AP Lit Vocab

Euphony

• The pleasant, mellifluous (soothing) presentation of sounds in a literary work

• A type of literature that explores narratives by and about characters who inhabit and experience their reality differently from what we term the objective world.

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.

• Writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event, or concept without attention to details.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Euphemism

• A familiar proverb or wise saying

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.

• A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response.

• A formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a particular subject.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Anaphora:

• figure of speech that utilizes a part as a representative of the whole. ("All hands on deck" is an example.)

• statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed. ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.")

• release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences.

• repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Adage

• A formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a particular subject.

• A familiar proverb or wise saying

• The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences.

• The conclusion or tying up of loose ends in a literary work; the resolution of the conflict and plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

________________ - recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

________________ - to speak or treat slightingly; depreciate, belittle, lower estimation, discredit

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

________________ - (v) cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality (weaken)

- (adj) lacking in energy or vitality

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_________________ - inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

________________ - speak or write (something) with with great hostility

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

________________ - praise enthusiastically

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4