AP Literature Vocabulary

_______________ - to hunt or search tenaciously for and find something

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

________________ - (especially of an actor) portray emotion in a theatrical manner.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

_________________ - inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

________________ - so lacking in originality as to be wasteful and boring.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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

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

an emotional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal

• catharsis

• anecdote

• caricature

• cadence

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

the use of deliberately old-fashioned language

• aside

• archaism

• cacophony

• symbolism

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

harsh, jarring, discordant consonant sounds

• cacophony

• cadence

• point of view

• colloquialism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.

• ballad

• allegory

• selection of detail

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

• symbolism

• simile

• anthropomorphism

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4