ap lit week 2

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering descriptive words, emotional states, and expression styles from the lecture notes.

Poignant

Evoke a deep bittersweet sense of sadness, regret or emotional touch

Culled

Select/gather/remove items or animals from a group select, gather, or remove items or animals from a larger group.

Eloquence

The quality of fluent, graceful, powerful, and persuasive speech or writing

Ardour

Strong intense feeling of love or passion strong, intense feeling of love, passion, or great enthusiasm for someone or something

Fervour

Very strong feeling and intense passionvery strong, sincere feeling, intense passion, or deep enthusiasm for something

Paroxysm

Sudden, powerful, and often uncontrollable outburst of emotion, activity, or physical symptoms

Quelling

Put an end to something

Celestial

Relating to the sky or the heavens

Fastidious

Giving excessive attention to small details, wanting everything to be correct and neat, or having a strong dislike of anything dirty or unpleasant

Intonations

The rise and fall of pitch in the voice when speaking

Maw

mouth, jaw, throat or stomach of an animal

diabolically

Very wicked