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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

- (adj) lacking in energy or vitality

_________________ - inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

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

________________ - praise enthusiastically