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7224207063Chasm (noun)1. A deep hole; gorge 2. A sudden interruption, discontinuity 3. A difference of ideas, beliefs, or opinions0
7224207064Disdain1. (noun) Scorn, contempt towards someone. 2. (verb) To treat with contempt; to despise, scorn.1
7224207065Extort (verb)1. Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other means.2
7224208296Vanquish (verb)Defeat thoroughly.3
7224208297Potentate (noun)One who possesses great power or sway; a ruler, sovereign, or monarch.4
7224209008Ethereal (adj)1. Celestial, heavenly, 2. Exceptionally delicate; airy, dainty.5
7224209009Seduce (verb)Entice (someone) into sexual activity.6
7224209010Guile (adj)Sly or cunning intelligence.7
7224209609Vex (verb)Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.8
7224209610Ignominious (adj)Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.9
7224210110Dire (adj)(Of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent.10
7224210111Dubious (adj)1. Hesitating or doubting. 2. Not to be relied upon; suspect.11
7224210112Nefarious (adj)1. Flagrantly wicked or impious; evil.12
7224210609Extricate (verb)To free or release from a difficulty or entanglement; to get free; to disengage.13
7224210610Aspire (verb)1. Direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.14
7224210611Myopic (adj)Nearsighted; lacking imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.15
7224211402Assail (verb)Make a concerned or violent attack on.16
7224211403Caveat (noun)A warning or caution; also, a cautionary qualification or explanation to prevent misunderstanding.17
7224211404Abhor (verb)Regard with disgust or hatred.18
7224212311Lament (noun or verb)1. A passionate express of grief or sorrow. 2. Mourn (a person's loss or death).19
7224212312Waylay (verb)1. Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.20
7224212313Impervious1. Not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable. 2. Incapable of being injured or impaired. 3. Incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected.21
7224212314Whet (verb)1. Sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon). Usually figurative.22
7224214274Beacon (noun)1. A fire or light set up in a high or prominent position as a warning, signal, or celebration.23
7224214275Harbinger(As noun) A forerunner; a precursor; a person or thing that announces or foreshadows what is to come. (As verb) To signal the approach of; to presage; to be a harbinger of.24
7224215191Augur (verb)1. (Of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.25
7224216789Auspicious (adj)Conducive to success; favorable.26
7224216790Usurp (verb)1. Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. 2. Take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally.27
7224216791Equivocate (verb)1. Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.28
7224217382Sate (verb)Satisfy (a desire or appetite) to the full.29
7224217383Efface (verb)1. To cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc. 2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wipe out; to eliminate completely. 3. To make (oneself) inconspicuous.30
7224217384Bode (verb)Be an omen of a particular outcome.31
7224217385Conjure (verb)1. Call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear, by means of a magic ritual. 2. Call (an image) to mind.32
7224218245Rue (verb)1. Bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen).33
7224218246Obsequious1. Marked by or exhibiting servile attentiveness; compliant to excess; fawning.34
7224218247Abate (verb)(Of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread.35
7224218248Goad (verb)1. Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.36
7224218864Dolorous (adj)1. Marked by, causing, or expressing grief or sorrow.37
7224218865Assuage (verb)1. To soften or relieve (a burden or pain). 2. To pacify. 3. To appease or satisfy.38
7224218866Contrive (verb)1. Create or bring about (an object or situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.39
7224218867Rancor (adj)1. Bitter, ranking resentment or ill-will; hatred; malice40
7224219346Vehement (adj)1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; emphatic. 2. Marked by or full of vigor or energy41
7224219347Ardent/Ardor (adj or noun)1. Enthusiastic or passionate. 2. Enthusiasm or passion.42
7224219808Sedulous (adj)1. (Of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.43
7224219809Hiatus (noun)1. A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.44
7224219810Abominate (verb)1. Detest, loathe.45
7224219811Enthrall (verb)1. Capture the fascinated attention of.46
7224220434Loathe (verb)1. Feel intense dislike or disgust for.47
