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AP Lang Vocab 3
AP Lang Semester 1 Vocabulary Terms List 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolutism | words, phrases, or ideas that suggest something is absolute or all-encompassing |
| Sanguine | cheerful, optimistic |
| Disinterested | fair minded, free from selfish motives, indifferent |
| Uninterested | without interest; having no interest or concern in a matter |
| Decorous | proper; tasteful; socially correct |
| New criticism | A movement in literary criticism, dating from the late 1920s, that stressed close textual analysis of works of literature |
| Loaded diction | words or phrases intended to inspire emotion in the audience |
| metaphysics | a branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature or reality |
| Literary naturalism | belief that human beings exist entirely in the order of nature and do not have a soul or participate in any religious or spiritual world |
| Romanticism | 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason |
| Transcendentalism | Philosophy that each person has direct communication with god and nature, that the mind goes beyond matter, promoted individualism, self-reliance, freedom from social constraints, and emphasized emotions |
| Reader response theory | widely accepted perspective in literature that focuses on readers response to a story instead of the author's version |
| Picaresque | A story type involving clever rogues or adventurers |
| A priori | Theoretical knowledge |
| A posteriori | knowledge based on observation |
| Nonpareil | having no equal; superb |
| ad hoc | for this specific purpose; improvised; with respect to this |
| esoteric | intended for or only understood by a select few people |
| platonic | intimate or affectionate but not in a romantic or sexual manner |
| Platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platoism |
| grotesque | unnatural, distorted; bizzare |
| Pique (noun) | a feeling of irritation or resentment, resulting from insult to one's pride |
| Pique (verb) | to stimulate interest or curiosity |
| Conditional statement | can be written in If-Then form |
| Amplification | the way a writing embellishes a sentence to emphasize certain points |
| Split infinitves | an adverb placed between to and the verb |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| relativism | pertaining to the belief that moral behavior varies among individuals, groups, cultures, and situations |
| Sophism | a false argument |
| Precis | a summary or abstract of a text or speech |
| Fallacy | a false notion or belief; an error in thinking |
| Epistemology | the philosophical theory of knowledge and how the mind relates to reality |
| Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences |
| Fatalism | belief that events are controlled by forces beyond ones control |
| Reductio ad absurdum | a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory |
| Volubility | excessive talkativeness |
| Chagrin | irritation of humiliation |
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