Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment ; recuperation Convalesce is the verb form and convalescent is the adjective form

Deceitfulness; double dealing; doubleness Duplicitous is the adjective form

Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner

Arrogantly superior and disdainful

A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations Nostalgic is the adjective form

Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal

- The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals -The details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct - The condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting

excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

Sparing in the use of words; abrupt

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent.

A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.

A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar speech; the use of ordinary or familiar words/phrases

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

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AP Lit Vocab List 1

Term	Definition
Ambivalent (adj)-	Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Convalescence (n)-	Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment ; recuperation Convalesce is the verb form and convalescent is the adjective form
Duplicity (n)-	Deceitfulness; double dealing; doubleness Duplicitous is the adjective form
Effusive (adj)-	Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner
Haughty (adj)-	Arrogantly superior and disdainful
Nostalgia (n)-	A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations Nostalgic is the adjective form
Parsimonious (adj)-	Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal
Propriety (n)-	- The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals -The details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct - The condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting
Pedantic (adj)-	excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning
Terse (adj)-	Sparing in the use of words; abrupt
Anaphora	Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent.
Allegory	A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
Colloquialism	A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar speech; the use of ordinary or familiar words/phrases
Diction-	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Motif-	a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

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