7224220435Contrite (adj)1. Bruised in heart; feeling sorrow or affliction of mind for some fault or injury done (specifically penitence for sin).48
7224220974Superfluous (adj)1. Present in a greater quantity than is desired, permitted, or required. 2. Not needed or required.49
7224220975Wanton (adj)1. (Of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked. 2. Sexually immodest or promiscuous.50
7224220976Debacle (noun)1. A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.51
7224221671Artifice (noun)1. Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.52
7224224602Myriad (adj)1. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number, as --- stars. 2. Composed of numerous diverse elements, aspects, or variations.53
7224224603Unwary (adj)1. Not cautious; not aware of possible dangers or problems.54
7224224623Execrable (adj)1. Extremely bad or unpleasant.55
7224236902Credulous (adj)1. Too ready or willing to believe; inclined to believe on weak or insufficient grounds.56
7224239254Grisly (adj)1. Inspiring horror or intense fear. *2. Inspiring disgust or distaste.57
7224239255Obdurate (adj)1. Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.58
7224239914Voluptuous (adj)1. Relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure.59
7224239915Insolence (noun)1. Bold rudeness or disrespect; contemptuous impertinence; insulting.60
7224239916Thwart (verb)1. Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.61
7224240471Ephemeral (adj)1. Lasting for a very short time.62
7224240472Zenith (noun)1. The time at which something is most powerful or successful.63
7224240473Raze (verb)1. Completely destroy (a building, town, or other site).64
7224240474Ingrate (noun)1. An ungrateful person.65
7224241100Abstruse (adj)1. Difficult to understand; obscure.66
7224241101Feigned (adj)1. Simulated or pretended; insincere.67
7224241646Fealty (Adj)1. Loyalty to a master/high authority.68
7224242675Anagnorisis (noun)1. A moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery.69
7224242682Catastrophe (noun)1. An event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.70
7224243468Catharsis (noun)1. The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.71
7224243469Hamartia (noun)1. A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.72
7224243470Hubris (noun)1. Excessive pride or self-confidence.73
7224243471Pathos (noun)1. A quality that evokes pity or sadness.74
7224244472Peripeteia (noun)1. A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative.75
7224244473Apocalypse (noun)1. An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.76
7224245263Emaciated (adj)1. To make or become extremely thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh, especially as a result of starvation.77
7224245264Explicate (verb)1. Analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.78
7224245265Daunt (verb)1. To overcome, subdue, vanquish. 2. To abate the courage of, discourage, dispirit; to put in awe, abash. 3. To overcome w/ fear, intimidate, cause to quail.79
7224245266Abet (verb)1. Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.80
7224245984Fastidious (adj)1. Having high and often unpredictable standards. 2. Showing a meticulous or demanding attitude.81
7224245985Ameliorate (verb)1. To make or grow better; to improve (a situation).82
7224245986Augment (verb)1. Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.83
7224246509Benevolence (noun)1. A desire to do good to others. 2. An act of grace, charity, kindness, goodwill.84
7224246510Rife (adj)1. (Especially of something undesirable or harmful) of common occurrence; widespread.85
7224246511Proffer (verb)1. Hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer.86
7224246512Nadir (noun)1. The lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization.87
7224247034Arduous (adj)1. Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.88
7224247035Penury (noun)1. Extreme poverty; destitution.89
7224247036Glib (adj)1. (Of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.90
7224247621Dote (verb)1. Be extremely and uncritically fond of.91
7224247622Audacity (noun)1. Boldness combined with disregard of consequences. 2. Open disregard of the restraints of decorum or morality.92
7224247623Quagmire (noun)1. Soft, wet, miry land that shakes or yields under the feet. 2. A difficult or precarious position or situation; a predicament.93
7224248556Disingenuous/ingenuous (adj)1. Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.94
7224248557Nebulous (adj)1. In the form of a cloud of haze; hazy.95
7224249570Usurer (noun)1. A person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.96
7224249571Interloper (noun)One who intrudes or interferes wrongly; an intruder.97
7224250265Pernicious (adj)1. Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.98
