AP Literature Vocabulary Set 8 and Sonnets Flashcards
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| 8026862332 | buoyant | Cheerful and optimistic. Synonyms: cheerful, upbeat, optimistic, jaunty | 0 | |
| 8026864244 | condescending | Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority. Synonyms: patronizing, arrogant, pompous | 1 | |
| 8026866527 | dynamic | (of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress. Synonyms: active, energetic, vibrant, vigorous | 2 | |
| 8026874948 | halcyon | Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. Synonyms: untroubled, calm, peaceful, heavenly | 3 | |
| 8026877747 | ireful | Anger. Synonyms: furious, enraged, livid, fuming | 4 | |
| 8026880906 | paradoxical | Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory. Synonyms: abstruse, complex, perplexing, puzzling, recondite | 5 | |
| 8026884217 | rapturous | Characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. Synonyms: ecstatic, blissful, euphoric, elated | 6 | |
| 8026888267 | trepid | A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen. Synonyms: timorous, fearful, apprehensive, nervous | 7 | |
| 8026895761 | Petrarchan | Also called Italian Made up of Octave and sestet Example: On his being arrived... -John Milton | 8 | |
| 8026906451 | Octave | 2 Italian quatrains: abba abba | 9 | |
| 8026912838 | Sestet | Rhyme pattern varies, some variant on c, d, and e cde cde = Italian Sestet cd cd cd = Sicilian Sestet other variants are not named | 10 | |
| 8026924188 | Shakespearean | Also called English Contains three sicilian quatrains: abab cdcd efef Ends with one heroic couplet Gg Usually has question or issue in first quatrains, answered in bottom part Example: Sonnet 138 -Shakespear | 11 | |
| 8026936337 | Spenserian | Very similar to Shakespearean Contains three Sicilian quatrains and one heroic couplet abab bcbc cdcd ee Interlocks each of the quatrains so their rhyme is connected Example: Sonnet 30-Spenser | 12 |