AP Lit Week 7 & 8 Vocab

Definition: a character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot.

• static character

• dynamic character

• flat character

• stock character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Root: ab/ abs/ a

• not, without

• on

• from, away, off

• to, toward, near

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Definition: a metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables.

• absolute

• ballad

• caesura

• dactyl

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Definition: unoriginal, trite

• fabricate

• garish

• hackneyed

• iconoclast

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Definition: pertaining to the body

• carnal

• mentor

• caustic

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: The mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar.

• laureate

• malapropism

• narcissism

• palindrome

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A first person narrator who is insane, a liar, very young, or for some reason not entirely credible

• First person narrator

• omniscient narrator

• unreliable narrator

• limited omniscient narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

definition: a small cup of coffee

• decileter

• conflict

• demitasse

• quagmire

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

definition: any effort to offer an accurate and detailed portrayal of actual life

• quatrain

• realism

• saga

• tall tale

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Definition: expressed without words

• pacific

• rail

• saccharine

• tacit

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