7224250266Galvanize (verb)1. Shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action.99
7224250267Amorous (adj)1. Showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire.100
7224250736Machinations (noun)1. A plot or scheme.101
7224250737Parricide (noun)1. The killing of a parent or other near relative.102
7224251400Ostracize (verb)1. Exclude (someone) from a society or group.103
7224251401Capricious (adj)1. Guided by whim or fancy rather than by judgement or settled purpose. 2. Subject to change or irregularity, so as to appear ungoverned by the law.104
7224251402Blighted (adj)1. Infected (plants or a planted area). Spoiled, harmed, destroyed.105
7224251403Austere (adj)1. Stern; severe in judgement or punishment (of an action, disposition, etc.) 2. Characterized by abstinence or asceticism. 3. Simple in style or character; free from luxury.106
7224251404Despotic (adj)1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism (a king or ruler with absolute, unlimited power); autocratic, tyrannical107
7224252525Vapid (adj)Lacking life and spirit; unanimated; insipid; flavorless; flat; dull (beer or conversation)108
7224252526Truculent (adj)1. Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.109
7224256586Precocious (adj)1. Exceptionally early or mature in development. 2. Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually young age.110
7224257039Ambivalent (adj)1. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.111
7224257040Superciliousness (noun)1. Behavior that implies one thinks one is superior to others.112
7224257041Sallow (adj)1. (Of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color.113
7224257764Anathematize (verb)1. To solemnly pronounce an ecclesiastical ban or curse upon (one who is being excommunicated) *2. To denounce as accursed.114
7224257765Liaison (noun)1. Communication or cooperation that facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations.115
7224258458Accost (verb)1. Approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.116
7224258476Debauchery (noun)1. Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.117
7224259404Ire (noun)1. Anger.118
7224259405Noxious (adj)1. Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.119
7224259406Ostentation (noun)1. Performed/displayed in a manner to attract attention or admiration. 2. Of a person: seeking to attract attention or admiration. 3. Showy, gaudy, intended to impress120
7224259927Voracity (noun)1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous. 2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit121
7224259928Incantation (noun)1. A series of words said as a magic spell or charm.122
7224260976Indignant (adj)1. Strongly displeased at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteously angry.123
7224260977Tenebrous (adj)1. Dark; shadowy or obscure.124
7224260978Inexorable (adj)Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty; relentless.125
7224261499Exasperate (verb)1. Irritate intensely; infuriate.126
7224261500Gesticulating (adj)1. Using gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking to emphasize one's words.127
7224262324Prevaricator (noun)1. One who speaks or acts in an evasive way.128
7224262325Stygian/styx (adj)1. Relating to the Styx River (very dark).129
7224262433Lurid (adj)1. Very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.130
7224263006Pall (noun)1. A dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter.131
7224263007Enigma (noun)1. Mystery; baffling conjecture as to character, sentiments, or history.132
7224263008Abject (adj)1. (Of something bad) experience or present to the maximum degree. 2. (Of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.133
7224264625Inexplicable/inscrutable/insoluble (adj)1. Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable 2. Not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable 3. Incapable of been seen through physically; physically impenetrable134
7224264626Indefatigable (adj)1. (Of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.135
7224264627Conflagration (noun)1. A destructive fire, usually an extensive one (met).136
7224265279Funk (verb)1. Avoid (a task or thing) out of fear.137
7224265280Salient (adj)1. Jutting forward beyond a line. 2. Standing out conspicuously; prominent; especially of notable significance.138
7224265281Litany (noun)1. A series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people. (met. speaking, a tedious ritual or repetitive series).139
7224265282Egregious (adj)1. Outstandingly bad; shocking.140
7224266152Profundity (noun)1. Deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought.141
7224266153Ominous (adj)1. Of ill omen, inauspicious; indicative or suggestive of future misfortune. 2. Of appearance, sound. atmosphere, etc: awful, unsettling.142
