and Literature

represents, suggests, critiques, challenges, argues, explores, romanticizes, examines, describes, portrays, criticizes, evaluates, advises, warns, satirizes, displays, celebrates, reveals, exposes,




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