ap lit terms

Conocomitant

happening at the same time as something else (stress and tests)

constrain

to limit, restrict, or force someone/something into a certain action

cosmic purpose

the idea that events/characters have a greater or universal meaning thats connected to fate/density

counterargument

an opposing perspective, idea, or theory supported by evidence

dactylic hexameter

a type of poetic meter with 6 beats, each usually a stressed and 2 unstressed

despicable

Deserving contempt or scorn or hatred

desultary

lacking a clear plan/purpose disconnected

devices of sound

the techniques of deploying the sound of words to enhance meaning (alliteration)

diction

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

Diadactic

something is intended to teach or instruct, especially a moral lesson

disdain

(v.) to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt

disquietude

uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious

divine element

a godly Prescence or an influence of it in a story

dramatic irony

audience knows something the characters don't

efficacy

the ability to produce a desired or intended result

embelish

(v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

Engmia

something mysterious or hard to understand

ennoble

to elevate, to raise in rank or make more noble in character

digression

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Antiquity

The ancient past, especially the classical period of Greece and Rome.

Apostrophic Speech (Apostrophe)

When a speaker directly addresses someone absent, dead, or nonhuman as if they could respond.

Assuaging

Soothing or making something less intense.

Ballad Meter

Alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter with an ABCB rhyme scheme.

Blank Verse

Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Chastise

To scold, criticize, or punish.

Clause

A group of words with a subject and a verb.

Colloquial

Informal or everyday language.

Compare and Contrast

Showing similarities and differences between two things.

Composure

Calmness and self-control under stress.

conciliatory

Intended to make peace or reduce hostility.