7224266154Eloquence (noun)1. Fluency or persuasiveness in speaking or writing.143
7224266798Abdicate (verb)1. (of a monarch) renounce one's throne. 2. Fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty).144
7224266799Admonish (verb)1. Warn or reprimand someone firmly.145
7224266800Aver (verb)1. State or assert to be the case.146
7224266801Cajole (verb)1. To prevail upon or get one's way with by delusive flattery or other means of persuasion. 2. To get a thing out of someone by persuasion.147
7224267400Disinter (verb)1. Dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse).148
7224267401Disseminate (verb)1. (fig) To spread abroad, diffuse, promulgate (opinions, statements, knowledge, etc.)149
7224267402Ebb (noun)1. The movement of the tide out to the sea.150
7224267403Flout (verb)1. Openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).151
7224268185Feticide/feticidalDestruction or abortion of a fetus.152
7224268186Filicide/filicidalThe killing of one's son or daughter.153
7224270361Matricide/maritical/matricidalThe killing of one's mother.154
7224270397Fratricide/fratricidalThe killing of one's brother.155
7224271160Sororicide/sororicidalThe killing of one's sister.156
7224271161Vaticide/vaticidalThe killing of a prophet.157
7224272331Uxoricide/uxoricidalThe killing of one's wife.158
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AP Literature Vocabulary #7 Flashcards

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7914728353AccrueTo accumulate0
7914728354AlludeTo refer to indirectly1
7914728355CaptivateTo fascinate2
7914728356DoltStupid person3
7914728357FerventEmotional; ardent4
7914728358IndigentPoor5
7914728359JuxtaposeTo place side by side6
7914728360MalevolentWishing evil; malicious7
7914728361MoribundDying8
7914728362ObtuseStupid9
7914728363PalpableObvious10
7914728364PlatonicPurely spiritual; not sensual11
7914728365PoignantPiercing12
7914728366RespiteDelay13
7914728367SardonicDerisive; sneering14
7914728368SomberDark; gloomy15
7914728369SomnolentDrowsy; sleepy16
7914728370SuccorTo aid17
7914728371VacillateTo sway to an fro; to show indecision18
7914728372VicariousSubstitute19
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AP Literature - Literary Terms Flashcards

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7649487472MetaphorA figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as0
7649490092SimileA common figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two things by using words such as like, as, appears, and seems1
7649494233IronyA literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true2
7649497713MetonymyA type of metaphor in which something closely associated with a subject3
7649504510ApostropheAn address, either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman that cannot comprehend4
7649508399HyperboleA boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intending to be literally true5
7649513078SynecdocheA kind of metaphor in which a part of something is used to signify the whole6
7649519103AssonanceThe repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same7
7649521674EnjambementIn poetry, when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning8
7649523413DoggerelA derogatory term used to describe poetry whose subject is rite and whose rhythm and tones are monotonously heavy-handed9
7649526858ZeugmaTwo sentences combined with a common noun or verb10
7649528510EpigramA brief, pointed, and witty poem that usually makes a satiric or humorous point11
7649530510ParallelismSimilar sentence structure in a writing12
7649532166EschatologyLiterature that deals with the end of time13
7649532167ImageryA word, phrase, or figure of speech that addresses the senses, suggesting mental pictures of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings, or actions14
7649549939AllusionA brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature15
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Hokit AP Cultural Literacy English Literature Flashcards

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7167528888Ahab CaptainMost sinful of all kings who ruled. Captain of Pequod. Obsessed with killing Moby Dick.0
7167533434BrutusJoins and then leads the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar. Noblest Roman.1
7167538551Civil DisobedienceA nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. Henry David Thoreau2
7167544870All Animals are =, but some are more = than othersOrwell's Animal Farm. Hypocrisy of government. Political Satire.3
7167551520Falstaffa fat old roguish man in some of Shakespeare's plays; loved wine and women4
7167554986Invictus"Unconquered." English Poem I am master of my fate captain of my soul5
