AP Literature Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5946344080 | Acerbic | To be sharp or sarcastic | 0 | |
| 5946348623 | Sanctimonious | Show of moral superiority | 1 | |
| 5946351590 | Sagacious | Keen mental judgment | 2 | |
| 5946353435 | Epistrophe | Repetition of words or phrases at the end of a sentence | 3 | |
| 5946356855 | Leitmotif | Dominant recurring theme | 4 | |
| 5946359686 | Epistolary | A missive or letter | 5 | |
| 5946364166 | Vitriolic | Acidic or assertive anger | 6 | |
| 5946366580 | Enjambment | No punctuation at the end of a line of poetry, yet the thought continues | 7 | |
| 5946371773 | Dirgelike | A funeral-like song; a tone that is mournful | 8 | |
| 5946377195 | Petrarchan Sonnet | Follows the pattern: ABBA ABBA ABBA CDCD | 9 | |
| 5946381494 | Didacticism | A poem that teaches a lesson | 10 | |
| 5946385082 | Axiom | A statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true | 11 | |
| 5946387893 | Homilies | a religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; a sermon | 12 | |
| 5946387894 | Adage | a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth | 13 |