7167558744Samuel JohnsonDictionary of the English Language (first). Famous Literary Critic.6
7167560602Shangri-Lalost horizon James Hilton remote paradise, an area whose name and location are kept secret, ideal place7
7167562855Uncle Tom's Cabin!st Novel to sell a million copies. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Won support for anti-slavery and influenced Civil War.8
7167572958bona fide"In good faith." Genuine9
7167573791Cross the RubiconRiver Julius Caesar crossed to begin civil war in Rome. go past the point of no return10
7167574506C'est La VieFrench. Such is life. What are you going to do?11
7167578947Carte Blanche12
7167579317Coup de GraceThe final blow.13
7167580989Chutzpah14
7167580990Don Juan15
7167582611El Dorado16
7167586151Fiddle while Rome burns17
7167586152Green-Eyed Monster18
7167587305Joie de Vivre19
7167588433Modus Operandi20
7167588434Lunatic Fringe21
7167588591Magnum Opus22
7167588592Mea Culpa23
7167588790Memento Mori24
7167590293Modus Operandi25
7167590866Noblesse Oblige26
7167591070Noveau Riche27
7167591438Prima Donna28
7167591890Pro Forma29
7167592268Semper Fidelis30
7167592349Sanctum Sanctorum31
7167592473Quid pro Quo32
7167592712Raison d'etreReason for being, purpose in life33
7167593256ShalomHebrew for hello/goodbye, literally "peace."34
7167594501Status QuoThe existing order of things.35
7167595248Terra Firma36
7167596340Tete-a-Tete37
7167597312Tour De Force38
7167598255Wanderlust39
7167599106Young Turk40
7167599427Zer-Sum Game41
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AP Spanish Literature Reading List Flashcards

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5037149337"Dos palabras"Isabel Allende (Chile; Realismo mágico, Boom)0
5037149338"Romance de la pérdida de Alhama"Anónimo (Edad media, Reconquista, España)1
5037149339Lazarillo de Tormes (Prólogo; Tratados 1, 2, 3, 7)Anónimo (España, Siglo de Oro, Renacimiento, novela picaresca)2
5037149340Rima LIII ("Volverán las oscuras golondrinas")Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (España, Primera mitad del siglo XIX, posromanticismo)3
5037149341"Borges y yo" y "El Sur"Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina, siglo XX, Realismo mágico y Vanguardismo)4
5037149342"A Julia de Burgos"Julia de Burgos (siglo XX, se anticipa al Femenismo, Puerto Rico)5
5037149343Don Quijote (Parte I, capítulos 1-5, 8 y 9; Parte II, capítulo 74)Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (España, Siglo XVII, Barroco)6
5037149344"La noche boca arriba"Julio Cortázar (s. XX, Realismo mágico, Boom latinoamericano, Argentina)7
5037149345"Segunda carta de relación" (selecciones)Hernán Cortés (Conquista, 1520, Nueva España, Crónica documental, Época colonial, Renacimiento en Europa)8
5037149346"Hombres necios que acusáis"Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Siglo XVII, El barroco, Época colonial, México)9
5037149347"A Roosevelt"Rubén Darío (nicaragüense, Modernismo)10
5037149348El Conde Lucanor. "Exemplo XXXV" "De lo que aconteció a un mozo que casó con una mujer muy fuerte y muy brava"Don Juan Manuel (Prosa ficción de la Época Medieval, Función didáctica, España)11
5037149349"El hombre que se convirtió en perro"OSVALDO DRAGÚN (argentino, Teatro del siglo XX, Vanguardismo, Teatro del absurdo)12
5037149350"Chac Mool"Carlos Fuentes (Realismo mágico, Boom latinoamericano, México)13
5037149351"La casa de Bernarda Alba" y "Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio en el camino de Sevilla"Federico García Lorca (Generación del '27, Vanguardismo, España)14
5037149352"El ahogado más hermoso del mundo" y "La siesta del martes"Gabriel García Márquez (Realismo mágico, Boom, Colombia)15
5037149353Soneto XXIII "En tanto que de rosa y azucena"Garcilaso de la Vega (Renacimiento, España)16
5037149354Soneto CLXVI "Mientras por competir con tu cabello"Luis de Góngora y Argote (Siglo de oro, Barroco - Culteranismo, España)17
5037149355"Balada de los dos abuelos"Nicolás Guillén (cubano, poeta, Vanguardismo, poesía negra, afrocubana)18
5037149356"En una tempestad"José María Heredia (cubano, Romanticismo, Neoclasicismo tardío)19
5037149357Visión de los vencidos: "Los presagios, según los informantes de Sahagún" y "Se ha perdido el pueblo Mexicatl"Miguel León-Portilla (Historiador y erudito, s. XX, Compilador de Bernardino de Sahagún. México20
5037149358"He andado muchos caminos"Antonio Machado (español, Generación del '98)21
5037149359"Nuestra América"José Martí (Modernismo, siglo XIX, cubano)22
5037149360"Como la vida misma"Rosa Montero (española, feminismo, Nuevo periodismo)23
5037149361"Mujer negra"Nancy Morejón (Cuba, feminismo)24
5037149362"Walking around"Pablo Neruda (Chile, Vanguardismo: Surrealismo y existencialismo)25
5037149363"Las medias rojas"Emilia Pardo Bazán (España, Naturalismo, finales del siglo XIX)26
5037149364Salmo XVII "Miré los muros de la patria mía"Francisco de Quevedo (Finales del Siglo de Oro, Barroco, decadencia del imperio español, España. Conceptismo)27
5037149365"El hijo"Horacio Quiroga (Uruguay, Realismo )28
5037149366...y no se lo tragó la tierra (dos capítulos: "...y no se lo tragó la tierra" y "La noche buena")Tomás Rivera (Literatura en español en Estados Unidos, chicano)29
5037149367"No oyes ladrar los perros"Juan Rulfo (Realismo mágico, Boom, México)30
5037149368"Peso ancestral"Alfonsina Storni (Argentina, Posmodernismo)31
5037149369"El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra"Tirso de Molina (pseudonimo de fray Gabriel Téllez, Barroco, Siglo XVII)32
5037149370"Mi caballo mago"Sabine Ulibarrí (chicano, Literatura chicana, Literatura en español en Estados Unidos33
5037149371"San Manuel Bueno, mártir"Miguel de Unamuno (Generación del '98, España34
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Vocabulary 1 AP Language Flashcards

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4768579693AudienceThe listener, viewer, or reader of a text0
4768579694ContextThe circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text1
4768579695EthosGreek for "character". Speakers appeal to _____ to demonstrate that they are credible and trustworthy to speak on a given topic2
4768579696LogosGreek for "embodied thought". Speakers appeal to _____, or reason, by offering clear, rational ideas and using specific details, examples, facts, statistics, or expert testimony to back them up3
4768579697OccasionThe time and place a speech is given or a piece is written4
4768579698PathosGreek for "suffering" or "experience". Speakers appeal to ______ to emotionally motivate their audience; might play on the audience's values, desires, and hopes, or fears and prejudices5
4768579699PersonaGreek for "mask". The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience6
4768579700PolemicGreek for "hostile". And aggressive argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over all others.7
4768579701PropagandaThe spread of ideas and information to further a cause8
4768579702PurposeThe goal the speaker wants to achieve9
4768579703Rhetorical appealsRhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.10
4768579704Rhetorical triangleA diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text11
4768579705RhetoricThe communication between a speaker and an audience rationally exchanging opposing viewpoints using an academic voice in order to persuade12
4768579706PosterityReference to all future generations13
4768579707SOAPSSubject, occupation, audience, purpose, speaker14
4768579708RepudiateRefuse to accept or be associated with15
4768579709SpeakerThe person or group who creates a text16
4768579710SubjectThe topic of a text17
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AP Literature Unit 6 Flashcards

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7989596380Crescendogradual increase in intensity, force, or volume0
7989596381Impresarioan entertainment producer or manager1
7989600332Solecisma deviation or error in speech, manners, or deeds2
7989600333Malaisea vague bodily or emotional discomfort3
8002500053Intransigentuncompromising4
8002508178Compunctionan uneasiness caused by guilt5
8002513720Bellicosewar like, inclined to fight6
8002515552Rhapsodizeto express ones self enthusiastically7
8011592401umbrageoffense8
8011594588pulchritudephysical beauty9
8011597884volubletalkative10
8011599064condescendingdisplaying superiority11
8037907352revelto enjoy, take pleasure in12
8037907353propensityhabit, tendency13
8037913265epiphanyenlightening14
8037934904panaceaa solution, a cure all15
8052643886wizenedshriveled or withered from age16
8052654691sepulchertomb or burial chamber17
8052658470physiognomyfacial features18
8052670147assiduousdiligent, persistent19
8067223712discretionaryleft to ones own judgement20
8067226377flummoxto confuse or perplex21
8067229574punctiliousattentive to details in conduct or action22
8067233163turpitudewickedness23
8090764287implicateto involve or connect unfavorably24
8090764288floridreddish, rosy25
8090765965conflagrationgreat fire26
8090765966draconianextremely harsh27
8122490220unpalatableunpleasant to the taste or the mind28
8122490221analgesica medication to reduce or eliminate pain29
8122491759moribundnear death; about to die30
8122493776histrionicsexaggerated emotional behavior31
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All AP Language and Composition Terms Part 2 Flashcards

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8300912940Allusion"Would Cicero have shone so distinguished an orator if he had not been roused, kindled, and inflamaed by the tyranny of Catiline, Verres, and Mark Anthony?"0
8300912941Apostrophe"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." (Macbeth)1
8300912942AphorismYesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.2
8300912943Balanced Sentence"Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it."3
8300912944Caricature"Mr. Chadband is a large yellow man, with a fat smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal of train oil in his system. Mr. Chadband moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been taught to walk upright. He is very much embarrassed about the arms, as if they were inconvenient to him."4
8300912945Cliche"Read between the lines." or "The calm before the storm."5
8300912946Conceit"A broken heart is a damaged china pot."6
8300912947Anaphora"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."7
8300912949AnecdoteWhen Mr. T tells stories in class about his experiences abroad and in the United States.8
8300912948Epistrophe"I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God."9
8300912950Colloquialismwords or phrases like "gonna," "wanna," "go bananas"10
8300912951DictionHow a house can be represented through various words like: hut, home, shack, mansion, or cabin.11
8300912952Syntax"What light from yonder window breaks?" instead of using a common expression "What light breaks from yonder window?"12
8300912953ExpositionThe beginning part of each chapter from Gladwell's Outliers.13
8300912954HyperboleI'm so hungry I could eat a horse.14
8300912955ImageryWhen authors use sentences like: "The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers." or "The stone fell with a splash in the lake."15
8300912956Soliloquy"To be, or not to be? That is the question— Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..." (Hamlet)16
8300912957IronyPaul Walker becoming famous for his movies about racing cars (Fast and Furious) and then dying in a car crash.17
8300912958Verbal IronyThe CEO of a big tobacco company said he did not smoke.18
8300912959Dramatic Irony"Upon the murderer I invoke this curse - whether he is one man and all unknown, Or one of many - may he wear out his life in misery to miserable doom!" (Oedipus)19
8300912960Situational Irony"The marriage counselor files for divorce." or "The police station gets robbed." If these events happened in real life they would be examples of...20
8300912961Onomatopoeiawords such as "Moo" or "Meow" or "Tweet"21
8300912964ParodyThe song "What does my Girl Say?" uses this effect by mimicking "What does the Fox Say?"22
8300912965AlliterationSally sells seashells by the sea shore.23
8300912966AssonanceI say that I play everyday but really I lay and watch the day pass away.24
8300912967PathosArguing for a phone and you say: "I need a phone because all of my friends have phones and I'll look like a loser without one."25
8300912968EthosArguing for a phone and you say: "I need a phone because I deserve one. I am a responsible student and a trustworthy son/daughter. I promise I'll still be the same when I get one."26
8300912969LogosArguing for a phone and you say: "I need a phone because I am in sports and somedays practice after school may be cancelled so I'll need some way to tell you if you need to pick me up or not."27
8300912970MetaphorPhrases like: "Time is a thief" or "Your voice is music to my ears."28
8300912971SimilePhrases like: "As smooth as butter" or "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."29
8300912972PunPhrases like: "A horse is a very stable animal" or "An elephant's opinion carries a lot of weight."30
8300912973WarrantIf Queenie's husband fell down the stairs to break his head, then he fell down the stairs with enough force to shatter the glass in his hand.31
8300912974ClaimI believe that Queenie killed her husband Arthur.32
8300912975EvidenceWe can see that Queenie killed her husband because of the glass in his hand.33
8300912976CounterclaimSome may say that the glass in Arthur's hand didn't shatter because the hand saved it.34
8300912977RebuttalHowever, what they fail to consider is that even if the hand did cushion the glass, it still should not be in Arthur's hand as he would have let it go upon death.35
8300912978ThesisA statement such as: "Oedipus should be seen as honorable despite the outcome of his life for his achievements prior to his downfall and his ability to take accountability for his actions."36
8300912980Periodic Sentence"Renewable energy resources, like wind, solar, and geothermal, will be the answers to Earth's energy problems."37
8300912981PersonaText like this: "He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky."38
8300912982PersonificationThe flowers danced in the gentle breeze.39
8300912984Rhetorica technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form.40
8300912985RidiculeA statement such as: "Evolution? Yes, I believe that my grandparents were monkeys - of course that makes sense."41
8300912986sarcasmA statement such as: "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."42
8300912987SatireA comedian saying, "If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it."43
8300912988synecdocheThe phrase "gray beard" refers to an old man or, The word "glasses" refers to spectacles.44
8300912989ThemeA short example of this could be: "The space travelers were travelling to the moon, when their spaceship suddenly ran out of fuel. They were all frightened to learn that they wouldn't be able to return to Earth, and could only land on the moon."45
8300912990MotifThe central idea of the co-existence of good and evil in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mocking Bird" is supported the depiction of the small town life of Maycomb (where story is set).46
8300912991ToneA type of this word may be seen as sarcastic and displayed through conversations such as: Father: "We can't go on vacation this summer." Son: "Yeah, great! That's what I expected."47
8300912992AnaphoraSomething like: "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration."48
8300912993rhetorical question"Why should we plant when there are so many Mongongo nuts in the world?" (Outliers, Chapter 8)49
8300912994symbolismBlack represents death. Red represents passion or anger. White represents peace. These are all examples of what?50
8300912995cacophony"And being no stranger to the art of war, I have him a description of cannons, culverins, muskets, carabines, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, sea-fights..."51
8300912997eruditeWhen Presidents give "State of the Union" addresses, they will typically keep the speech with this type of tone.52
8300912998Chiasmus"Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live." (Sophocles).53
8300912999Invective"A knave, a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave ... and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch ..." (King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2 --Shakespeare)54
8300913000metonymyA sentence such as: "The pen is mightier than the sword." (Pens refer to written words and sword refers to military force).55
8300913001Non-sequiturExamples such as: "Maria drives a car. She must be a wealthy person." or "David eats broccoli. David should love to eat meat."56
8300913002ElegiacSpeech such as: "O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! ..."57
8300913003juxtapositionWhen Gladwell compares The Beatles, to Bill Gates, to Bill Joy in Chapter 2 of Outliers.58
8300913004syllogismWhen we start with a general argument such as "All men are mortal," we know that "John is a man" so "John is mortal."59
8300913005TautologyWhen we say things like: ""Repeat that again," and "reiterate again."60
8300913006pejorativeThe word "Witch" is almost always _________________, whereas "wizard" is often a compliment."61
8300913007understatement"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."62
8300913008Anadiplosis"The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!"63
8300913009Hypophora"What are you looking to find in a place like that? There's no one there but addicts and Arabs and pensioners."64
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AP Language Vocab List #2 Flashcards

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8529935892implicationwhen something is suggested without being concretly stated0
8529938311inductive reasoningmaking a generalization based on specific evidence at hand1
8529940653ironysaying the opposite of what you mean; describing situations where the result is dramtically different than intended2
8529946778juxtapositionplacing two very different things together for effect3
8529948645logosappealing to someone's sense of concrete facts and logic4
8529950223occasionthe reason or moment for writing or speaking5
8529951645organizationhow parts of an argument are arranged in a piece of writing or speech6
8529954611pathosappealing to someone's emotions or feelings7
8529958138purposethe author's persuasive intention8
8529959893repetitionreusing a word or phrase repeatedly for effect or emphasis9
8529964523rhetoricuse of spoken or written word (or visual) to convey your ideas and convince an audience10
8529968518rhetorical trianglerelationship between author, audience, text/message, and the context11
8529971241speakerpersonal adopeted by the author to deliver his/her message12
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